Meet the Team

  • Katie Estrada

    Executive Director

  • Roseann C. Schaaf, PhD, OTR/L, FAOTA

    Director of Research

  • Melissa Coleman

    Senior Program Manager

  • Arica Rodriguez

    Program Manager - Instructional Design

  • Val Estrada

    Program Coordinator

  • Morgan Peters

    U.S. Program Coordinator

  • Marco André Leão, MS, OT

    Captain of Instructor Training and Content

  • Raquel Cerqueira

    Program Associate EASI/ESP

  • Lauren Coleman

    Product Assistant

  • Ileana Avalos

    Program Assistant

  • Jessica Kasper

    Administrative Assistant

  • Kelly Auld-Wright, OTD, OTR/L

    Research Associate

Zoe Mailloux

OTD, OTR/L, FAOTA

Founding Partner

Zoe is a founding partner, alongside Susanne Smith Roley, of the Collaborative for Leadership in Ayres Sensory Integration (CLASI). She has participated in test development and clinical research related to sensory integrative dysfunction and autism and she was a research assistant to Dr. A. Jean Ayres from 1978 to 1984 during which time she was involved in many clinical and research projects with Dr. Ayres.

Zoe has more than 30 years of experience in non-profit management and she is currently an Adjunct Associate Professor in the Department of Occupational Therapy, Jefferson School of Health Professions at Thomas Jefferson University.  She is also in private practice and consults on a variety of projects including program and professional development.

Zoe has published numerous journal articles and textbook chapters and has received a number of professional awards, including being named a fellow of AOTA in 1993. She also received an award of excellence from the Autism Research Foundation, the Wilma West Lectureship at the University of Southern California and the A. Jean Ayres Award, and the Virginia Scardina Award of Excellence from the American Occupational Therapy Foundation.  Zoe is interested in innovative practice that will enhance life satisfaction in new and effective ways for children and their families.

Susanne Smith Roley

OTD, OTR/L, FAOTA

Founding Partner

Susanne is an occupational therapist with over 40 years of experience in pediatric practice, specializing in child development, sensory integration, learning difficulties, visual impairment, and autism.  She obtained her BS in OT at Indiana University, her MS in Allied Health Sciences at Boston University, and her doctorate in occupational therapy (OTD) at the University of Southern California. 

Susanne is in private practice in Orange County, California serving children and families through evaluation and consultation services.  She was certified in sensory integration in 1977, studied under Dr. A. Jean Ayres in 1981, and in 1998 co-founded and then directed the USC/WPS sensory integration certificate program for 14 years.  She is currently the co-founder and president of the nonprofit organization, Collaborative for Leadership in Ayres Sensory Integration (CLASI), providing a sensory integration certificate education program, offered in many countries around the world.

Susanne is a past chair of the Commission on Practice and the Sensory Integration Special Interest Section for AOTA and a contributing author of the Occupational Therapy Practice Framework Domain and Process, 2002 and 2008.  She is an internationally recognized author and lecturer and co-editor of the books, Understanding the Nature of Sensory Integration with Diverse Populations and Sensory Integration:  Applying Clinical Reasoning to Diverse Populations.  She is a fellow of the AOTA and recipient of the AOTF Virginia Scardina Award of Excellence and AOTF A. Jean Ayres Award. 

Our Board of Directors

President: Susanne Smith Roley, OTD, OTR/L, FAOTA

Secretary & Treasurer: Zoe Mailloux, OTD, OTR/L, FAOTA

Paulo Fernandes

Beth Knapp

Frank Paine

CLASI does not and shall not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion (creed), gender, gender expression, age, national origin (ancestry), disability, marital status, sexual orientation, or military status, in any of its activities or operations. These activities include, but are not limited to, the appointment to and termination from its Board of Directors, hiring and firing of staff or contractors, selection of volunteers, selection of vendors, and providing of services.