Board, Auditors and Office
ENOTHE Board
Dr. Caroline Fischl
Role: President
What I have to offer to ENOTHE? Commitment to serve and fresh ideas inspired by multiprofessional and multicultural collaborations, pedagogical interests, and experiences as an occupational therapist, educator, international contact person, program manager, and researcher.
What are your dreams concerning the future of ENOTHE? I would like ENOTHE to be a reliable resource and hub for occupational therapy educators in Europe where they could share and test their ideas on pedagogics and content in occupational therapy education in all three education cycles. I would also like to see ENOTHE as a leading network for establishing collaborations and building partnerships to address current and emerging issues relating to occupational therapy and sustainable health and welfare through education.
Giedre Sasnauskienė
Role: Vice-President
What I have to offer to ENOTHE? Lots of ideas and inspirations from different practical and educational fields of Occupational therapy in Lithuania. Also experiences as an occupational therapist, lecturer and more then 5 years being as a board member of Lithuanian Occupational therapy association. I have skills in organising events, working in different professional, multidisciplinary, educational and research teams. Moreover, I am willing to share my knowledge in childhood trauma, relational trauma, sensory integration and attachment fields.
What are your dreams concerning the future of ENOTHE? To support and make ENOTHE a place where knowledge can inspire all members and OT education communities internationally. Creating a space for OT educators in Europe to share their knowledge and experience. Also to have a secure base where everyone could be seen, heard and understood.
Katrin Pechstädt
Role: Secretary
What do I have to offer ENOTHE? Working as an international coordinator and having a research focus on inclusion, I am very aware of the different cultures and life situations in different countries. The ability to first listen to everyone involved and then support them in a way that is sustainable and appropriate for the people involved is my greatest strength and something I would like to bring to the table. In both teaching and research, I am always interested in working at eye level and creating synergies. I believe that this type of collaboration creates good starting points for working towards ENOTHE’s strategic goals and I am therefore very much looking forward to the challenges ahead.
What are your dreams for the future of ENOTHE? For me, ENOTHE is already making an important contribution to bringing together a wide range of OTs. This networking is the basis for the development of joint projects in teaching, long-term partnerships between universities and provides a sustainable basis for a critical discussion of OT as a profession and its teaching. I appreciate this open atmosphere, which creates a lot of space for reflection and interaction in which we can expand and jointly develop solutions for the future of occupational therapy.
Annette Schüller
Role: Vice-Secretary
What I have to offer to ENOTHE? My pedagogical and therapeutic knowledge, especially in the field of practice education. My curiosity, enthusiasm for new subjects and willingness to learn something new. Listening to others, taking their ideas and adding to them. And also, my ability to look for practical solutions to any kind of problem.
What are your dreams concerning the future of ENOTHE? I want ENOTHE to be a strong network that can respond to the different situations and needs of its members. In view of the current political situation in Europe and worldwide, it should be a unifying force that supports occupational therapists in addressing societal issues and changes together.
Jasu Forss
Role: Treasurer
What I have to offer to ENOTHE? I have strong background working in various roles in association so I know this volunteer based working quite well. I also have worked as an OT over 20 years and have wide view what kind of skills are need in OT field now and in the future.
What are your dreams concerning the future of ENOTHE? More active and visible discussions in many levels about future of our profession and how education is one main key to find all emerging roles and areas. ENOTHE is regognized as a important international partner for education organizations. With more members we can have stronger voice for OT and for educational aspects in this rapidly changing world.
Elena Gliki
Role:
What do I have to offer to ENOTHE? I am a hard-working and enthusiastic person, with a lot of ideas and dreams for the OT profession and the OT community. My involvement and focus in OT education for the last eleven years has given me experiences that I’d love to share with colleagues across Europe. I’m also a team-player, therefore I love the idea of have to work in a team of excellent colleagues from different backgrounds.
What are your dreams concerning the future of ENOTHE? Being elected as a board member of ENOTHE is an honour for me. My dream for the future of ENOTHE is to foster stronger collaboration among occupational therapy educators, researchers, and practitioners across Europe, ensuring that our field remains innovative, inclusive, and impactful. I envision ENOTHE as a leader in promoting educational excellence and advancing occupational justice, empowering the next generation of therapists to meet the diverse needs of our communities.
Angela Lumpert Palacios
Role: Student Board member
What do I have to offer to ENOTHE? My proactiveness in the field of student representation, participation and networking in the context of OT higher education at an international level, influenced by my cultural background from Spain and the United States (US); as well as the knowledge I was able to absorb from my previous role in SPOTeurope as Social Media Lead and my role in CIETO’s board as the designated person to establish sponsorships.
What are your dreams concerning the future of ENOTHE? Serving as a student representative within the ENOTHE board to me comes with the goal to feasibly contribute both to the professional’s perspective and career guidance of OT students and new grads by contributing to projects or partaking in partnerships with organisations such as OT Europe, and of course further cultivating the partnership between SPOTeurope and ENOTHE. In the line of internationalisation, a dream that we are slowly working to achieve is to host and participate in international events where we students can participate in the networking and support each other in our journeys to become OT professionals in an interconnected world.
ENOTHE Auditors
(non-board role)
Annette Köppenborg
ENOTHE Office
(non-board role)
Marta Figueiredo
(Prof.Doc.OT)
Role: ENOTHE Coordinator (including Finance Administration)