
Wendy Antley
COTA, team lead
Wendy has an extraordinarily strong love for pediatrics! She enjoys seeing the kids she treats reach their highest potential. She also enjoys building relationships with parents and families in order to really understand their concerns and learn more about the kids she works with. Wendy has been with Building Futures since 2016.

Jonann Arrant
LOTR
Jonann is excited to have been in the very first certification class in the US for the Evaluation of Ayres Sensory Integration! She loves being able to talk with families about their goals they want to accomplish for their child and establishing a plan of care that is not only functional but also important to the family!

Lauren Burkett
LOTR
Lauren earned her master’s degree in 2020 from LSUHSC and started her career with Building Futures. She is passionate about working with kids and their families in order to reach their highest potential.

Macie Branch
MOT
Macie earned her Master of Occupational Therapy degree from LSU Health Shreveport in 2020 and recently joined the Building Futures team. She loves getting to work with children and coming up with creative and fun ways to help each child reach their goals.

Kelly Cain
COTA, Team Lead
Kelly became an OTA in 2001 and has 20 years of experience. She has been with the Building Futures family since 2007! She is a certified autism specialist and her passion is working with these children and families, so that they can meet their goals to the fullest potential! She loves being able to make a difference in each child’s everyday life! Kelly is a lead at our Monroe location and helps mentor, lead and train other staff members at this location. She believes in passing down her knowledge to others is at best benefit to the entire community!

Melanie Christian
COTA, Clinical Director, Team Lead
Melanie is our Clinical Director and has over 20 years of pediatric experience. She has been with Building Futures since its opening in 2005. Melanie leads by example and enjoys mentoring new graduates and new OT’s in our profession. She strongly believes in seeing things from the eyes of the child and meeting the needs of each child individually in order for them to participate in their daily lives.

Camille Cirilo
COTA
Camille thrives in helping kids of all ages and meeting/ helping their families wherever they are no matter the circumstances as well as trying to be the best advocate she can for her kids to reach their highest potential. She will be certified with treating complex feeding and swallowing issues this year and will graduate with her bachelor’s degree from ULM in May in order to pursue her Master’s in Occupational Therapy.

Ashleigh Colvin
OTR
Ashleigh has worked as an occupational therapy practitioner since 2016 and continued her education by completing her master’s degree through ULM in 2020. She is passionate about using creative play that incorporates a child’s interest during sessions to promote the skills needed for everyday life.

Anna Dearman
LOTR, CLC
Anna became an OT in 2012 and is in her 10th year of practice. She recently earned her certification as a Certified Lactation Consultant and has extensive knowledge and experience in splinting and pediatric orthopedic conditions, including prosthetics. She enjoys working with all diagnoses and their families to help advocate for their needs and problem solve to achieve their goals. She has a special interest in infants and feeding and is also working on gaining her certification as a breastfeeding consultant.

Baylen Harris
COTA
Baylen is able to meet any child at their level and loves the challenge and fun of helping them do hard work while they are having so much fun! He also has training in complex feeding and swallowing issues.

Jessica Huff
COTA, Hippotherapy Program Lead
Jessica has a passion for both children and animals. Recently, she has been able to combine her two loves with Hippotherapy by getting her certification in this specialized area. She enjoys being able to witness and experience the emotion, sensory input and problem solving of a child when working with the horses on the ranch!

Brittany Keen
LOTR, Team Lead
Brittany is earning a certification in Floortime DIR and will be one of only 12 practitioners in Louisiana. She also has personal experience with her own daughter being in the NICU and sweet little Alaina has actually already graduated from therapy!

Wess Magee
COTA
Wess is proud of his ability to formulate behavioral modification programs for parents to implement at home that benefits their child’s overall successes! He is also in the master’s program at ULM to become an OTR and will graduate in December 2022!

Jessica Gajeski May
LOTR
Jessica is creative and likes thinking outside of the box and uses holistic and science driven strategies to facilitate participation in life matters that are important to the child and family. She has been with Building Futures for 10 years now!

Chase Owens
COTA
Chase is from El Dorado, AR. He graduated from SACC’s OTA program in 2021 and joined our team at Building Futures in May, 2022. Chase has a true passion for working with children and genuinely takes his kiddos’ success with Occupational Therapy to the next level. Not only does Chase work at our Ruston and Monroe clinic locations, but he also works with our great team members at our Hippotherapy program at the Owl Center. Chase enjoys working with the other team members at Building Futures and learning from the best!

Therese Pirkey
COTA
Therese has a passion for advocacy! She loves problem solving and working with team members and caregivers to help children be successful in their occupations! Therese joined our family in January 2021 and is such a joy to have on our team!

Jennifer Reeves
LOTR, CEO, Owner
Jennifer is one of our owners and has been practicing OT for more than 20 years. She has a highly creative mind and enjoys making both clinics fun and functional for our children. She is immensely proud of the growth of our company and is thrilled to have such an amazing team!

Hadley Swartz
COTA
Hadley graduated from ULM’s OTA program in 2018, but she has loved this profession since she was a child. She has seen firsthand the benefits occupational therapy can bring to a child and their family. She strives to help her kids reach their highest potential imaginable through fun and exciting ways.

Katie Whitaker
COTA
Katie loved seeing firsthand how functional play and home exercises changed her daughter’s outcomes of being born with arthrogryposis and her son being a NICU baby! This is what helped her decide to be a COTA. She joined our team in August of 2020 and has been a wonderful addition with her positive and upbeat attitude!

Kristin Wyble
COTA
Kristin has a passion for kiddos with sensory processing disorders and she is finishing up her certification in Yoga Calm. She has been with Building Futures since 2016.