POTA Awards

POTA Recognizes quality and achievement in Occupational Therapy practice through presentation of the following awards (click to see details of each award):

OTA Student Award of Recognition
Dr. Stephen L. Heater Award of Outstanding Acheivement
OT Award of Recognition
OTA Award of Recognition
Master Clinician Award
Academic Educator Award
Fieldwork Educator Award
Student Award of Recognition
Award of Appreciation
President's Award
Reba M. Sebelist Scholarship

Award Recipients

Congratulations to the following individuals who received POTA awards! Thank you for your contributions to POTA and to the field of occupational therapy!

2009
Captain Jack D. Volpe, MS, OTR	Award of Appreciation
Joanne Marante Baird	Fieldwork Educator Award
Elizabeth R. Skidmore , PhD, OTR/L	Academic Educator Award
Sharon A. Glover , OTR/L	OT Award of Recognition
Mary Gavacs , OTR/L	Master Clinician Award
Bernadette Hattjar , DrOT, OTR/L, CWCE	Dr. Stephen L. Heater Award of Outstanding Acheivement
Jewish Healthcare Foundation Karen Wolk Feinstein and Nancy Zionts	Award of Appreciation
2008
Joseph V. Pettinati,MBA,MEd	Award of Appreciation
Caryn R. Johnson , OTR/L	OT Award of Recognition
Edward J Mihelcic , Ph.D., OTR/L	Master Clinician Award
Angela N. Hissong , D.Ed., OTR/L	Academic Educator Award
Jackie D Glosser , OTR/L	Fieldwork Educator Award
Advance Lane Training and Employment Corporation (ALTEC)	Award of Appreciation
C. Thomas North , MBA, PhD, OTR/L	Dr. Stephen L. Heater Award of Outstanding Acheivement
Ellen L. Kolodner , MSS OTR/L	President's Award
Caitlyn M Capella	Student Award of Recognition
2007
Courtney Lea Fellows , OTS	Student Award of Recognition
Danielle Sue Shuttleworth	Reba M. Sebelist Scholarship
Valerie Bey , OTR/L	OT Award of Recognition
Bernadette S. Vas Dias , COTA	OTA Award of Recognition
Jana Poole	Master Clinician Award
Matthew Carson Wilcox	OTA Student Award of Recognition
Rebecca Austill-Clausen , MS, OTR/L, FAOTA	President's Award
Amalie A Ward , OTR/L	Reba M. Sebelist Scholarship
2006
Lynsay R Whelan , OTS	Student Award of Recognition
Rebecca Austill-Clausen , MS, OTR/L, FAOTA	Dr. Stephen L. Heater Award of Outstanding Acheivement
Ingrid M. Kanics , MOT	OT Award of Recognition
Tracey J. Seganos , COTA/L	OTA Award of Recognition
Lana Kay Gealy	Reba M. Sebelist Scholarship
Denise Chisholm , PhD, OTR/L, FAOTA	Academic Educator Award
Bethlehem Haven, Marilyn Sullivan, Director	Award of Appreciation
Good Will Industries of Pittsburgh	Award of Appreciation
Allegheny County Department of Human Services	Award of Appreciation
Michelle Ziegmann , MS OTR	President's Award
Fern L. Silverman , OTR/L EdD	Master Clinician Award
2005
William L. Lambert , OTR/L	Fieldwork Educator Award
Kristie Patten Koenig , PhD, OTR/L	Dr. Stephen L. Heater Award of Outstanding Acheivement
Lisa Ann Fagan , MS, OTR/L	Master Clinician Award
Ingrid Mary Provident , Ed.D OTR/L	Academic Educator Award
Barrie E. Sheffler	Award of Appreciation
Resources for Human Development	Award of Appreciation
Michael Allen, Esq.	President's Award
Maureen K. Riggle	OT Award of Recognition
Lana Kay Gealy	Reba M. Sebelist Scholarship
Joy A Lisak , MS, OTR/L	Student Award of Recognition
2004
Irina Collins	Reba M. Sebelist Scholarship
Patricia Crist , Ph.D.,OTR/L,FAOTA	Dr. Stephen L. Heater Award of Outstanding Acheivement
Amy E. Hudkins , MHS, COTA/L	OTA Award of Recognition
LeeZa-An F Ohl , COTA/L	Master Clinician Award
Tina Bhatt	Student Award of Recognition
Senator Arlen Specter	President's Award
Pennsylvania Optometric Association	Award of Appreciation
Ann Marie Potter , MA OTR	Academic Educator Award
2003
Susan E. Santalucia , MS, OTR/L	Award of Appreciation
Tracy Hough	OTA Award of Recognition
Alisha May Kowalecki , OTS	Reba M. Sebelist Scholarship
Stephen L. Heater	President's Award
JHF/Coro Pittsburgh Health Sciences Fellowship	Award of Appreciation
Michele A. Yotz	OT Award of Recognition
Ann H. Neckers , MS,OTR/L,BCP	Master Clinician Award
Susan L. Haiman	Dr. Stephen L. Heater Award of Outstanding Acheivement
Michelle Ziegmann , MS OTR	Award of Appreciation
Joyce S. Salls , OTD, OTR/L	Academic Educator Award
Jerome L Martin , PhD, PT	Award of Appreciation
2002
Mary Gavacs , OTR/L	OT Award of Recognition
Susan A. Fletcher Skees	Master Clinician Award
Arlene Lorch , OTD, OTR/L, CHES	Academic Educator Award
Janet V. DeLany , Dr.	Dr. Stephen L. Heater Award of Outstanding Acheivement
Stephanie Fantauzzo	Student Award of Recognition
C. Thomas North , MBA, PhD, OTR/L	Fieldwork Educator Award
2001
Pamela Kasyan-Itzkowitz	Award of Appreciation
Colleen White , M.S, OTR/L	OT Award of Recognition
Helen L. Hopkins	Academic Educator Award
Rebuilding Together with Christmas in April, Pittsburgh	Award of Appreciation
Pamela E. Toto , MS, OTR/L, BCG, FAOTA	Master Clinician Award
2000
Jill Noaker Luck	OT Award of Recognition
Jeryl E. Werner , COTA/L, MSCS	OTA Award of Recognition
Dr. Moya Kinnealey , OTR/L	Academic Educator Award
Dave V. Baldwin	Fieldwork Educator Award
Ingrid M. Kanics , MOT	Student Award of Recognition
Dave Slubowski	Award of Appreciation
Terence W. Starz, MD	Award of Appreciation
Boris Vilic	Award of Appreciation
Bernard Kolodner, Esq.	President's Award
Nancy L. Beck , MA OTR/L	Dr. Stephen L. Heater Award of Outstanding Acheivement

Annual Awards Information

Do you want to recognize an individual for their work and conributions to the field and to POTA? Click here to download the nomination form.

The procedural guidelines and criteria for the awards can be viewed here in its entirety. Or click on each award above to see procedures and rating forms used by the committee for each award.

For questions concerning the award process, contact the POTA Vice-President:
Valerie Bey , OTR/L , VBEYOT@aol.com