CSM OT Professor Appointed Representative for American Occupational Therapy Association’s Assembly

Dr. Whitney Rubin, assistant professor of occupational therapy at College of Saint Mary, has been appointed Nebraska’s representative for the American Occupational Therapy Association’s Representative Assembly.

Dr. Rubin previously served a three-year term. This appointment is for one year due to the restructuring of bylaws and the Representative Assembly.

“It is such an honor to represent Nebraska’s occupational therapists for another term,” Dr. Rubin said. “There will be a lot of changes within the structure of the Representative Assembly, and I look forward to providing Nebraska’s perspective to those changes.”

Dr. Rubin joins over 50 other representatives from all 50 states, Washington, D.C., and Puerto Rico on the Representative Assembly (RA). The main purpose of the RA is to develop and approve new occupation therapy professional policies and standards. Members of the RA also act as liaisons between AOTA and its members by communicating decisions to members and then obtaining feedback from them.