There are five members of the OT Licensing Board
Alan King, OTR/L, Chair
Robert Bond, Public Member, B.A, Vice Chair
Mashelle Painter, BS, COTA/L
Linda Harthun Smith, OTR/L
Juanita Shepherd, Public Member
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About the Board Members:
Alan King is the current Chair and 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. Mr. King is in his second term on the Board.
Alan King's term is from 10/15/2009; reappointed until 10/14/2012
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Mashelle Painter, MEd. is the Assistant appointed to the Board by the Governor. Mashelle has a long standing commitment to the profession in Oregon. A graduate of MHCC, she has been an OT Assistant for twenty-three years primarily in the field of pediatric and school-based therapy.
She also has experience with assistive technology and therapeutic interventions through hippotherapy (treatment using a horse). She is a respected team member, educator and mentor.
Recently Mashelle received her Masters in Education. She now works as the Distance Education Coordinator & Faculty in the Occupational Therapy Assistant program at Linn-Benton CC.
Mashelle provides the Board with understanding the role of Assistants in the profession and her experience in Education will be invaluable, since so many Occupational Therapists work in education.
Mashelle Painter's term is from 7/1/2009 to 6/302-13
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Robert Bond, Vice Chair has a B.A. degree in English from the University of Michigan and a post graduate Associate's degree from the Chicago School of Accounting. He was appointed by the Governor to serve on the Occupational Therapy Licensing Board in 2008. His business management experience includes 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. "Bob" is a board member of Pacific University, School of OT and serves as a patient, a client and an educator for OT. He has volunteered 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.
Robert Bond's term is from 4/21/2008; reappointed until 4/20/2016
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Linda Harthun Smith, was appointed by the Governor and confirmed by the Senate June 2 and will serve a 4 year term. Linda Harthun Smith has a BS in Occupational Therapy from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and has been practicing OT since 1975. She has worked in a small community hospital in central WI, and started the school therapy program for the public school system in that same town. Following training in NDT, Linda worked for a non-profit neurodevelopment center in Seattle. Her husband’s work brought the family to Portland in 1987 where she worked in private practice clinic, and in a non-profit neurodevelopment center.
In her current work setting, she serves veterans as both inpatients and outpatients with basic hand diagnoses, geriatrics, palliative/hospice care, and those with skilled rehabilitation needs. She greatly appreciates mentoring professional OT students and has done so as a Fieldwork supervisor since the 1980’s. Linda’s varied work experience across the age span and in many practice settings provides a broad understanding of the field. Linda feels there are many challenges that face the OT professional and that the OTLB is crucial to regulating and preserving ethical delivery of OT services and in turn protecting the consumer. Linda states it is her time to contribute to the profession as a whole by volunteering, and is honored to join these impressive Board members and the Director.
Linda is married with two grown sons who are finishing their university educations’ at Oregon schools. She and her husband love to entertain, garden, travel, read and cook. They also train for and walk 1/2 marathons. Yoga and Pilates keep her moving after those long walks and photography is a new passion.
Linda Smith's term is from 6/15/2011 to 6/14/2015.
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Juanita Shepherd has a special interest in occupational therapy after she was involved with a stroke group at Portland Good Sam and got to know therapists from Pacific University. As a Pilates teacher she felt fortunate to return to work within 6 months. In 2005 she began a 3 year training to be an Alexander Technique teacher.
Juanita enjoys helping others to function better through use and understanding the body’s capabilities and limitations so they have the knowledge to better take care of themselves. She looks forward to serving on the Board to help protect the public by maintaining the quality and integrity of the OT profession. We welcome Juanita to the Board.
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