Episode 21: Functional Leadership

David S. McGuire, OTR/L, is serving his second term as President of the 
Tennessee Occupational Therapy Association (TNOTA). He is employed as an occupational therapist at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tennessee. David continues to promote the field of occupational therapy by guest lecturing at OT schools around the state of Tennessee.  He speaks on leadership and the value of being an active member in TNOTA. He is responsible for creating the OT2 Scholarship which provides a financial award for an OT or OTA student pursuing occupational therapy as a second career. 

On  this episode, David talks about his path into the field of occupational therapy as a second career.  He shares about how he first found out of OT, why he decided to take on a leadership role in OT in the state of Tennessee, and what he sees as his leadership style.

Recommendations and resources from this episode:

• A list of disability related podcasts - https://player.fm/podcasts/Disability

Connect with David:

• Via email - davidsmcguire@gmail.com
• Via Twitter - @davidsmcguire