DIET AND NUTRITION - Joanne Taylor

Our dietitian, Joanne Taylor, hails from the state of Texas. Joanne graduated from the University of Texas-Austin with a bachelor’s degree in Nutrition. She then completed her dietetic internship at Barnes Hospital in St. Louis, Missouri and became a registered dietitian. From there, Joanne attended the University of Missouri-Columbia and received dual master’s degrees in Human Nutrition and in Public Health. Joanne has spent the last twenty years working with seniors in adult day care and long term care facilities, as well as with the developmentally disabled in day programs and group homes. Joanne believes that eating healthfully and being physically active are important goals for all of us.

MASSAGE - Fauzia Osman, Certified Massage Therapist

My first encounter with Marin Ventures came in 1997 when I worked with some clients that came to my massage school's clinic. After graduating with my CMT, I volunteered in the Occupational Therapy department at Marin Ventures and joined the staff later that year.

Because the clients’ needs are so varied and how they present themselves is also in constant flux, no two days are the same and it makes the work very gratifying. Through positioning and using different tools and aids, we are able to accommodate our clients and provide them a comfortable respite where they can stretch, flex, exercise, relax, and at the same time become stronger and more balanced. We use traditional massage techniques, as well as vibration, music, sound therapy, sensorial stimulation and integration.

NURSE - Theresa “Terry” Nevin, RN MPA

For 23 years, Terry was the “part time” nurse for Casa Allegra Community Services, a Marin County residential provider serving 20 persons with developmental disabilities. She now is supervising the health care needs of the Marin Ventures clients, as well as providing ongoing training to staff.

After obtaining her RN at the College of Marin Nursing School, Terry received a BA in Public Health from Saint Mary’s College and a Master’s in Public Administration from the University of San Francisco. As a member of the Marin Breast Cancer Committee, Terry has been a support person for women undergoing mastectomies and reconstruction. Since 1998 Terry has participated in Operation Rainbow Medical Missions to Guatemala and Peru, working as the Recovery Room RN for orthopedic cases.

Terry lives in Mill Valley with her husband Jim, who is an estate planning attorney in San Rafael. Terry and Jim have 3 grown children and three grandchildren all living in the area.

OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY - Jean L. Hawkins Sublett, OTR

Jean has been a resident of Marin County since 1964 and a consultant in Occupational Therapy with a specialization in Sensory Integration and Pediatrics to Marin County Educational Services, Berkeley Special Education, and a consultant – therapist to Marin Ventures since its’ inception. As an Occupational Therapist in Private Practice, she has additionally done teacher and parent education training and was in charge of the research project done on Effects of Sensory Integration on Education at the elementary school level in cooperation with M.C.O.E. and Child Center in Kentfield, California. Just last Fall, she was invited to be part of People to People’s Delegation of O.T.’s to South Africa, an area of service delivery that has been of interest to her since studies of Medical Anthropology took her to Zimbabwe as part of Mother/ Infant Health Project. The Occupational Therapy program at Marin Ventures has evolved over the years to include: physical, psycho-social, sensory processing interventions with clients as Snoezelen materials have been introduced and with a grant from Bothin Foundation, special equipment adapted for wheel-chair use.