Council

ACOTE Members

Salvador Bondoc, OTD, OTR/L, CHT, FAOTA
Quinnipiac University
Hamden, CT

Harriett Bynum, MS, OTR/L
Retired Program Director
Oakdale, Pennsylvania

Elizabeth A. Cada, EdD, OTR/L, FAOTA (Higher Education Administrator)
Retired Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs
University Park, Illinois

Patty Coker-Bolt, PhD, OTR/L, FAOTA 
Medical University of South Carolina
Charleston, South Carolina

Velvet Hewett, MPA, OT/L
UC San Diego Health
La Jolla, California

Alex Jawharjian, PharmD, MPH, MBA (Public Member)
California Rehabilitation Institute
Los Angeles, California

Jennifer Kaldenberg, DrPH, MSA, OTR/L, SCLV, FAOTA
Boston University, College of Health and Rehabilitation Services (Sargent College)
Boston, MA

Karen W. Kershenstein, PhD (Public Member)
KWK Enterprises
Fairfax Station, VA

Vanna Lombardi, MHA, OTR/L
Harrison Medical Center
Bremerton, Washington

Sabrina Mathews, MS, OTR/L
Loma Linda University Medical Center
Loma Linda, California

Kristi McLeod, MS, BBA, COTA
Navarro College
Corsicana, Texas

Renee Ortega, PhD, COTA/L
Gowanus Treehouse
Brooklyn, New York

Sarah Nielsen, PhD, OTR/L, FAOTA
University of North Dakota
Grand Forks, North Dakota

Debra Ouellette, MS, OTR/L, SCLV, BCPR
Casa Colina Hospital and Centers for Healthcare
Pomona, California

Sheri Purdy, OTR/L, CLT, CCM
Northeast Rehabilitation Hospital
Salem, New Hampshire

Ketki D. Raina, PhD, OTR/L, FAOTA
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Pamela Roberts, PhD, OTR/L, SCFES, FAOTA, CPHQ, FNAP, FACRM
Cedars-Sinai Health System
Los Angeles, California

Fonda Scott, MA, COTA/L
Lexington, Oklahoma

Earl “Gip” Seaver, PhD (Public Member)
DeKalb, Illinois

Dotti Thompson, MOT, OTR/L
University Hospitals
Warrensville Heights, Ohio

Kristy Worrell, MHA, OTR/L, CLT
Vidant Chowan Hospital
Edenton, North Carolina

Updated 7/27/22