3 Lindy Boggs Award Mary Johanna McGuire, MS, OTR/L, OTPP, FAOTA Rehab Educators, LLC Fairlawn, Ohio Policy Leadership Advocating With American Medical Association Ms. Mary Johanna McGuire is the founder of Rehab Educators, a group of occupational therapists in private practice in Akron, Ohio, that provides home and community-based occupational therapy to clients across the lifespan. This model of practice is built upon the vision of U.S. Representative Lindy Boggs whose work established coverage of OT under Part B Medicare services. Ms. McGuire’s work over the past 40 years includes service in acute care, outpa- tient facilities, home health care, skilled nursing facilities, and inpatient rehab. She was a clinical supervisor and then the clinical education specialist at the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago (now the Shirley Ryan Ability Lab) and spent over eight years as a full-time faculty member at two different universities. She co-owned and operated a continuing education company that was one of the first AOTA Approved CE Providers in the nation. Since 2012, she has served as AOTA’s representative to the American Medical Association’s Healthcare Professional Advisory Committee on Current Procedural Terminology. In that role, her understanding of and commitment to the power of evidence-based OT has provided a firm foundation for promoting the distinct value of occupational therapy to colleagues, researchers, and policymakers across the nation. Award for Excellence in the Advancement of OT Michael Pizzi, PhD, OTR/L, FAOTA Dominican College Orangeburg, New York Innovations in Health/Wellness, Advocacy, Mentoring, and Scholarship Dr. Michael Pizzi has been a pioneer and innovator in the areas of hospice, HIV/AIDS, health, wellness, and quality of life and childhood obesity, envi- sioning since the early 1980s that occupational therapy should be addressing not just client or community needs, but societal and global needs. Since grad- uating from Elizabethtown College and publishing his first American Journal of Occupational Therapy article three years later on hospice, Dr. Pizzi has ded- icated his career to promoting the profession through teaching, service, schol- arship and community programming. He has published over 60 peer reviewed articles or chapters within and outside the profession, with 75% published as a practitioner due to his commitment to making the power of occupation more visible. He created assessments in emerging practice areas including the Pizzi Health and Wellness Assessment (PHWA), the first assessment directly linking occupation with health, and the Pizzi Healthy Weight Management Assessment (PHWMA) both of which have caregiver versions. Dr. Pizzi is also an Equity actor and created an annual Special Broadway Camp for children with special needs and The Wellsongs ProjectTM working with Broadway composers to compose songs for children with special needs and people with mental health/ mental illness. “Given Opportunity, Always Able” is the motto of his not-for- profit organization, Touching Humanity, Inc.

4 AOTA Roster of Fellows Occupational Therapy Expert Clinician, Leader, and Advocate Luis de Leon Arabit, OTD, MS, OTR/L, BCPR, C/NDT, PAM Assessing and Promoting Use of Occupational Experience Karen Elizabeth Atler, PhD, OTR Pioneering Best Practice Simulation in Occupational Therapy Joanne M. Baird, PhD, OTR/L, CHSE Supporting the Profession Through Evidence-Based Practice Megan C. Chang, PhD, OTR/L Visionary Leadership and Dedicated Service Julie Dorsey, OTD, OTR/L, CEAS Advocate for Fieldwork Excellence, Mental Health Practice Susan M. Higgins, OT, OTD, OTR Innovative Practice, Inspired Leadership, and Impassioned Advocacy Jan Hollenbeck, OTD, OTR/L Advancing Interprofessional Scholarship, Education, Leadership, and Practice Carole Kennedy Ivey, PhD, OTR/L Reimbursement Expertise and Academic Medical Center Leadership Katie Jordan, OTD, OTR/L Industry Expert and Leader for our Profession Sabrena McCarley, MBA-SL, OTR/L, CLIPP, RAC-CT, QCP Optimizing Participation and Performance for Cancer Survivors Robin Newman, OTD, OTR/L, CLT Advancing Practice Through Innovation and Academic Excellence Robyn Y. Otty, OTD, MEd, OTR/L, BCPR Fearless Leader, Energetic Educator, and Tireless Advocate Heather Panczykowski, DHSc, OTR/L Research Excellence in Diabetes and Chronic Condition Management Elizabeth Pyatak, PhD, OTR/L, CDE Servant Leader in the Occupational Therapy Profession Joyce E. Rioux, EdD, OTR/L, SCSS