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People & Places
from May 2021 O&P Almanac
by AOPA
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PROFESSIONALS
ANNOUNCEMENTS AND TRANSITIONS
The Amputee Coalition named Mona Patel, founder and executive director of the San Antonio Amputee Foundation, and Chad Jerdee, most recently the global lead of responsible business for corporate sustainability and citizenship at Accenture, to its board of directors. The Coalition also appointed TaKeisha S. Walker as chief operating officer. “Our mission is to provide support, education, and advocacy to the more than 2 million Americans with limb loss and limb difference and the more than 28 million who are at risk for amputation,” said Amputee Coalition President and CEO Mary Richards. “Mona and Chad’s insights, lived experience, and leadership expertise will push us closer toward our achieving our strategic goals to grow the Coalition,” she added. “TaKeisha brings executive-level programmatic and organizational expertise that will propel the growth we need to steward our resources wisely in serving even more people living with limb loss and limb difference.”
The Orthotic and Prosthetic Education and Research Foundation (OPERF) and the American Board for Certification in Orthotics, Prosthetics, and Pedorthics have announced the following individuals as recipients of the 2021 OPERF/ABC Student Award for Academic Achievement: Lynden Brown (Alabama State University), Samuel Byrne (Eastern Michigan University), Meghan Criswell (University of Washington), Megan D’Apice (California State University Dominguez Hills), Stasia Iwuc (Baylor College of Medicine), Emily Lipski (Baylor College of Medicine), Alexander Miller (International Institute of Orthotics and Prosthetics), Katherine Turnage (University of Washington), and Jaclyn Webster (University of Washington).
In addition, three O&P residents were named as recipients of the Resident Travel Award: Kiley Armstrong, CO; Sheila Pack; and Samantha Stauffer, MSOP, CPO.
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