Legislative Committee

• Co-Chaired by Hannah Bloom with Lindsay Thrall (all experienced Board Members). Thomas Hartigan, an experienced VOTA Board Member, is also involved. 
• This committee keeps track of legislative issues on the state and federal levels that impact Occupational Therapy Services in all practice areas. 
• Most recently, this committee has been involved with lobbying for the passage of the OT Compact Bill, and last year's state-level restructuring of public education that includes OT School practice. Upcoming federal changes to Medicaid will need to be monitored closely in the upcoming years.

Interested in getting more involved with the Legislative Committee? Contact Hannah Bloom! 

Membership Committee

• Chaired by Rachel Wiley (joined the board in 2025). This committee also includes Jessica Lague, who also joined the Board in 2025 and is the editor of the quarterly VOTA Newsletter. Gretchen Daly is also an active contributing member to the membership committee.
• Membership committee is focused on communication with VOTA members, overseeing our VOTA member and contact lists on the VOTA website, adding new materials to our VOTA website, and social media as well as assisting Jessica with articles for the Newsletter. 
• We also have a paid communication consultant Amie Marzen who uploads information and monitors our VOTA social media sites and can troubleshoot tech problems on our website (Amie is also a paid consultant to the Maine and New Hampshire OT Associations). 
• Membership has committee meetings held virtually after work 4-6 times during the year.

Interested in getting more involved with the Membership Committee? Contact Rachel Wiley!

Continuing Education Committee

• Presently Co-Chaired by 3 of our VOTA Board Members- Gabe Borman (new to VOTA Board in 2025), Virginia Blakely (new to VOTA Board in 2025) and Lindsay Thrall (experienced VOTA President)
• This committee begins in planning for the annual spring (usually late April or early May) VOTA in-person conference (there is a detailed written guideline to follow for this conference planning)

Interested in getting more involved with the Continuing Education Committee? Contact Gabe Borman!