Sue Iliff, PhD, OTR/L, BCP is an Associate Professor in the School of Occupational Therapy at Belmont University in Nashville, Tennessee. She has over 15 years of experience in occupational therapy education. Her scholarly interests include higher education, pediatrics, and partnering with community agencies to conduct collaborative and participatory research. She has over 25 years of experience providing pediatric occupational therapy to children and families.

Hannah Mathews, OTD, OTR/L, CPAM is an Occupational Therapist in Nashville Tennessee. She has 6 years of experience within Occupational Therapy in various settings, IPR, Outpatient Neuro, and Long Term care. Her interests also include research and community based programs that support inclusive opportunities for people with disabilities. While completing her doctoral capstone project, she founded the adaptive dance program at the Nashville Ballet, and from that created Able Arts Therapy LLC, a company seeking to provide skilled OT services through primarily dance-based interventions.

Whitney Joy Sanford, B.A., MSOT, OTR/L has been practicing as an occupational therapy practitioner since 2012. She launched Aspire Therapies, LLC, a community and clinic based pediatric occupational therapy practice in 2020 when she recognized that children were experiencing developmental delays secondary to the global pandemic. Ms. Joy Sanford holds a B.A. in Communications from Austin Peay State University and a M.S. in Occupational Therapy from Belmont University. Whitney served as Vice President of the Tennessee Occupational Therapy Association from 2021-2023. She has also been recognized as a Simmons Bank Community Hero for her work with children in the Memphis community, a 2023 recipient of the Comcast Rise Small Business Grant, and named as a Top 100 Belmont University Alumni Entrepreneur. Whitney is a native Memphian and is passionate about helping children succeed in the school/home context. In her free time, she enjoys spending time with her family, travel, and cheering on the Memphis Tigers.

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