The 181st Business Meeting of the AOTF Board of Trustees took place in a snowy Alexandria, Va., March 11-12, 2022. The main agenda was to form the new 2023-2025 strategic plan that will be finalized at the June 2022 meeting.

We appreciate their time and expertise in supporting our mission. Want to get involved? Check out our Volunteer Committees.

A big welcome to our new board trustees:
Anne M. Bryden, PhD, OTR/L
Merrill Friedman, BA
Kathleen D. Lyons, ScD, OTR/L
Antoinette S. Shaw, OTR
Pamela Talero Cabrejo, OTD, OTR/L, CPAM

Congratulations to Douglene Jackson, PhD, OTR/L, LMT, ATP, BCTS, on her promotion to board secretary!

A big thank you to our outgoing board trustees:
Nancy Baker, ScD, MPH, OTR/L
Simone Gill, PhD, OTR
Forrest Pendleton, BA
Susan Stark, PhD, OTR/L, FAOTA
Cheryl Strickland, OTR/L

Congratulations to our 2022 Nedra Gilette Endowed Research Fellowship Awardee, 2022 Elizabeth Munsell, PhD, OT, Shirley Ryan AbilityLab, Project Title: Developing a Theory-Based Employment Intervention Framework for People with Early Parkinson’s Disease using a Stakeholder-Engaged Approach

To honor its namesake Nedra Gillette, the Nedra Gillette Endowed Research Fellowship award is in support of a postdoctoral researcher's foundational occupational therapy study into the human condition.  Please make a gift to help us support the future of OT, strengthen evidence-based practice and improve the quality of care. Your generosity will secure this scholarship for generations of OTs. 

Congratulations to our 2022 Kielhofner Research Scholarship Awardee, Allison L'Hotta, OTD, OTR/L, Washington University in St. Louis, Project Title: Cancer Survivors' Participation in Meaningful Life Activities, A Mixed Methods Approach (CASPAR).

Dr. Gary Kielhofner, DrPH, OTR, FAOTA, was one of the most influential and transformational figures in occupational therapy. Central to Gary's devotion to the science of OT was the development of new research talent. Please make a gift to help us support the future of OT, strengthen evidence-based practice and improve the quality of care. Your generosity will secure this scholarship for generations of OTs.