| American Dental Hygienists’
Association Announces 2008-2009 Leadership
Chicago–July 14, 2008–
Diann Bomkamp, RDH, BSDH, of St. Louis, Mo., was inaugurated as
the 2008-2009 president of the Chicago-based American Dental Hygienists’
Association (ADHA) on June 24, 2008, at the association’s
85th Annual Session held in Albuquerque, N.M.
“It is truly an honor to serve as ADHA
president at such a unique time for the association and the profession
of dental hygiene,” Bomkamp said. “It is a unique opportunity
to oversee year two of the ADHA branding initiative as well as the
many advancements of the profession just over the horizon. With
the recent successes of many states in their access to care efforts,
now is the perfect time to continue the search for new and equitable
solutions to the access to care crisis which our country faces.”
Bomkamp has served in numerous positions
within ADHA including as a delegate and alternate delegate, District
VIII trustee, as the chair of the Council on Regulation and Practice,
vice president, and most recently, as president-elect . She also
served on the Future of Dental Hygiene Licensure/Regulation Subcommittee
as well as a number of other positions.
Her dedication to the dental hygiene profession
has earned her a number of awards and recognitions including the
ADHA/Warner Lambert Excellence in Dental Hygiene Award in 1992,
the Marquette University Outstanding Dental Hygiene Alumna awards
in 1993, the ADHA Alfred C. Fones Award in 2001, as well as seven
Missouri Dental Hygienists’ Association awards.
Bomkamp succeeds Jean Connor, RDH, of Cambridge,
Mass., as president. Connor remains an ADHA officer as immediate
past president as well as the 2008-2009 chair of ADHA Institute
for Oral Health.
Additional ADHA officers installed at the
annual session include: Lynn M. Ramer, LDH, of Logansport, Ind.,
president-elect, Caryn Solie, RDH, Sparks, Nev., vice president.
Remaining in their positions are Speaker of the House Kimberly Hickman-Bowen,
RDH, BSDH, MA, Middleton, Del., and Treasurer Hope Garza, RDH, BS,
Houston, Texas.
The newly installed district trustees for
2008-2009 are as follows: Dinah G. Auger, RDH, BS, of Norwich, Conn.,
District II (Conn., N.J., N.Y., Pa.); Norine Ryan Dowd, RDH, BHSc,
of Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., District IV (Fla., Ga., N.C., S.C.); Victoria
E. Richards, RDH, BS, of Nashville, Tenn., District VI (Ala., Ark.,
La., Miss., Tenn.); Carole F. Danielson, RDH, MPH, of Worth, Ill.,
District VIII (Ill., Iowa, Kan., Mo., Neb.)
Re-elected district trustees for 2008-2009
are as follows: Laurie K. Ghigleri, BS, RDH, of Colorado Springs,
Colo., District X (Colo. Mont., Utah, Wyo.); and Susan Savage, RDH,
BSDH, of Ellinsburg, Wash., District XII (Alaska, Hawaii, Idaho,
Nev., Ore., Wash.).
District trustees continuing their term
for 2008-2009 are as follows: Beverley C. Litchfield, RDH, BS, EdD,
of Scarborough, Maine, District I (Maine, Mass., N.H., R.I., Vt.);
Pamela L. Quinones, RDH, BS, of Rockville, Md., District III (Del.,
District of Columbia., Md., Va., W.Va.); Denise E. Bowers, RDH,
MEd, of Lima, Ohio, District V (Ind., Ky., Mich., Ohio); Linda M.
Jorgenson, RDH, BS, of River Falls, Wis., District VII (Minn., N.D.,
S.D., Wis.); Bonnie Flanagan, RDH, of Tulsa, Okla., District IX
(N.M., Okla., Texas); Catherine Kelly Draper, RDH, MS, San Jose,
Calif., District XI (Ariz., Calif.).
ADHA is the largest national organization
representing the professional interests of the more than 150,000
dental hygienists across the country. Dental hygienists are preventive
oral health professionals, licensed in dental hygiene, who provide
educational, clinical and therapeutic services that support total
health through the promotion of optimal oral health. For more information
about ADHA, dental hygiene or the link between oral health and general
health, visit http://www.adha.org.
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