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• Review applications and issues licenses to eligible applicants;
• Require, approve and monitor continuing education;
• Review complaints and investigate complaints that fall within the Board’s authority; take appropriate disciplinary action when violations have occurred;
• Annually renew licenses to qualified licensees;
• Respond to questions as they relate to occupational therapy regulations.

Genevieve deRenne, MA, OTR/L, FAOTA, Chair
Joyce Browne, OTA/L
Alan King, OTR/L
Robert Bond, Public Member
Mitchell Schreiber, Public Member
 
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About the Board Members:
 
Genevieve deRenne received her B.A. and M.A. degrees in Occupational Therapy from University of Southern California.  She has worked at Providence Health System for 25 years and is currently the clinical supervisor at Providence Portland Medical Center.  She is serving her second year on the Board and is currently Chair of the Occupational Therapy Licensing Board.
 
Ms. DeRenne has provided leadership in professional activities on both the national and state level.  From 1980-82 she served as a representative to the Mental Health Special Interest Section of AOTA, and she the content expert for mental health on the Certification Exam Development Committee.  She also served on the committee that brought the AOTA national conference to Portland in 1983, and she was a Director of NBCOT from 1993 to 2001.  In 1998 she served on the AOTA/NCBCOT Dispute Collaboration Task Force and in 1996-2001 she was on the NBCOT Disciplinary Action Committee. 
 
On the state level Genevieve has also held various offices in OTAO and served on a number of committees.  She has won a number of awards for her work, including the AOTA Roster of Fellows, Service Award from NBCOT in 1992, Pride Award from St. Vincent Medical Center for Clinical Excellence and a Superior Performance Award from Long Beach Veterans Hospital for program development.  We are fortunate to have Genevieve’s leadership, experience and expertise as she continues to work on the Occupational Therapy Licensing Board in Oregon. 
 
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Joyce Browne (Duong), OTA/L was appointed in 2001 and is in her second four year term serving on the Board.  She received her OTA Associate degree from Mount Hood CC in 1990 and worked for a year with a contract rehabilitation agency providing long term care to geriatric clients.  She also worked for Adventist Medical Center’s acute psychiatric units and has spent the last ten years leading groups that focus on teaching clients appropriate skills and habits for health living.  Her special expertise is in the mental health area.  Currently she is working in The Dalles.  

Joyce employs the OT philosophy of balanced living with her two very active boys who are 8 and 16 years old and by enjoying mountaineering, backpacking and dancing.  She celebrated Mother’s Day in 2001 by climbing Mt. St. Helens and then climbed Mt. Hood in 2002.  She was an active participant in OTAO Alliance Community meetings and comes to the Board with a grasp of the issues and concerns that licensees have.  The Board is fortunate to have her expertise in the mental health area and especially the expertise she brings as an OT Assistant and the many issues in the area of supervision and scope of practice that come to the Board.  Joyce says that she is fortunate to be part of a team dedicated to assuring appropriate, competent occupational services.  In turn, it is the Board that is fortunate to have the energy, hard work, and perspective that Joyce offers.  She has been involved in several long investigations and is a very strong member serving the Board.
 
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Alan King is an occupational therapist working for Good Samaritan Regional Medical Center in Corvallis.  He grew up in Albany, went to Oregon State University and attending Pacific University, School of Occupational Therapy in Forest Grove.  He has worked as a staff Occupational Therapist in Portland, Salem and Corvallis.
 
Alan has felt a commitment to the profession and has volunteered in extra activities from the time he was an occupational therapy student at Pacific.  He has been involved with the state OT Association of Oregon by working on the OTAO newsletter for three to four years and has been active in the association conferences.   He realizes the importance of having a holistic approach to his work, meaning that he needs to do more than treat clients during the work day.  Working on the board and helping enforce the code of ethics is one of the most important roles he sees as he starts his four year term on the Board.
 
His family life is very important to him.  He is the father of an eight and five year old, and cannot believe how fast they grow up.  Between school, soccer practice/games, and various activities the week is very full.  He enjoys biking, snow skiing and other outdoor activities with his children and wife. 
 
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Robert Bond was appointed to serve on the Occupational Therapy Licensing Board in April  2008.   He attended University of Michigan with a degree in English and Accounting.  His business management fincluding work with many companies, among them Lovejoy Inc., GM, Schneider Group, Tokheim Corp., Diecast Corp, Hoover Ball and Bearing.  
 
Having suffered a stroke in March, 2000 he worked to recover and improve himself and his Occupational Therapy involvement was a major part of his progress and process.  His interest to continue working with and improving Occupational Therapy practice has become an important part of his life.  Robert is a board member of Pacific University, School of OT and serves as a patient, a client and an educator for OT.  He also volunteers at Good Samaritan Hospital.  The board is fortunate to have  both is his professional and personal expertise to help with the work of the board.

 
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Mitchell Schreiber, Public member was just appointed to the board in June by the Governor's office.  He graduated from Milwaukie High school and started work at Union Pacific Rail Road as a conductor/breakman/switchman.  He was injured on the job in 1980 when he was struck by a boxcar, knocked unconscious and had severe back injuries.  After months of rehabilitation and therapy he went back to work.  About ten years later his back problems arose again and he needed surgery, leaving numbness in his leg and foot and was medically retired in 1995.
 
His experience with occupational therapy also included work for carpal tunnel syndrome, and a major accident where he came close to losing is life.  A fall from a roof barn caused multiple injuries resulting in continuous occupational therapy and many surgeries.  Mitch feels he owes his life to the surgeons, physicians and therapists who have helped him along the way, learning to walk, brush his teeth, none of which he could do the previous year.  He hopes that by serving on the board he can help the field which has help him in his life. 
 
Interests include computers, home shop, guitar and piano.  As his physical abilities grow he hopes to return to golf, hunting, fishing, walking, biking and horses.  His church and family are also an important part of his life.