E50: Two-time Women Honoring Women Award Recipient Discusses Leadership

In this episode, we welcomed Sherry Kolodziejczak, a Sargent alumni and an occupational therapist based in Huntsville, Alabama. As the leader of multiple interdisciplinary teams, Sherry shared tips on how to understand and embrace team dynamics. As the recipient of the Women Honoring Women Award, she also talked about some of her projects in the local community. Congratulations to Sherry for receiving the Women Honoring Women Award for the second time! About Sherry: Sherry Kolodziejczak is currently Director of Therapy Services/Cardiac Rehab/ALS Care Clinic at Crestwood Medical Center in Huntsville, AL. She speaks and presents workshops on COPD, stroke and head injury rehabilitation, ALS, seating and wheelchair mobility, aging in place, community mobility, caregiving, coding and reimbursement, and Parkinson’s/MS adaption and treatment. Her volunteer work includes serving as the Vice President of the ALSA Board of Directors, and as a member of the MS Community Board, MS Clinical Advisory Board, Parkinson’s Support Community Board and Share the Care Committee, and local initiatives for GBS/CIDP. She also serves as the AARP Driver Safety National Coordinator, and AARP Driver Safety State Coordinator for Alabama, and is a member of the AARP Alabama Executive Council. She has received the Alabama Occupational Therapist of the Year Award, and the Eric Obermann Humanitarian Award, and she was recognized as an honoree for Women Honoring Women. The moderator of the podcast is Dr. Karen Jacobs ([email protected]), who is the Associate Dean, Digital Learning and Innovation, a Clinical Professor and the Program Director for the on-line post-professional doctorate in the occupational therapy program at Sargent College. Marial Williams ([email protected]), a Boston University entry-level occupational therapy doctoral student, composed the music for the podcast.