Jeannette Murphy, OTR/L, CEA

Jeannette is an occupational therapist and certified ergonomist in Spokane who works at St. Luke’s Rehabilitation Institute in the acute rehab hospital and the outpatient industrial rehabilitation program performing ergonomic evaluations.  She earned her certification as an ergonomist in 2002 through the Board of Certification in Professional Ergonomics.  She was responsible for developing and coordinating a safe patient handling program after the Washington State legislature passed the Safe Patient Handling Law in 2006, which resulted in a 52% decrease in injuries caused by patient handling tasks.  Jeannette has presented at the national, state, and local level on office/computer workstation ergonomics and safe patient handling, including WOTA conferences in 2003, 2006 and 2009.

Jeannette’s non-working passions include riding her road bike throughout eastern Washington, northern Idaho, and Montana, and kayak/kayak camping on an isolated lake or river.

Janet Peterson, PT, DPT, Ergonomic Consultant

Janet has had her own practice in ergonomic consulting since 1998 in Seattle, Washington and is a regional and national speaker on ergonomic and leadership topics.  Dr. Peterson earned her master’s degree in physical therapy from Stanford University and her doctorate in physical therapy through Temple University. She served on the Board of Directors for the American Physical Therapy Association [APTA] from 2003-2008 and is a past president of the Physical Therapy Association of Washington.  Dr. Peterson received APTA’s Lucy Blair Service Award in 2009 and the Washington Chapter’s “Physical Therapist of the Year” Award in 2003.  She is a past president of the Puget Sound Human Factors and Ergonomics Society (PSHFES) and is a member of the Pacific Northwest Ergonomic Roundtable.   

Janet’s enthusiasm for ergonomics is matched by her enthusiasm for golf, tennis, and travel!