ASRT Names 2024 Student to Leadership Development Program Alumni of the Year

The American Society of Radiologic Technologists has named Kate Cheney, B.A., R.T.(R)(VI), of St. Paul, Minnesota, as the 2024 Student to Leadership Development Program Alumni of the Year. The ASRT Committee on the Student to Leadership Development Program selected Cheney as this year's recipient.

Cheney was part of a cohort of more than 60 students who took part in the 2022 ASRT Annual Governance and House of Delegates Meeting in Orlando.

Prior to Cheney's transition into the radiologic sciences, her background was in education and management. She holds a bachelor's degree from Bethel University in St. Paul and an associate degree in radiologic technology/science from Rasmussen University in Lake Elmo, Minnesota. As a student, she was the president of the Minnesota Association of Radiology Students. She is certified in radiography and vascular interventional with the American Registry of Radiologic Technologists.

Cheney has been an active member of the Minnesota Society of Radiologic Technologists and serves as chair of the board and delegate. She led efforts that resulted in MSRT's acceptance into the ASRT Affiliate Development Program and has been instrumental in strengthening the affiliate society's advocacy initiatives. Under her leadership, MSRT has secured an author for its licensure bill and hosted a highly successful Rad Tech Capitol Day in the Minnesota State Capitol in St. Paul with nearly 200 attendees.

Nationally, Cheney is chair for the ASRT Committee on Bylaws and is a participant in the 2024-2025 ASRT Leadership Academy and the ASRT Advocacy Training Program, formerly known as the Online Advocacy Academy. In the 2025 ASRT election, she was elected to serve as delegate in 2026, and vice chair and delegate in 2027 for the ASRT Cardiac Interventional and Vascular Interventional Chapter. Cheney is also a member of the House of Delegates Minutes Approval Committee and a former member of the Ambassadors for R.T. Advocacy program. She was selected as one of 50 recipients to receive the ASRT Foundation's 2023-24 Education and Professional Growth Scholarship, which is funded by the ARRT. In addition, she published an article in ASRT Scanner titled, "Fresh Perspective: Empowering Emerging Leaders in Radiologic Technology."

Cheney is an interventional radiology technologist at Regions Hospital in St. Paul.