The People Behind
Florida's Voice
FCPA’s leadership combines decades of clinical chiropractic practice, dual MD/DC training, legislative experience and operational rigor — united by one belief: that Florida chiropractors deserve full primary-care rights.
Leadership & Board
Our Governing Board
Five leaders driving FCPA’s legislative, educational and community initiatives every day.
Roderic Lacy
Founding Father & CEO
Graduated from Logan College in 1997 and practiced in Orlando until retirement in 2005. Entered a neurosurgical residency at Dario Contreras Hospital in Santo Domingo, earning his general medical license. Founded the original FCPA in 1997 — twice challenging Florida’s ruling against injectable nutrition in court — and reincorporated the new FCPA in August 2011.
Billy G. Heyser
FCPA President
Trained on the latest diagnostics, treatments and technologies, with 30 years of experience in Tallahassee. Holds both DC and MD degrees and is dual board certified — a tireless voice for Florida chiropractors at every legislative session.
Joel Manion
Past President
Florida native; UF Exercise Physiology grad (1999). Earned his DC at Logan College in 2008 and went on to medical school, graduating in 2014. Runs a multi-disciplinary practice in Jacksonville delivering chiropractic, physical therapy and medical care side by side — embodying FCPA’s primary-care vision.
Clifton Bethel
Past President
U.S. Coast Guard veteran turned chiropractor. Earned a paralegal bachelor’s at Marycrest University before returning to Davenport in 1994 to pursue chiropractic. Brings a disciplined, evidence-based perspective to FCPA’s policy and education work.
Luz Maria Ortiz
Accounting · Board Member · Executive Secretary
Native Dominican from Las Cabuyas. Earned her Bachelor’s in Accounting at Universidad Dominicana O&M and held senior accounting roles for nine years at a prestigious hotel group in Santo Domingo’s Zona Colonial. Joined the FCPA Governing Board in 2011 and runs day-to-day office operations.
What Drives Us
A Board With Skin in the Game
Every officer is an active or recently active Florida practitioner. The decisions we make affect our own clinics first — that keeps us honest.
Practitioner-led
Our President and Past Presidents are clinicians — we know the daily reality of Florida practice because we live it.
Tallahassee-active
Decades of relationships with Florida legislators give us standing when injectable-nutrition and scope bills move.
Operationally tight
A CPA-led office means dues are tracked transparently, CEUs are reported on time, and members hear from us when it counts.