BOARD

Noted Expertise

Leadership in program development and evaluation; community and stakeholder engagement; grant development and management; workplace health promotion and Total Worker Health®; occupational therapy; public health; reentry and justice-based services; correctional and public safety workforce health; organizational change; research-to-practice translation; strategic partnerships and interdisciplinary collaboration.

Professional Career Highlights

Professor, Saint Louis University
Founder and Director, Transformative Justice Initiative
Co-Founder and Director, Occupational Therapy Transition and Integration Services (OTTIS)
Principal Investigator on NIOSH- and National Institute of Corrections-funded projects
Former Clinical Research Coordinator, Washington University School of Medicine
National Academies of Practice and American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA) Fellow
Recipient of AOTA's Emerging and Innovative Practice Award for Program Development in Criminal Justice Reform
Owner, Work Interventions LLC.

Volunteer Posts

External Advisory Committee, Healthier Workforce Center of the Midwest
Organizer, Justice-Based Occupational Therapy International Network
Co-Coordinator, National Corrections Collaborative;
Former Chair, American Occupational Therapy Association Work & Industry Special Interest Section
Saint Louis University Institutional Review Board Prisoner Representative
Food and Justice Action Collaborative

Educational Background

PhD, Public Health Studies — Saint Louis University
MS, Occupational Therapy — Florida International University
BS, Occupational Therapy & BA, Psychology — Maryville University

Favorite Musician

Dolly Parton