OSOT Volunteers

Our volunteers’ efforts inspire, motivate and support the Society to undertake and make progress on our strategic plan to provide voice, visibility and leadership for occupational therapists.

We are delighted and proud to have so many OSOT members engaged in the work of the Society. They serve and support members, promote occupational therapy, and position and advocate to engage occupational therapists to play meaningful roles influencing the ongoing development of our health care system in order to assure that Ontarians have access to the health care services they need. Beyond all this, volunteer efforts have ripple effects, strengthening our membership community and igniting a vibrancy that is so important to our profession.

A huge thank you goes out to all of our volunteers!

Board of Directors

Holly Assaf
Jennifer Berg-Carnegie
John Secen
Lu Han
Maria Borczyk
Marni Salkovitch
Shauna Eisen
Shiyen Shu
Susan Cherian-Joseph

Adult Mental Health Team

Abigail McHaffie
Andrea Sadler
Anna Zaffina
Ashley Lal
Bani Ahuja
Emma Bruce
Matthew Tsuda
Sophie Wong
Susan Yee
Vikki Madden

Auto Insurance Sector Team

Fiona Smith Bradley
Galit Liffshiz
Hazel Wood
Jeff Ford
Joanne Romas
Kellie Radley
Lynne Kozina
Loreta Stanulis-Duz
Maria Stella Puopolo
Rhona Feldt-Stein
Sarah Macrae

Child and Youth Mental Health Team

Ashley Collver
Donna Dennis
Josie Szatmari
Liz Nielson
Nicole Raftis
Ramanjit Cheema
Sue Wahl

Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) Task Force

Aaron Palmer
Fatima Quraishi
Ishanee Jahgirdar
Marnie Lofsky
Sasha Stewart 
Seema Sindwani
Shadia Balram

Hospital Team

Samantha Samonte-Brown

Long-Term Care Homes Team

Debbie Branch
Joanne Kular

OT/OTA Working Group

Christine Pagliaroli
Danijela Gvero
Debra Cooper
Diane Berruti
Diego Ceramitaro
Jeena Parmar
Kala Subramaniam 
Karen Koseck
Ken Mak
Marnie Lofsky
Patricia Illman
Rachel Boorsma
Saurabh Pradhan
Seema Sindwani
Sylvia Davidson
Tanu Bajaj
Teresa Avvampato

Primary Health Care Team

Catherine Donnelly
Colleen O'Neill
Diane Dowdell
Lori Letts
Martha Bauer

Retired Members Team

Briana Zur
Elizabeth Steggles
Emilie Embrey
Thelma Cameron

School-Based Occupational Therapists Team

Amy Quilty
Brenda Johnson
Erin Knobl 
Estera Lackovic
Janet Carioni 
Julie McNamara
Sangita Kamath
Stephanie Ellis

Seating and Mobility Team

Brenlee Mogul-Rotman
Deborah Cox
Marlene Adams
Neetu Kumar
Rebecca Vanderburgh
Tanya Falkenberg

Seniors Advisory Team

Catherine Donnelly
Colleen McGrath
Lori Letts
Mary Egan
Sachindri Wijekoon
Shlomit Rotenberg

Strategic Advocacy Team

Beth Linkewich
Marnie Lofsky
Shadia Balram

Workplace Mental Health Team

Behdin Nowrouzi-Kia
Brenda Power Ahmad 
Ceilidh Cunningham
Chantel Brammer
Heidi McLarty 
Jocelyn Cowls 
Karen Pontello 
Laura Kalef 
Lydia Beck 
Maha Wakim
Moira Kenyon 
Sandra Moll
Vikki Madden

2023 OSOT Conference Planning Team

Erin Mara
Heather Harder
Joanne Andrews
Mandy Zimmer

University Student Liaisons

Brianna Palmateer
Cassandra Telfer
Cindy Li
Claire Motyer
Haley Gabel
Jewel Sisson 
Justine Lacasse
Kathrynn Yungblut
Katie Alexander
Paige Barkowsky
Rachel Reparon
Sarah Stewart Grantham
Zack Zitek

Additional Volunteers 2023-24

Alicia Dean
Cheryl Wakefield
Laxee Nithiyananthan


Please note: Unintentional human error may have resulted in omission of a volunteer's name. If your name, or that of a colleague, should be added to the list, please accept our sincere apology and promise to correct this unfortunate oversight immediately upon receiving your notification. Please contact us at osot@osot.on.ca.