Meet AOTA's Board of Directors
The Board of Directors governs and guides the direction of the American Occupational Therapy Association.
Vice President
Cristina Reyes Smith
OTD, MS, OTR/L, FAOTA
2024-2027
Secretary
Leslie Jackson
OTD, MEd, OT/L
2025-2028
Treasurer
Bryant Edwards
OTD, MA, OTR/L, BCP, MPH, FAOTA
2026–2029
Member
Dawn Sonnier
LOTR, CAPS, FAOTA
2026–2029
Member
Erik Johnson
OTD, MS, OTR, FAOTA
2026–2029
Member
Sarah Bream
OTD, OTR/L
2024-2027
Member
Nardia Aldridge
PhD, OTR/L, DTM
2025-2028
Member
Natalie Chang Wright
MBA-HCM, COTA/L, ROH
2025-2028
Member
Andre Johnson
OTR/L, ROH
2024–2027
Speaker, Representative Assembly
Halley Read
PhD, OTR/L
2025-2028
Chairperson, Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Justice, Access and Belonging Committee
Dahlia Castillo
OTR, OTD
2025-2027
Public Member
Jackie Provost
Non-Voting Member
2025-2028
Consumer Member
Jha’nee Carter
Non-Voting Member
2025-2028
Interim Chief Executive Officer
Neil Harvison
PhD, OTR, FNAP, FAOTA
Non-Voting Member