Gulf Coast East District

Officers

Chair: Judi Joseph
Vice Chair: Sophie Rydin
Secretary: Ana Petry, OTR
Treasurer: Eileen Garza
Council on Development/Public Relations: Jason Stark
Council on Education: Sally Harris
Council on Membership Services: Cheryl Cleary
Council on Standards and Practice: Joanne Ripple
Council on Legislative and Political Affairs: Lindsay T Mingle
OTA Representative: Leslie Lang
Members-At-Large: Len Sobel
Student Representative (UTMB): Lisa Abrameit
Student Representative (HCC): Yvonne Tran
Student Representative (TWU): Tesmer Alexandra
Student Representative (Lone Star College): Liz Holland

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Upcoming District Meetings
All regular district meetings will be held the third Wednesday of the month. Networking begins at 5:45 p.m., with the meetings starting at 6:15 pm. A light meal will be provided at GCED meetings. For information about GCED meetings, contact Judi Jenkins a t713-408-1217.

Receive type I or type II CE credits at all district and cluster group meetings. All meetings are free to TOTA members, $20 for OTR and COTA non-members and $10.00 for student non-members. TOTA membership applications are available at meetings.

Interested in hosting a cluster group MegaMeeting? Contact Eileen Garza at 281-356-7559 for details.

GCED Meeting Schedule for 2013
Date:

April 17, 2013

Topic:

Student Night-Landing Your First Job and More

Speaker:

HR reps, Local Department Administrators and more
(bring your resumes and questions)

Location:

Shriner's Hospital for Crippled Children
5th Floor Auditorium
6977 Main Street
Houston, TX 77030
There is free parking in the attached garage.
Contact - Judi Joseph
jajenkins923@sbcglobal.net

   
Date:

May 15, 2013

Topic:

Fieldwork Supervision: Equipping the clinical educator with tools, tips and teaching methods to engage students a in a successful fieldwork experience.

Speaker:

Joanne Ripple, OTR, MOT

Location:

Shriner's Hospital for Crippled Children
5th Floor Auditorium
6977 Main Street
Houston, TX 77030
There is free parking in the attached garage.
Contact - Judi Joseph
jajenkins923@sbcglobal.net

Megameeting Site:

UTMB @ Galveston
Room 2.252, School of Health Professions
301 University Blvd. (corner of 13th St. & Mechanic St.)
Galveston, TX 77555
Contact - Sophie Rydin, 713-201-1270
sophie.rydin@hcss.com

Memorial Hermann Southeast
11800 Astoria Blvd.
Houston, TX 77089
Contact - Jodi Jung, 281-929-6468
clara.jung@memorialhermann.org

Methodist West Houston Hospital
18500 Katy Freeway
Houston, TX 77094
Contact - Gayle Mitchell, 832-522-8200
gmitchell@tmhs.org

Medcare Pediatrics-Stafford
12371 Kirkwood Rd.
Stafford, TX 77477
Contact - Valerie Grush, 713-773-5100
v.grush@mpgip.com

Austin Community College - OTA Program
Eastview Campus
3401 Webberville Rd.
Austin, Texas 78702
Contact Melanie Reyes for more information.
mreyes2@austincc.edu

Receive type I or type II CE credits at all district and cluster group meetings. All meetings are free to TOTA members, $20 for OTR and COTA non-members and $10.00 for student non-members. TOTA membership applications are available at meetings.

For general information TOTA or district meetings, contact district chair Judi Joseph.

If you are a member of TOTA and would like to be added to the Gulf Coast East District email tree for updates regarding continuing education, job postings, etc., please send an email from the address you would like added to District Chair Judi Joseph.
 

Emergency Numbers
Gulf Coast East District Meetings  

The following numbers are provided to the members of Gulf Coast East District in the event that the evening of a scheduled meeting is accompanied by severe weather or some other emergency.

Name District Position Phone Number / Email
Judi Joseph Chair happy2botr@att.net
Cheryl Cleary Membership (713) 873-3808 W
Eileen Garza Treasurer (713) 805-5147 C
(281) 356-7559 H
If the weather is inclement, we will make a determination by 4:00 PM whether to cancel the meeting or not.  If there are weather warnings (severe storms, flash flood, tornado, hurricane, etc) chances are high that we will cancel the meeting.  Please call before driving to Shriner’s.

Save On Travel With Megameetings
Gulf Coast East District Meetings are also broadcast at outlying locations throughout the state via Megameeting. Cut your travel while receiving quality continuing education credits and participating in the activities of TOTA. Check the GCED schedule for location details. Starting in August there will be megameeting sites in Houston, Clearlake, Galveston, Tomball, Kingwood, and El Paso.

See Also:
Alamo-South District
Capital-Centex District
Great Plains-West District
Rio Grande District
Trinity-North District