List of Members
Our members reside in the United States, Canada, and Australia. In the U.S., our members represent a broad geographic distribution. Our careers span 20 to more than 70 years of activity.
Board of Directors:
Ellen L. Kolodner, MSS, OTR/L, FAOTA, President
Shirley Wells, DrPH, OTR, FAOTA, Vice President
Patricia LaVesser, PhD, OTR, Treasurer
Sandra Hanebrink, OTR/L, FAOTA, Director
Lesley Geyer, M.A., OTR/L, Director
Charles Christiansen, EdD, OTR/L, FAOTA, Director
Rita Fleming-Castaldy, PhD, OT/L, FAOTA, Director
Teri Black, COTA, ROH, Director
Members:
(list is current as of January 16, 2023)
Claudia Kay Allen*
Robinette Amaker
Lori Andersen
Rebecca Austill-Clausen
Susan Bachner
Minakshi Bapat
Karen Barney
Esther Bell ∞
Teri Black
Adele Breen-Franklin
Anita Bundy
Ann Burkhardt
Moira Bushell
Regina (Reggie) Michael Campbell
Elizabeth Cara
Joanne Cassidy
Felicia Chew
Charles Christiansen
Shaun Conway
Kendra Cooper
Marianne Dahl*
Jeanenne Dallas
Janet DeLany
Anne Dickerson
Cristina Dumitrescu
Diane Durham
Mary Ellen East
Kathryn Eberhardt
Kate Eglseder
Melanie Ellexson*
Sharon Elliott
Cynthia Epstein ∞
Rhoda Erhardt ∞
Mary Evert
Kimberly Fahlgren
Janet Falk-Kessler
Shereen Farber
Thomas Fisher
Rita Fleming-Castaldy
∞ = Honorary Life Member
*=Deceased
Gloria Frolek-Clark
Frank Gainer
Susan Garber
Bryan Gee
Lesley Geyer
Yolanda Griffiths
Meredith Gronski
Kristine Haertl
Cindy Hahn
Sandra Hanebrink
Flo Hannes
Karen J. Hefler
Christine Hischmann
Patricia Hoffman
Kathy A. Hoffmann-Grotting
Lynne Hollaway
Beverly Horowitz
Jackie Hurt
Satoru Izutsu ∞
Karen Jacobs
André Johnson
Robin Jones
Julie Kalahar
Judith Kimball
Moya Kinnealey
Ellen Kolodner
Barbara Kornblau
Heather Kuhaneck
Elizabeth Kurtz
Panelpha Kyler
Barbara Larson
Patricia LaVesser
Lindsey Lawrence
Lela Llorens ∞
Amy Mahle
Michelle Marshina
Deb McKernan-Ace
Valnere McLean
Linda R. Miron
Rivka Molinsky
Josephine Moore*
Patricia Nagaishi
Jane C. O'Brien
Shirley P. O'Brien
Susan Orloff
Judith Parker-Kent
Catherine Piersol
Michael Pizzi
Janet Poole
Antje Price*
Christine Raber
Kathlyn Reed
Nancy Richman
Susan Robosan-Burt
Judith Rogers
Charlotte Royeen
Fred Sammons ∞
Ruth Schemm
Winifred Schultz-Krohn
Erin Schwier
Anne Scott
Camille Skubik-Peplaski
Franklin Stein
Michele Stoll
Mary Ellen Stoykov
Allison Sullivan
Kari Tanta
Pam Toto
Michael Urban
Tracy Van Oss
Wendy Wachter-Schutz
Ruth Ann Watkins
Shirley Wells
Wayne L. Winistorfer
Arthur Yeager
STATEMENT BY THE PRESIDENT
The Occupational Therapy Leaders and Legacies Society (OTLLS), with membership comprising over 100 respected leaders from the occupational therapy profession, has a mission to support, promote, sustain, and enrich the profession of occupational therapy through a variety of projects led and implemented by members. Since its official incorporation in 2017, OTLLS has mounted productive and important initiatives to preserve occupational therapy history, establish a national honor society for Occupational Therapy Assistants, and establish a foundation to fund scholarships and other initiatives to advance the profession.
OTTLS encourages its members to engage as individuals in non-OTLLS endeavors that they believe sustain and advance occupational therapy. It recognizes that some of these endeavors involve advocacy for various causes. As an independent membership organization, OTLLS does not take official positions on matters concerning the governance and leadership of other occupational therapy organizations. Although it respects the rights of its individual members to express their particular points of view, it insists that they do as individuals, taking care to clarify that they do not represent the official views of the OTLLS organization or speak on behalf of other members. References to OTLLS in public communications expressing collective points of view, the use of its logo, or its membership lists is unauthorized unless expressly approved by the board (and membership, as applicable) of OTLLS.