Laura O’Brien is a private pediatric occupational therapist in Des Plaines, IL with over thirty years of experience in sensory integration, children’s yoga, ASD, and social/emotional needs. She identifies climate change as one of the most pressing threats to children’s occupational well-being.

Louise Weissel is an occupational therapist working as a consultant at Sustain-Ability Access Consultancy and as the coordinator of the Greener Health Project in Wiltshire, England where her work connects individual health and ecological sustainability.

Ashlyn Southard is a recent MOT graduate from Saint Louis University in St. Louis, MO. In the summer of 2022, she completed an internship at Grand Teton National Park with a focus on cognitive and sensory resources for families and staff.

Jill Clancy, OTR/L, CNS is an occupational therapy (OT) practitioner in Long Island, New York working in geriatric and pediatric home care as well as a skilled nursing facility.

Justin is using his lens as an occupational therapist to explore the intersection between occupation, environment, and resilience as it relates to experiences with wildfires among Indigenous peoples.

With decades of experience and an extensive understanding of the relationships between climate change and human occupation, Dr. Moses Ikiugu is a driving force for sustainability in occupational therapy practice.

As a second year occupational therapy doctoral student at Washington University in St. Louis, Sam is at the forefront of student-led research investigating the intersection between climate change and occupational therapy through his doctoral capstone project.

An accomplished practitioner, educator, design consultant, researcher, and author, Dr. Wagenfeld has worn almost every hat available in the occupational therapy wardrobe.

Through her work as a climate action coach, green team leader, prior educator, and member of both the Wisconsin Sustainable Business Council’s ‘Women in Sustainability’ and the Wisconsin Health Professionals for Climate Action, Kelly aims to “normalize climate solutions and climate resilience talk”.

As an Associate Professor of Clinical Occupational Therapy at the University of Southern California Dr. Dieterle teaches, practices, and researches the promotion of sustainable occupations.