S0s Touro University Nevada cmarnar Sblomsleny Meredith ee Ch onne Ce Arnila nn Alexander Lopez, JD, OTRIL Assistant Professor, Occupational Touro College, Bay Shore, New York Ydnne M. Randall, EdD, OTR/L, FAOTA rapy Director, School of Occupational Therapy Touro University Nevada Speaker Biography Professor Alexander Lopez received his Bachelor of Science degree in Occupational Therapy from Kean University New Jersey (formally Kean College) in 1997. Alex received a doctoral degree in jurisprudence from New England Law. His clinical expertise isin bura care and rehabilitation, pediatric occupational therapy, and healtheare administration and management, Alex is an Assistant Professor of Occupational Therapy at Touro College in Bay Shore, NY and an Adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor at Stony Brook University. His primary academic responsibilities are in coordinati Alex 1nd teaching courses occupational therapy theory and professional developr holds two professio al licenses in occupational therapy and law. Alex is an advocate for people with disabilities and has represented people with disabilities in both legal and healing environments. When he teaching, he is involved in a numberof volunteer organizations and serves on several community boards. He fhe founder and executive director of PAR FORE, a multi-state youth mentoring program for at-tisk you. A program ‘managed by Touro College and Stony Brook University. He isthe founder and president of Inclusive Sports and Fitness, Inc. He has hela numberof board positions for non-profit organizations; he has served as a Board emer ‘on the New York State Licensing Board and served on a nutaber of professional committees for professions organizations He has presented is scholarly works on resiliency and occupational therapy a cal and non conferences and is curr eh can is currently expanding his research agenda 1o meeting the occupational needs of cil tor, process, and socal impairment is not