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AOTF Staff Members

1979

1979

CERTIFICATE OF APPRECIATION
Frank W. Oppenheimer

1980

1980

CERTIFICATE OF APPRECIATION
Nancy V. Snyder, MS, OTR/L, FAOTA
Carlotta Welles, MA, OTR, FAOTA
Kappa Delta Phi Sorority    

1981

1981

CERTIFICATE OF APPRECIATION
Marion W. Crampton, OTR, FAOTA
Lela Llorens, PhD, OTR, FAOTA  

1982

1982
CERTIFICATE OF APPRECIATION
Jean Morse, PhD
Virgil Scardina
Virginia Scardina, MEd, OTR, FAOTA 
 
TESTIMONIAL OF APPRECIATION (GOLD PIN/PRESIDENT EMERITA) 
Wilma L. West, MA, OTR, FAOTA 

2018

2018

ACADEMY OF RESEARCH
Bernadette Nedelec, PhD, BScOT(C)
Ching-yi Wu, ScD, OTR

AOTF FRED SAMMONS VOLUNTEER RECOGNITION AWARD
Donald F. Lang (posthumously)

AOTF A. JEAN AYRES AWARD
Roberta (Bobbi) Pineda, PhD, OTR/L

AOTF VIRGINIA SCARDINA AWARD OF EXCELLENCE
Rondalyn Varney Whitney, PhD, OTR/L, FAOTA

AOTF MERITORIOUS SERVICE AWARD 
Joseph K. Brey, OTD, OTR/L
Mary Ellen Buning, PhD, OTR/L, ATP/SMS
Wendy J. Coster, PhD, OTR/L, FAOTA
Jan Miller Polgar, PhD, OT Reg (Ont), FCAOT

AOTF LEADERSHIP SERVICE COMMENDATION
Leeanne M. Carey, PhD, BAppSc(OT)
Terri Cassidy, OTD, MS, OTR/L, CDRS
Susan M. Fitzpatrick, PhD
Kristine Haertl, PhD, OTR/L, FAOTA
Helene J. Polatajko, PhD, OT Reg (Ont), OT(C), FCAOT, FCAHS
Jan Stube, PhD, OTR/L, FAOTA

AOTF PI THETA EPSILON MARY J. BRIDLE FIRST RESEARCH AWARD
Elizabeth Torrez, OTD, OTR/L

1984

1984

ACADEMY OF RESEARCH
Gary W. Kielhofner, DrPH, OTR, FAOTA
Kenneth Ottenbacher, PhD, OTR, FAOTA
Joan C. Rogers, PhD, OTR, FAOTA
Catherine A. Trombly, MS, OTR, FAOTA
 
MERITORIOUS SERVICE AWARD
Alice C. Jantzen, PhD, OTR, FAOTA

CERTIFICATE OF APPRECIATION
Charles H. Christiansen, EdD, OTR, FAOTA
Richard C. Cox, PhD
Mae D. Hightower-Vandamm, OTR, FAOTA

2017

2017

ACADEMY OF RESEARCH
Natasha A. Lannin, PhD, BSc(OT), GradDip
Keh-chung Lin, ScD, OTR

AOTA-AOTF PRESIDENTS' COMMENDATION AWARD IN HONOR OF WILMA L. WEST
Florence A. Clark, PhD, OTR/L, FAOTA

AOTF FRED SAMMONS VOLUNTEER RECOGNITION AWARD
Frederic W. Sammons, OTR, FAOTA

VIRGINIA SCARDINA AWARD OF EXCELLENCE
Tara J. Glennon, EdD, OTR/L, FAOTA
Heather Miller-Kuhaneck, PhD, OTR/L, FAOTA

PI THETA EPSILON MARY J. BRIDLE FIRST RESEARCH AWARD
Sara S. Ulfers

AOTF MERITORIUS SERVICE AWARD
M. Carolyn Baum, PhD, OTR, FAOTA
Martha Kirkland, OTR
Kinsuk K. Maitra, PhD, OTR/L, FAOTA

AOTF LEADERSHIP SERVICE COMMENDATION
Lisa Bodry,  OTR/L
Laura N. Gitlin, PhD

2016

2016

ACADEMY OF RESEARCH
Gary Bedell, PhD, OTR/L, FAOTA
Roseanne Schaaf, PhD, OTR/L, FAOTA
Jenny Ziviani, PhD, BAppSC(OT), MEd

AOTA-AOTF PRESIDENTS' COMMENDATION AWARD IN HONOR OF WILMA L. WEST 
Mary Foto, OT, FAOTA, CCM

A.  JEAN AYRES AWARD
Alison E. Lane, PhD, OTR

AOTF AWARD FOR COMMUNITY VOLUNTEERISM
Fern Silverman, EdD, OTR/L and Andrea Tyszka, MA, OTR/L

AOTF MERITORIOUS SERVICE AWARD
Patricia (Pat) Booth, MAT
Mary Foto, OT, FAOTA, CCM
Emily A. Kringle, MOT, OTR/L
Diana L. Ramsay, MPP, OTR, FAOTA

AOTF LEADERSHIP SERVICE COMMENDATION
Susan M. Fitzpatrick, PhD
Melissa Oliver, MS, OTR/L

2015

2015

ACADEMY OF RESEARCH
Jane Case-Smith, EdD, OTR/L, FAOTA (presented posthumously)
Naomi Josman, PhD, OT(I)
Mary Jane Mulcahey, PhD, OTR/L
  
AOTA-AOTF PRESIDENTS' COMMENDATION AWARD IN HONOR OF WILMA L. WEST
Jane Case-Smith, EdD, OTR/L, FAOTA (presented posthumously)

A. JEAN AYRES AWARD
Patricia Bowyer, EdD, MS, OTR, FAOTA
  
VIRGINIA SCARDINA AWARD OF EXCELLENCE
Diana A. Henry, MS, OTR/L, FAOTA

 AOTF MERITORIOUS SERVICE AWARD
Alfred "Chip" J. Chiplin, Jr., JD, MDiv, CPE
  
AOTF CERTIFICATE OF APPRECIATION
Kathleen Matuska, PhD, OTR/L
  
AOTF LEADERSHIP SERVICE COMMENDATION
Sandra Rogers, PhD, OTR/L
Stephanie Singleton, OT/L

2014

2014

ACADEMY OF RESEARCH
Deirdre Rose Dawson, PhD, OT Reg (Ont)
Joy Hammel, PhD, OTR/L, FAOTA
Elizabeth R. Skidmore, PhD, OTR/L

AOTF AWARD FOR COMMUNITY VOLUNTEERISM
Sandy Hanebrink, OTR/L
Alexander Lopez, JD, OT/L

A.  JEAN AYRES AWARD
Dottie M. Ecker, MA, OTR/L, FAOTA
Susan H. Knox, PhD, OTR/L, FAOTA

VIRGINIA SCARDINA AWARD OF EXCELLENCE
Deborah Whitcomb, PhD, MBA, OTR/L AOTF MERITORIOUS SERVICE AWARD
Adam T. Drobot, PhD

AOTF LEADERSHIP SERVICE COMMENDATION
Jane D. Acquaviva
Andrea R. Bilics, PhD, OTR/L, FAOTA
Aaron Eakman, PhD, OTR/L
Nancy Richman, OTR, FAOTA
Jane Rourk, OTR/L, BCP, FAOTA
Kim Schoessow, OTD, OTR/L
Kari J. Tanta, PhD, OTR/L, FAOTA

PI THETA EPSILON MARY J. BRIDLE FIRST RESEARCH AWARD
Beta Delta Chapter of Pi Theta Epsilon at Nova Southeastern University 

2013

2013

ACADEMY OF RESEARCH
Christine A. Helfrich, PhD, OTR/L, FAOTA
Stephen Page, PhD, MS, MOT, OTR/L, FAHA
Sylvia Rodger, BOcc Thy, MEd St, PhD

AOTA-AOTF PRESIDENTS' COMMENDATION AWARD IN HONOR OF WILMA L. WEST
Kenneth Ottenbacher, PhD, OTR, FAOTA

AOTF AWARD FOR VOLUNTEERISM
Fengyi Kuo, DHS, OTR, CPRP

A. JEAN AYRES AWARD
Patricia L. Davies, PhD, OTR, FAOTA

VIRGINIA SCARDINA AWARD OF EXCELLENCE
Mary L. Schneider, PhD, OTR/L

AOTF MERITORIOUS SERVICE AWARD
Sharon G. Ryan, OTR

AOTF LEADERSHIP SERVICE COMMENDATION
Mark C. Sullivan
Nancy Baker, ScD, MPH
Catana Brown, PhD, OTR, FAOTA
Kristie Patten Koenig, PhD, OTR/L, FAOTA
Janet M. Powell, PhD, OTR/L 
  

2012

2012

ACADEMY OF RESEARCH
Anita Bundy, ScD, OTR, FAOTA
Sherrilene Classen, PhD, MPH, OTR/L, FAOTA
Dorothy Farrar Edwards, PhD
Annette Majnemer, PhD, OT(C), FCAOT

AOTF AWARD FOR VOLUNTEERISM
Evelyn Jaffe, MPH, OTR/L, FAOTA
 
A. JEAN AYRES AWARD
Shelley E. Mulligan, PhD, OTR/L
Grace Baranek, PhD, OTR/L, FAOTA 

AOTF MERITORIOUS SERVICE AWARD
Melissa Oliver, MS, OTR/L
 
CERTIFICATE OF APPRECIATION
Jane Case-Smith, EdD, OTR/L, FAOTA
 
SERVICE COMMENDATION
Nancy Vesper Snyder 

2011

2011

ACADEMY OF RESEARCH
Suryakumar Shah, PhD, OTD, MEd, OTR, FAOTA
Susan L. Murphy, ScD, OTR/L
 
AOTF/PATTERSON AWARD FOR VOLUNTEERISM
Patricia Coker-Bolt, PhD, OTR/L
Yvette Hachtel, JD, MEd, OTR/L
Debra Lindstrom Hazel, PhD, OTR
Deborah Whitcomb, MBA, OTR/L
Catalina Zobel, BA, COTA

A. JEAN AYRES AWARD
Ellen S. Cohn, ScD, OTR/L, FAOTA
Jane A. Koomar, PhD, OTR/L, FAOTA 

VIRGINIA SCARDINA AWARD OF EXCELLENCE
Sarah A. Schoen, PhD, OTR/L, FAOTA
 
AOTF MERITORIOUS SERVICE AWARD
Cynthia F. Epstein, MA, OTR, FAOTA
Ruth Ann Watkins, MBA, OTR/L, FAOTA
 
CERTIFICATE OF APPRECIATION
Stephen A. Wilburn 

2010

2010

ACADEMY OF RESEARCH
Patricia L. Davies, PhD, OTR, FAOTA
Johanne Desrosiers, PhD, OT(C), FCAOT
Roger O. Smith, PhD, OT, FAOTA, RESNA Fellow
 
AOTA-AOTF PRESIDENTS' COMMENDATION AWARD IN HONOR OF WILMA L. WEST
Joan C. Rogers, PhD, OTR/L, FAOTA

A. JEAN AYRES AWARD
Erna Imperatore Blanche, PhD, OTR/L, FAOTA
Mary L. Schneider, PhD, OTR/L 

VIRGINIA SCARDINA AWARD OF EXCELLENCE
Julia L. Wilbarger, PhD, OTR
 
AOTF CERTIFICATE OF APPRECIATION
Catherine S. Nielson, MPH, OTR/L, FAOTA
 
AOTF MERITORIOUS SERVICE AWARD
William "Bill" Farland, PhD
Nancy Talbot, MEd, OTR, FAOTA 

2009

2009

ACADEMY OF RESEARCH
Nancy A. Baker, ScD, OTR/L
Leeanne Carey, BAppSC(OT), PhD
 
AOTA-AOTF PRESIDENTS' COMMENDATION AWARD IN HONOR OF WILMA L. WEST
M. Carolyn Baum, PhD, OTR/L, FAOTA

A. JEAN AYRES AWARD
Shelly Lane, PhD, OTR/L
Susanne Smith Roley, MS, OTR/L, FAOTA

​VIRGINIA SCARDINA AWARD OF EXCELLENCE
Teresa May-Benson, ScD, OTR/L
 
AOTF MERITORIOUS SERVICE AWARD
Phyllis Bauer Madachy 

2008

2008

ACADEMY OF RESEARCH
Grace T. Baranek, PhD, OTR/L, FAOTA
Shula Parush, PhD, OTR
Janet Poole, PhD, OTR/L, FAOTA
 
A. JEAN AYRES AWARD
Beatriz Abreu, PhD, OTR, FAOTA
Roseann C. Schaaf, PhD, OTR/L, FAOTA
 
VIRGINIA SCARDINA AWARD OF EXCELLENCE
Zoe Mailloux, MA, OTR, FAOTA
 
HONORARY LIFE MEMBERSHIP
Ann P. Grady, PhD, OTR, FAOTA
Jane Davis Rourk, OTR/L, OTR/L, FAOTA, BCP
Donald Lang
 CERTIFICATE OF APPRECIATION
Wendy J. Coster, PhD, OTR/L, FAOTA 
Janet Craik, OT(C), MSc
Helene Polatajko, PhD, OT(C), OT Reg (Ont), FCAOT
 
LEADERSHIP SERVICE COMMENDATION
Elizabeth Crepeau, PhD, OTR, FAOTA
Virginia Dickie, PhD, OTR/L, FAOTA
Perri Stern, EdD, OTR/L, FAOTA
Gretchen Stone, PhD, OTR, FAOTA
 
AOTF MERITORIOUS SERVICE AWARD
Jean Deitz, PhD, OTR, FAOTA
Reatha Clark King, PhD 

2007

2007

ACADEMY OF RESEARCH
Daniel Bourbonnais, PhD, OT
Joyce Engel, PhD, OTR/L, FAOTA
Catherine L. Lysack, PhD, OT(C)
 
AOTA-AOTF PRESIDENTS' COMMENDATION AWARD IN HONOR OF WILMA L. WEST
Charles Christiansen, EdD, OTR, FAOTA
 
PI THETA EPSILON MARY J. BRIDLE FIRST RESEARCH AWARD
Laureen R. Franklin, MS, OTR/L

VIRGINIA SCARDINA AWARD OF EXCELLENCE
Joan Dostal, OTR/L 

CERTIFICATE OF APPRECIATION
Christine Peters, PhD, OTR
 
LEADERSHIP SERVICE COMMENDATION
Nancy L. Beck, MA, OTR/L
Helen L. Hopkins, EdD, OTR/L, FAOTA (Posthumous)
Elizabeth Tiffany Mather, MEd, OTR, FAOTA
Carole Simon, MS, OTR/L 

2006

2006

ACADEMY OF RESEARCH
M. Carolyn Baum, PhD, OTR/L, FAOTA
Susan Garber, MA, OTR, FAOTA, FACRM

​CERTIFICATE OF APPRECIATION
Lexi Funk
Michaela Vattimo 

2005

2005

ACADEMY OF RESEARCH
Patrice L. Tamar Weiss, PhD, MSc, BSc(OT)

AOTA-AOTF PRESIDENTS' COMMENDATION AWARD IN HONOR OF WILMA L. WEST
Martha Kirkland
 
A. JEAN AYRES AWARD
Paula Kramer, PhD, OTR, FAOTA
Zoe Mailloux, MA, OTR/L, FAOTA
 
PI THETA EPSILON MARY J. BRIDLE FIRST RESEARCH AWARD
Kimberly A. Van Den Wymelenberg, MS, OTR/L

VIRGINIA SCARDINA AWARD OF EXCELLENCE
Jane Koomar, PhD, OTR/L, FAOTA
 
AOTF LEADERSHIP COMMENDATION
John Bardi
Edward A. Eckenhoff
Karen Jacobs
Mori MacKenzie
Patti Moore
Daniel P. Ryan
 
AOTF MERITORIOUS SERVICE AWARD
Leopold G. Selker, PhD, MBA
Gordon Williamson, PhD, OTR, FAOTA 

2004

2004

ACADEMY OF RESEARCH
Marcia Finlayson, PhD, OTR/L
Mary C. Lawlor, ScD OTR, FAOTA

AOTA-AOTF PRESIDENTS' COMMENDATION AWARD IN HONOR OF WILMA L. WEST
Elizabeth B. Devereaux, MSW, ACSW/L, OTR/L, FAOTA

A. JEAN AYRES AWARD
Catherine A. Trombly, ScD, OTR/L, FAOTA

VIRGINIA SCARDINA AWARD OF EXCELLENCE
Susanne Smith Roley, MS, OTR/L
 
CERTIFICATE OF APPRECIATION
M. Carolyn Baum, PhD, OTR/L, FAOTA 

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