Program Alumni

Graduates of our Executive Certificate in Home Modification Program, Catia Garell and Damian Sempio, founders of Thrive for Life, LLC, with a home modification client

 

The USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology boasts a network of over 2,000 Executive Certificate in Home Modification graduates throughout the nation and around the globe.

We invite you to connect with some of our talented and diverse Program Alumni. Enjoy browsing through the Alumni Directory!

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Kevin Melrick Serrano

Title: Owner Company Name: NY Home & Mobility Co. Company Address: PO BOX 643 , Leeds , New York 124510-0643 Phone: 5189450623 Servicing Upstate NY

Andrew Sever

Graduation Year: 2018
Title: President/Owner Company Name: EnABLE Home Solutions LLC Company Address: 3876 Menlo Dr. , Atlanta , GA 30340 Phone: (770) 841-9089 I am a licensed occupational therapist in the state of Georgia who specializes in home accessibility and aging in place. As an occupational therapist, I am clinically trained to assess a person's abilities, understand what daily activities are important them, evaluate the environment in which those activities are performed and find a solution that will allow for the successful participation in those activities. In 2012, I founded EnABLE Home Solutions LLC to address the growing desire among homeowners to remain at home despite their changing needs and abilities. Combining my healthcare experience with my accessibility training, I bring a unique set of skills to the issues of aging in place and accessibility.

Jaqueline Shafer

Graduation Year: 2018
Title: Occupational Therapist-owner Company Name: Bella Living LLC Company Address: 105 Bonnybridge Ct. , Ellisville , MO 63021 Phone: (314) 914-5000 Bella Living mission is to apply creativity, technology, and compassion to evaluate, design, modify, and construct safe living spaces that are accessible, beautiful, and cost effective.

Jacob Shafer

Title: Senior Director of Advancement Company Name: Meals on Wheels of the Monterey Peninsula Company Address: 700 Jewell Avenue , Pacific Grove , CA 93950 Phone: 8313754454 Through small-scale repairs and upgrades, local homebound older adult, disabled adults, and veterans can improve the safety and mobility in their homes and reduce the risk of falls and other common injuries, allowing them to age-in-place longer.

Jadyn Sharber

Title: Occupational Therapist Company Name: Change In Motion Company Address: PO Box 71 , Allentown , PA 18105 Phone: (484) 240-5913 Change In Motion is a therapist-owned company providing home evaluations in eastern Pennsylvania and western New Jersey. Home evaluations are customized to meet client needs, including fall prevention, aging in place, joint health, energy and fatigue, accessibility, and visitability. If you are interested in improving the comfort and safety of your home, Change In Motion is here to partner with you to support your unique needs and goals.

Carly Shilling

Graduation Year: 2015
Title: Occupational Therapist Company Name: Howard County Office on Aging and Independence Company Address: 708 Banneker Ln. , Annapolis , MD 21401 Phone: (410) 615-2462 I conduct home safety assessments for individuals wishing to remain living in their home as they age.

Kristina Silverman

Title: Owner Company Name: Kristina Silverman Company Address: 14741 Calla Lily Ct. , Santa Clarita , California 91387 Phone: 6614782282 At Kristina Silverman, Occupational Therapy, our mission is to empower individuals to live safely and independently in their homes through comprehensive evaluations, personalized occupational therapy treatments and expert home modification consulting. We are dedicated to enhancing independence, promoting accessibility, and improving quality of life through innovative, client-centered solutions that promote personalized independence and adapt homes to meet the evolving needs of our clients. Our primary objective is to achieve functional and comfortable living environments that support long-term well-being and promote dignity for people of all ages and abilities.

Melissa Smith

Graduation Year: 2009
Title: Owner Company Name: LiveAble LLC Company Address: 9055 SW Sunstead Ln. , Portland , OR 97225 Phone: (503) 974-6688 Occupational Therapist owned; specializes in working with clients with medical challenges and anticipating future needs; can provide basic autoCAD drawings for concept drawings; experienced in modifying homes for people with autism and their families (including "hardening the home"); licensed residential contractor.

Jennifer Smith

Graduation Year: 2014
Title: Occupational Therapist Company Name: Piedmont Athens Regional Medical Center Company Address: 1500 Club Estates Lane , Statham , GA 30666 Phone: (706) 540-7149 I assist clients and families with modifications related primarily with bathroom safety/access and entryways. Recommend DME or retail available items which will facilitate task completion in their home environments. These conditions can be short term or long term need. As an OT, I understand medical conditions, their affects on self care and mobility, and I am uniquely able to help clients make the best home modification decisions.

Mark Smith

Title: Owner Company Name: ElderVibe LLC Company Address: 125 S. McDaniel Drive , Auburn , CA 95603 Phone: (530)906-8301 At ElderVibe we do home safety assessments and develop safety action plans to assist our clients in Aging in Place. We have a network of high quality contractors and home modification specialists to complete level of project. First and foremost we listen to our clients needs and wishes.

Jessica Soja

Graduation Year: 2019
Title: Occupational Therapist Company Name: Winner Regional Health Company Address: 313 Washington St. , Winner , SD 57580 Phone: (860) 306-6834 I assist individuals that have been hospitalized in transition to home with home safety assessments and recommendations. I am looking to start my own business to meet my community's need for aging in place.

Keeley Sommers

Graduation Year: 2018
Title: Occupational Therapist Company Name: Occupational Therapist Company Address: 4949 W Kathleen Lane , Mequon , WI 53092 Phone: (954) 249-1401 Occupational therapist with experience in home safety assessments and consulting on home modifications for independent, aging in place.

Stephen Souaid

Title: Occupational Therapist Company Name: Hannan Center Company Address: 318 , Detroit , MI 48071 Phone: 248-877-7574 I completed this program to help me get further educated on home mods ethics, know-how, and the different approaches to completing home mods. My hope is to pursue a home modification company using my background as an OT to assist community residents to help age-in-place safely and independently.

Phillip Spears

Graduation Year: 2011
Title: CEO Company Name: Small Jobs Co., Inc. Company Address: 275 , Cincinnati , OH 45216 Phone: (513) 383-1888 We do home modifications to keep people in their homes where they want to be. Small jobs can also do small handyman tasks for people who have mobility issues. Small Jobs has staff that can do yard maintenance and design low maintenance gardens.

Robyn Spence

Graduation Year: 2011
Title: Occupational Therapist Company Name: Robyn Company Address: 104 Lakeshore Dr. , Durham , NC 27713 Phone: (703) 303-2535 Currently employed by Duke Regional Hospital, Durham NC. Advising clients to consider benefits of home modification to age in place.

Holly Spiegel

Graduation Year: 2009
Title: Home Safety Project Coordinator Company Name: Motion Picture Television Fund Company Address: 23388 Mulholland Dr. , Woodland Hills , CA 91364 Phone: (818) 876-4059 I've been working at MPTF's Home Safe Home program since 2010. MPTF is a nonprofit which serves members of the entertainment industry. Through the HSH program we offer free home safety evaluations and provides free or low-cost modifications utilizing volunteer labor. I've also served on the Board of Directors for both the National Aging in Place Council, and the DME Aid Society.

Martina Spolini

Graduation Year: 2020
Title: Executive Director Company Name: Rebuilding Together Miami-Dade, Inc. Company Address: 725 NE 22nd Street , Miami , FL 33137 Phone: 2019366048 At RTMD we provide critical home repairs and home modifications to vulnerable, low-income homowners and neighbors in need.

Martina Spolini

Title: Executive Director Company Name: Rebuilding Together Miami-Dade, Inc. Company Address: 3628 Grand Avenue , Miami , FL 33133 Phone: (201)936-6048 At Rebuilding Together Miami-Dade, we provide accessibility modifications that enable vulnerable residents to safely and independently navigate their own homes. From front entrance ramps to bathroom modifications, these repairs restore dignity and allow families to age in place or remain stably housed within their communities.

Ann Sprague

Graduation Year: 2018
Title: PT Company Name: Mercy Integrative Medicine Company Address: 437 Gateford Dr. , St. Louis , Missouri 63021 Phone: (636) 256-5200 Consulting for home modification and home safety.

Morgan Stanton

Title: Occupational Therapist Company Name: OhioHealth Company Address: 1189 Hunter Ave , Columbus , OH 43201 Phone: 6023203482 I look forward to utilizing the knowledge and skills I gained from the ECHM program to aid those in my community to live safely and comfortably in there homes.

Morgan Stanton

Graduation Year: 2023
Title: Occupational Therapist Company Name: Stanton OT Solutions, LLC Company Address: 2416 Plymouth Avenue , Columbus , OH 43209 Phone: 602-320-3482 I currently partner with Jukebox Health as a contracted occupational therapist specializing in home-based evaluation and environmental safety assessment. My work in this role involves conducting thorough in-home assessments to identify individualized recommendations for adaptive equipment, home modification, and community support services that reduce fall risk and promote functional independence. I am committed to meeting clients within the context of their daily lives and the environments in which they live and help them live as safely and independently as possible in the place that matters most — home.

Richard Steenson

Graduation Year: 2019
Title: Occupational Therapist Company Name: Healthy Home Therapy Solutions LLC Company Address: 1102 Spring Grove Ave , Princeton , WV 24740 Phone: 8287023928 Promotion and assisting in aging in place through standardized assessment of home and client.

Stephen Stockhausen

Title: COO Company Name: Cocoon System Company Address: 490 CR 142 , Durango , CO 81303 Phone: 6142038571 I lead the design team in building online home evaluation tools focusing on accessibility and aging in place. We created a tool for home owners as well as a tool for evaluators of all backgrounds to use with their own clientele.

Gail Stocks

Graduation Year: 2017
Title: Founder, Principal Company Name: EZ Way To Stay Company Address: P.O. Box 1248, , Montclair , NJ 07042 Phone: (973) 500-8751 From Childhood through adulthood -We make your home more accessible for you. We will assess your home and design solutions for converting or adapting it to make your home work better for you. We service clients throughout Northern and Central New Jersey. We offer free consultations, an in-home evaluation to determine accessibility needs, the creation of design solutions, collaboration with contractors and other professionals, assistance in procuring equipment, education in use of solutions provided, and a "check in service" to ensure your home continues to meet your needs for accessibility.

Lani Stockwell

Graduation Year: 2018
Title: Assistant Dean, New Program Development, College of Health Sciences Company Name: Marquette University Company Address: 3529 N. Summit Ave. , Shorewood , WI 53211 Phone: (414) 288-3511 I educate health professional students about home modifications and the importance of environment and context in supporting health. I also have a private practice focusing on self-management skills for individuals with chronic illness. A safe and accessible home environment is a necessary element of practical and long-term daily life participation.