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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