Dr. Josh Funk Named 2026 Moxie Award Executive of the Year Finalist
Author: Dr. Josh Funk | Organization: Rehab 2 Perform | Published: 6/2/2026
Rehab 2 Perform Founder and CEO recognized for the second time among the DC region’s boldest business leaders
Rehab 2 Perform is proud to announce that Dr. Josh Funk, DPT, Founder and CEO, has been named a finalist for the 2026 Moxie Award Executive of the Year. The Moxie Award is one of the most competitive business leadership recognitions in the Washington, DC metro area, now in its 10th year of celebrating boldness in business. Winners will be announced at the Moxie Award Ceremony and Dinner on October 29, 2026, at The Ritz-Carlton in Tysons Corner, Virginia.
This is the second time Josh has earned this recognition, having previously been named a finalist in 2023. In a field that spans industries from construction and federal contracting to technology and healthcare, being named a two-time finalist is not a single moment of momentum. It is a track record.
What Is the Moxie Award?
The Moxie Award program recognizes organizations based in the DC metro area for their Boldness in Business. In its 10th year, the award honors business leaders who have set themselves apart through innovation, risk-taking, and a genuine commitment to their people and communities. Finalists are selected through a formal application process and interviewed in person by a panel of respected third-party business leaders from across the Washington, DC business community. Judges look for organizations that are bold, fearless, and willing to take the risks most others will not.
The complete list of 2026 Executive of the Year finalists can be viewed at moxieaward.com/finalists-executive-of-the-year.
Who Are the 2026 Moxie Award Executive of the Year Finalists?
The 2026 Executive of the Year finalists are Aaron Moak of PingWind, Inc.; Christina Betancourt Johnson of Standard Wellness Maryland; David Yergin-Doniger of WG Construction Co., Inc.; Heather Tuason of Arena; Jay Moorman of CTI, A Parsons Company; Josh Funk of Rehab 2 Perform; Lido Ramadan of Aminad; Michael Macsherry of Matos Builders; Stacy Hayes of Assured Data Protection; Tim Borchert of Tria Federal; and Tonya Henderson of Recovery Program Solutions of VA.
Why This Recognition Matters
I started Rehab 2 Perform roughly three years after graduating from the University of Maryland with my Doctorate in Physical Therapy. One location. One conviction: physical therapy in this country was being done wrong. Too passive. Too short-sighted. Too disconnected from what people actually want, which is to get back to living and performing their life at a high level.
Eleven years later, we operate 15 locations across Maryland, Virginia, and Washington, DC. We served over 164,000 patient visits in 2025, finished the year with a Net Promoter Score of 94, and have been named an Inc. 5000 Fastest Growing Company six consecutive years. We have been Great Place to Work Certified four years running. We are targeting $20 million in revenue in 2026.
That did not happen because we followed the standard PT playbook. We built something fitness-forward at a time when most clinics were still operating out of strip malls with curtained tables and passive treatment protocols. We bet on movement. We bet on performance. We bet on our people.
That is the work the Moxie Award is designed to recognize. Being named a finalist for the second time confirms that what we are building holds up, not just in a strong year, but over time.
What Rehab 2 Perform Does
Rehab 2 Perform exists at the intersection of healthcare and fitness. Our clinical philosophy is built around three pillars of Movement Health: Competency, Capacity, and Conditioning. We treat patients like the athletes they are, whether they have ever played a sport or not, with the assumption that they have goals worth chasing and a life worth getting back to.
We operate two distinct pathways. Ready 2 Perform is our insurance-based physical therapy lane, serving patients coming off injury, surgery, or pain. The goal is never just to reduce symptoms. It is to prepare them to perform. Perform For Life is our cash-pay wellness and performance lane, built for adults who are investing proactively in how they move, how long they stay healthy, and how they perform as they age. You do not need a diagnosis to benefit from what we do.
You Are Not Here 2 Rehab… You Are Here 2 Perform.
The Foundation Behind the Work
I grew up in Montgomery County, Maryland. I played four years of Division I lacrosse at Ohio State, served as captain, and spent two seasons as a professional athlete with the Minnesota Swarm in the National Lacrosse League. In college, I tore my labrum and rotator cuff and avoided surgery through physical therapy. That experience is the origin of everything Rehab 2 Perform has become.
Being a clinician, a former competitive athlete, and a founder shapes how we run this company in concrete ways. We treat patients with specificity and with standards, because that is what serious athletes have always demanded of their care. That standard does not lower just because someone is 45, not a varsity athlete, and dealing with their first major injury. The standard is the same. The investment in their outcome is the same.
What Is Coming Next for Rehab 2 Perform
Our 16th location at Harbor Point in Baltimore, and 17th in Stevensville on Kent Island, is in development. We are expanding our clinical diagnostics platform with HUMAC NORM isokinetic technology, the same standard used at the professional and Olympic level, now accessible for all R2P patients.
If you have been thinking about what performance-based physical therapy could do for you, whether you are managing an injury today or investing in how you move for the next 20 years, learn more about what we do or find a location near you at rehab2perform.com.