Board of Trustees Executive Committee

  • Patricia Davies, PhD, OTR, FAOTA

    Dr. Davies is the director of the Brainwaves Research Laboratory at Colorado State University, where she focuses on understanding the neurophysiological mechanisms that underlie cognitive and motor behaviors in both children with and without disorders.  She holds joint appointments in the Departments of Occupational Therapy, Psychology, and Human Development and Family Studies, and is also…

  • Lisa Juckett, PhD, OTR/L, CHT

    Lisa Juckett, PhD, OTR/L, CHT, is an Associate Professor of Occupational Therapy in the School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences at The Ohio State University. She leverages her prior clinical experiences in physical rehabilitation and her doctoral training in implementation science to identify solutions that narrow the “research-to-practice” gap. Dr. Juckett and her team have…

  • Brent Braveman, PhD, OTR/L, FAOTA

    Dr. Braveman serves as Director of Rehabilitation Services at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, the nation’s top-ranked cancer hospital. He oversees a department of over 140 occupational and physical therapy practitioners. His extensive volunteer service includes two terms on the AOTA Board of Directors as Speaker of the Representative Assembly and Secretary,…

  • Timothy Reistetter, PhD, OTR, FAOTA

    Dr. Reistetter is Professor and Associate Dean for Research in the School of Health Professions at the University of Texas Health Sciences Center in San Antonio. He is nationally recognized for leadership in health services research within rehabilitation and occupational therapy. His groundbreaking work developed Rehabilitation Service Areas, providing researchers with essential tools to measure…