Elected and Appointed Positions

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How do I volunteer?

AOTA offers many opportunities for you to become active in your professional community. Your investment of time and energy adds value to our mission and serves to strengthen the profession. We are hard at work to implement an improved system for recruiting members to volunteer. Until then, please look for announcements in OT Practice magazine, AOTA e-newsletters, this website, and social media communications.

Open elections and appointments

There are volunteer positions open each year. For news about available positions, check out the call for nominations (typically in the fall) and the call for appointments (typically in the spring). Terms for all positions run on the fiscal calendar, July 1 to June 30. The election process is already underway for the 2022 cycle.

Check out the candidates and cast your vote

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Elected and appointed volunteer leadership opportunities

There are a number of committees that are composed of elected or appointed positions. Learn about AOTA’s volunteer groups.

Volunteer groups

VLDC members

The VLDC not only manages elections and appointments for AOTA's committees, they are an elected and appointed group themselves. If you're interested in an elected or appointed role, reach out one of the VLDC volunteers to talk about their experience!

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