New ACOTE Members and Officers

New ACOTE Members and Officers

The Accreditation Council for Occupational Therapy Education (ACOTEâ) is pleased to announce the appointment of the following new ACOTE members who recently began their first term on ACOTE:

• Velvet L. Hewett, OT/L, MPA
  Director of Rehabilitation
  UC San Diego Health
  La Jolla, CA

• Kristi McLeod, MS, BBA, COTA, DCS
  Associate Professor
  Navarro College
  Corsicana, TX

• Earl “Gip” Seaver, PhD, CCC-SLP
  Public Member
  DeKalb, IL

• Dotti A. Thompson, MOT, OTR/L
  Rehabilitation Manager and Occupational Therapist
  University Hospitals Geauga, Geneva, and Conneaut Medical Center
  Chardon, OH

• Kristy Worrell, MHA, OTR/L, CLT
  Rehab Manager
  Vidant Chowan Hospital
  Edenton, NC

Patricia Coker-Bolt, PhD, OTR/L, FAOTA, was selected to serve as the new Vice-Chairperson of ACOTE. Dr. Coker-Bolt is a Professor at the occupational therapy program at the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston, SC.

As a result of an election held in July, ACOTE elected Laura Rea, OTD, OTR, MBA, to the position of ACOTE Secretary-Treasurer. Dr. Rea is the academic fieldwork coordinator at the occupational therapy program at the University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences-Dallas Campus in Irving, TX.

A complete list of ACOTE members may be found on the Members section of ACOTE’s web site (https://acoteonline.org/about/members/).