2016 AOTA Award Recipients

Award of Merit

Thomas F. Fisher, PhD, OTR, FAOTA, CCM

Eleanor Clarke Slagle Lectureship Award

Roger O. Smith, PhD, OT, FAOTA, Resna Fellow

Award for Excellence in the Advancement of Occupational Therapy

Nancy Stanford Blair, PhD

Roster of Fellows Award

Elaine Craddy Adams, OTR/L

Marian Arbesman, PhD, OTR/L

Nancy Bagatell, PhD, OTR/L

Felecia Moore Banks, PhD, MEd, OTR/L

Dorothy Peterson Bethea, EdD, MPA, OTR/L

Hazel Breland, PhD, OTR/L

Susan M. Cahill, PhD, OTR/L

Nancy Edwards Carson, PhD, OTR/L

Robert P. Cunningham, PhD, OT/L, ATP

Jeanenne Dallas, MA, OTR/L

Diane Powers Dirette, PhD, OTL

Denise K. Donica, DHSc, OTR/L, BCP

Robert W. Gibson, PhD, MS, OTR/L

Ingrid M. Kanics, MOT, MIA, OTR/L

Mark Kovic, OTD, OTR/L

Christine Kroll, MS, OTR

Belkis Landa-Gonzalez, EdD, OTR/L

Yvette Carol (LeRoy) Hatchel, JD, MEd, OTR/L

Lauren Fowler Holahan, MS, OTR/L

Alexander Lopez, JD, OT/L

Lauro A. Munoz, OTR, MOT

Susan L. Murphy, ScD, OTR

Dawn M. Nilsen, EdD, OTR

Stephen J. Page, PhD, MS, MOT, OTR/L, FAHA, FACRM

Monica S. Perlmutter, OTD, OTR/L, SCLV

Pollie Price, PhD, OTR/L

Emily Raphael-Greenfield, EdD, OTR/L

Marla R. Robinson, MSc, OTR/L, BCPR

Sandra Schefkind, MS, OTR/L

Steven Taff, PhD, OTR/L

George S. Tomlin, PhD, OTR/L

Craig Velozo, PhD, OTR/L

Amy Wagenfeld, PhD, OTR/L, SCEM, CAPS

C. Lind Wakeford, MS, OTR/L

Melissa Y. Winkle, OTR/L

Recognition of Achievement Award

Sally E. Poole, OTD, OT/L, CHT

Patricia J. Precin, PhD, PsyaD, OTR/L, NCPsyA, LP, FAOTA

Pamela E. Toto, PhD, OTR/L, BCG, FAOTA

Health Advocate Award

Alexander W. Dromerick, MD

Gary Kielhofner Emerging Leader

Robert W. Walsh, MS, OTR/L

Outstanding Mentor Award

Patricia Bowyer, EdD, MS, OTR, FAOTA

Outstanding Student Advocate Award

University of Texas El Paso Student Occupational Therapy Association

Cordelia Myers AJOT Best Article Award

Anne V. Kirby, PhD, OTR/L

Lauren M. Little, PhD, OTR/L

Beth Schultz, MS, OTR/L

Grace T. Baranek, PhD, OTR/L, FAOTA

Jeannette Bair Writer’s Award

Carol Leslie, DipCOT, OT/L, CHT, CWC

Special Interest Sections Quarterly Writer’s Award

Sarah Guariglia, MA, OTR/L

Stacy Smallfield, DrOT, MSOT, OTR/L, FAOTA

AOTA/AOTF Presidents’ Commendation

Mary Foto, OT, FAOTA, CCM

AOTF Academy of Research

Gary Bedell, PhD, OTR/L, FAOTA

Roseanne Schaaf, PhD, OTR/L, FAOTA

Jenny Ziviani, PhD, BAppSC(OT), MEd

AOTF A. Jean Ayres Award

Alison E. Lane, PhD, OTR

AOTF Award for Community Volunteerism

Fern Silverman, EdD, OTR/L

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

In Memoriam

AOTA honors the memory of the following members, about whose death we were notified between October 1, 2015, and September 30, 2016.