Dr. Carr is the Alan A. and Edith L. Wolff Professor of Geriatric Medicine in the Department of Medicine and Neurology at Washington University in St. Louis. He is a board certified internist and geriatrician and completed his fellowship training in geriatrics at Duke University in 1990. Dr. Carr accepted a position as Clinical Director in the Division of Geriatrics and Nutritional Science at Washington University in 1994. He was a clinician in the Memory and Aging project in the Alzheimer's Disease Research Center for 20 years, continues as a researcher in this setting, and maintains an outpatient consulting practice in dementia. Dr. Carr is Medical Director of The Rehabilitation Institute of St. Louis and Parc Provence, the latter a community facility for dementia care excellence in the greater St. Louis area. He was the recipient of the Distinguished Clinical Faculty Award at Washington University in 2013 and named Teaching Attending of the Year from the PMR residency program in 2014. In 2015 he received the Neville Grant Barnes-Jewish Hospital Award for Clinical Excellence and Compassion and recipient of the Distinguished Service Award from the Association of Driving Rehabilitation Specialists (ADED). Dr. Carr is also the Director of the WU Neuroscience Driving Simulator Laboratory with a mission to enable neurologically impaired drivers to return to safe and active driving.  He has been and currently is the principal investigator or co-investigator on research initiatives related to medical conditions and driving with funding through NIA, NEI, MoDOT, and past and/or present consulting work with NTHSA, TIRF, AAAFTS, University of Toronto, and AGS. He recently received a grant from the Missouri Foundation for Health to create a unique geriatric primary care clinic/model in the St. Louis area. He has been the primary author or co-author on over 80 peer review manuscripts and chapters.

             Teepa Snow is an advocate for those living with dementia and has made it her personal mission to help families and professionals better understand how it feels to be living with such challenges and seeks to change and improve life for everyone involved. Her practice has included everything from neuro-intensive care units in tertiary hospitals to in-home end-of-life care in rural parts of North Carolina. She has taught at medical schools and post-doctoral programs, health professional programs, colleges and universities, community colleges, and community centers. She led educational and training efforts as the Educational Director of the Eastern NC Chapter of the Alzheimer's Association for many years and was a major contributor and author of the in-depth hands on training delivered to family members and staff that led to the production of the DVD Accepting the Challenge: Providing the Best Care for People with Dementia, an internationally recognized resource for training and understanding dementia.

               As one of America's leading educators on dementia, Teepa has developed a dementia care philosophy reflective of her education, work experience, medical research, and first hand caregiving experiences. She is a graduate of Duke University, and received her MS degree from the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill. As an Occupational Therapist with over 30 years of experience in geriatrics, she has worked as the OT Director in a head injury facility, a clinical specialist in geriatrics for a Veteran's Administration Medical Center, and a Restorative Care Coordinator for a long term care facility. Her hands on caregiving experiences include providing direct care in home health, assisted living, long term care, and rehabilitation settings. Teepa also served as the Director of Education and Lead Trainer for the Eastern N.C. Chapter of the Alzheimer's Association, and as a clinical associate professor at UNC's School of Medicine, Program on Aging.

               She has served as an interdisciplinary team member and helped develop and conduct clinical research with leading researchers in dementia and geriatric care. Through opportunities she has had, she has learned from people living with various forms of dementia including: head injuries, stroke, autism, down syndrome, and many other neurological and chronic health conditions. Teepa has become committed to building a program of support and care that provides a just right match between what the person needs and is able to do, and the environment and care partnering that can provide it.

               This wealth of experience and knowledge led to her development of a Positive Approach to Care for those living with dementia or other brain changes. Teepa's teaching style integrates facts about the brain and what happens to someone when doing, thinking, reasoning or processing becomes different or difficult.

Janna MacLachlan, OT Reg. (Ont.), is an Occupational Therapist and PhD Candidate at the University of Toronto, studying Social and Behavioral Health Sciences in Public Health. Janna has practiced as an Occupational Therapist since 2006, with roles involving generalist practice in remote Northern Inuit communities, acute care practice in an urban center and editor of a national occupational therapy practice magazine. Her dissertation research will explore how rehabilitation services should be offered in Inuit communities by centering Inuit worldviews. She is interested in the impact of colonization on health care, how Indigenous-settler reconciliation can occur within the occupational therapy profession, and the impact of societal power and privilege in clinical practice.

Ruheena Sangrar is an Occupational Therapist, Adjunct Lecturer in the Department of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy at the University of Toronto, and PhD Candidate in the School of Rehabilitation Science at McMaster University. She has experience working in multiple hospital-based settings, including acute care, in-patient and out-patient rehabilitation within the Greater-Toronto-Area and Northern Ontario, having conducted driver screening and office-based assessments, neuro-rehabilitation, and health promotion. Her doctoral research focuses on designing proactive evidence- and user-informed approaches to keeping older drivers safe behind-the-wheel for as long as possible. Her research has also included exploring how older drivers learn to use in-vehicle technologies in their new cars and the influence of changes to regulatory requirements for reporting medically at-risk drivers in Ontario on Occupational Therapy practice.

Kathleen Collins is a Senior Clinical Pharmacist at Craig Hospital. Dr. Collins received her bachelor and doctoral degrees from the University of Colorado and is a Board Certified Pharmacotherapy Specialist.  Dr.  Collins has been a pharmacist in community and hospital settings for over twenty years. She has presented locally and nationally on topics of medication use and safety and is a Clinical Instructor for the University of Colorado and Regis University Schools of Pharmacy. Dr. Collins is passionate about educating staff, patients, and students about optimizing the use of medications.

Carol Wheatley is an Occupational Therapist and Certified Driver Rehabilitation Specialist at MedStar Good Samaritan Hospital in Baltimore, MD. Carol completed a BS in Occupational Therapy for Virginia Commonwealth University, and earned an MS in Education from Johns Hopkins University. She has been providing driver rehabilitation services for nearly 20 years. She has co-authored a textbook chapter and several journal articles on the topic of driving assessments and training. She has presented at numerous local and national driver safety forums on the value of driver rehabilitation, including the regional AAMVA conference on the topic of coordination between driver rehabilitation practitioners and state driver licensing agencies. 

Amy Brzuz, OTD, OTR/L received her Post-Professional Occupational Therapy Doctorate/OTD from Chatham University, Pittsburgh, PA in 2014. She is currently the Assistant Professor in the Occupational Therapy Master’s Degree Program at Gannon University, is the Current Program Chair (MSOT and ppOTD) and Past Academic Fieldwork Coordinator. She has presented and published in the field of driver rehabilitation. She was awarded the 2004 HealthSouth Rehabilitation Hospital of Erie Clinician of the Year.