7 Gary Kielhofner Emerging Leader Niccole Rowe, BA, COTA/L Aspire OT Knoxville, Tennessee Promoting OTA Leadership Through Practice and Advocacy In her seven years as an occupational therapy assistant, Ms. Niccole Rowe’s efforts and accomplishments have exemplified leadership capacity through the development of future OTA leaders and advocating for occupational therapy’s role in the treatment of chronic pain. Ms. Rowe’s advocacy and leadership has included an emphasis on educating and encouraging OTA practitioners and students to begin their own leadership journeys. While serving on two leadership committees within AOTA, and her work on the student involvement committee for the Tennessee Occupational Therapy Association, she advocated for the role of OTAs in leadership. Her work to promote occupational therapy’s role in the treatment of chronic pain includes educating OT practitioners nationwide through presentations and two OT Practice continuing education articles. She has also presented nationally on the topics of burnout and OT/ OTA collaboration. Her passion for advocacy is also realized through her entrepreneurial role as Founding Partner for Aspire OT. In her various roles and accomplishments, Ms. Rowe has been able to exemplify leadership for OTAs at a local, state, and national level that will have a lasting impact on the profession. Emerging & Innovative Practice Award Terri Cassidy, OTD, OTR/L, CDRS Health Promotion Partners Colorado Springs, Colorado Innovative Practice Focused on Driving and Wellness Dr. Terri Cassidy is the founder of Health Promotion Partners, an innovative company focused on promoting the health and wellness of aging adults in the community. In her practice, Dr. Cassidy integrates both her skills as an occupational therapist and Certified Driver Rehabilitation Specialist to provide evaluation and interventions focused on helping clients to maintain mobility and community engagement. Dr. Cassidy was awarded a grant from the Colorado Department of Transportation in the Older Driver emphasis area. Her personal mission and focus with this grant are to build the capacity of medical profession- als to address driving risk as part of typical care through education, training, and community building. This outreach has included creating and running the Colo- rado Driving Community of Practice and hosting the Engaging Mobility Podcast. Dr. Cassidy completed her occupational therapy graduate work at Colorado State University and received her clinical doctorate in occupational therapy from the University of Utah. She is the past president of the Colorado ADED chapter and is a CarFit Instructor. She is the current Colorado representative to AOTA’s Representative Assembly and co-facilitates the Fitness to Drive Community of Practice through the AOTA Special Interest Sections. continued

8 Monique Chabot, OTD, OTR/L, CLIPP, CAPS Thomas Jefferson University Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Charismatic Innovator Serving Individuals and Communities Dr. Monique Chabot is an assistant professor at Thomas Jefferson University (Philadelphia University + Thomas Jefferson University). Dr. Chabot is dedicated to serving the local and international community through interprofessional partnerships. Specifically, she collaborates with various design faculty, ranging from landscape architecture, architecture, interior design, industrial design, and graphic design, all while advocating for the value of occupational therapy within design work. These projects solve real world problems and involve design and occupational therapy students. In addition, Dr. Chabot utilizes her program development course to inspire students to serve underserved communities. Implemented programs address a variety of needs in the community, ranging from advocacy for people with disabilities within public transit and sensory spaces to ongoing relationships with an older adult organization to support aging in place. She also leads and or- ganizes a Fieldwork I experience to Morocco to influence students’ understand- ing of culture and disability across the lifespan. In her clinical work, Dr. Chabot works to support aging in place through home modifications and publications on smart technology for aging in place. She owns a home modifications business and works with Habitat for Humanity on the CAPABLE project and a construction standards task force. Kelly Mahler, MS, OTR/L Mahler Occupational Therapy Hershey, Pennsylvania Innovator of Interoceptive Approaches in Occupational Therapy Ms. Kelly Mahler earned an MS in Occupational Therapy as well as a Post-Pro- fessional Pediatric Certificate from Misericordia University, Dallas, PA. She is currently a doctoral student at Misericordia University. Ms. Mahler has been an occupational therapist for 17 years, serving school-aged children and adults. Ms. Mahler is an adjunct faculty member in the Department of Occupational Therapy at Elizabethtown College, Elizabethtown, PA as well as in the Department of Occupational Therapy at Misericordia University. She is co-investigator on multiple research projects and an international speaker pertaining to topics such as interoception, sensory processing, trauma and autism. Erin Muston-Firsch, MS, OTR/L Craig Hospital Englewood, Colorado Meaningful Leadership, Collaboration, Teaching, and Social Impact Ms. Erin Muston-Firsch is an occupational therapist at Craig Hospital’s Assistive Technology Lab in Denver, Colorado. Specializing in assistive technology for in- dividuals with brain and/or spinal cord injuries, Ms. Muston-Firsch established the Craig Adaptive Gaming Program in 2016 to support her patients’ ability to