| American Dental
Hygienists’ Association Announces 2005-2006 Leadership
Chicago–June 30, 2005–Katie
L. Dawson, RDH, BS, Oakland, Calif., was elected the 2005-2006 president
of the Chicago-based American Dental Hygienists’ Association
on June 28, 2005, at the association’s 82nd annual session
held in Las Vegas.
“I’m looking forward to serving
as ADHA president in the coming year with so many pivotal advancements
ahead for our profession that ultimately benefit the public, such
as increasing direct access to dental hygiene services,” Dawson
said. “Advancing access is my goal for the year, and I hope
it also offers exciting opportunities for dental hygienists across
the country,” Dawson said.
Dawson, an active ADHA member since 1976,
has served nationally as president-elect and vice president as well
as on numerous councils and committees. Most recently, she has served
on ADHA’s Tobacco Cessation Task Force. Additionally, Dawson
was the only dental hygienist featured in Aetna’s 2004 national
calendar of African Americans in Dentistry. Dawson succeeds Helena
Gallant Tripp, RDH, of Montgomery, Texas, as president. Tripp remains
an ADHA officer as immediate past president as well as the 2005-2006
chair of ADHA Institute for Oral Health.
 Additional
ADHA officers installed at the annual session include: Marge Green,
RDH, MS, Yorktown, Va., president-elect and Jean Connor, RDH, Cambridge,
Mass., vice president. Treasurer Carol A. Jahn, RDH, MS, Warrenville,
Ill., and Speaker of the House Terri Brisbin, RDH, Berlin, N.J.,
both remain in their positions.
The newly installed district trustee for
2005-2006 is Beverley C. Litchfield, RDH, BS, EDd, of Scarborough,
Maine, District I.
Re-elected district trustees for 2005-2006
are as follows: Pamela L. Quinones, RDH, BS, of Rockville, Md.,
District III (Del., Washington, D.C., Md., Va., W.Va.); Lynn M.
Ramer, LDH, of Logansport, Ind., District V (Ind., Ky., Mich., Ohio);
S. Kaye Adams, GDH, of Bloomington, Minn., District VII (Minn.,
N.D., S.D., Wis.); Esperanza “Hope” Garza, RDH, BS,
of Houston, Texas, District IX (Okla., N.M., Texas); and Sharon
Zastrow, RDH, of Scottsdale, Ariz., District XI (Ariz., Calif.).
District trustees continuing their term for
2005-2006 are as follows: Sherri L. Meyers, RDH, MS, of Wind Gap,
Pa., District II (Conn., N.J., N.Y., Pa.); Anita F. LaTourette,
RDH, of Norcross, Ga., District IV (Fla., Ga., N.C., S.C.); Patricia
J. Davis, RDH, of Kingsport, Tenn., District VI (Ala., Ark., La.,
Miss., Tenn.); Mary C. Kelly, RDH, BS, of Des Moines, Iowa, District
VIII (Ill., Iowa, Kan., Mo., Neb.); Lori J. Brogna, RDH, of Roy,
Utah, District X (Colo. Mont., Utah, Wyo.); and Caryn A. Solie,
RDH, of Sparks, Nev., District XII (Alaska, Hawaii, Idaho, Nev.,
Ore., Wash.).
ADHA is the largest national organization
representing the professional interests of the more than 120,000
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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