| American Dental
Hygienists’ Association Announces 2006-2007 Leadership
Chicago–July 17,
2006– Margaret Lappan Green, CDA, RDH, MS, Yorktown,
Va., was elected the 2006-2007 president of the Chicago-based American
Dental Hygienists’ Association on June 26, 2006, at the association’s
83rd annual session held in Orlando, Fla.
“To serve as ADHA president is a great
and exciting opportunity, especially given the chance to oversee
the furthering developments of many ADHA programs, including the
expansion of access to care,” Green said. “Bringing
the community greater access to care will continue to be my top
priority as ADHA president.” Green said.
Green has held numerous positions within
ADHA, most recently as president-elect. She has also served as vice
president, district III trustee, director of the Institute for Oral
Health, chair of the Committee on Administration and the Council
on Education, and board advisor to the Council on Research. She
is the recipient of many awards; most notably, the ADHA Distinguished
Service Award, Pfizer/ADHA Award for Excellence in Dental Hygiene,
University of Pittsburgh School of Dental Medicine Distinguished
Alumnus Award–Dental Hygiene 2000, Sigma Phi Alpha—Outstanding
Educators of America, and the American Heart Association Volunteer
of the Year. Green succeeds Katie L. Dawson, RDH, BS, of Oakland,
Calif., as president. Dawson remains an ADHA officer as immediate
past president as well as the 2006-2007 chair of ADHA Institute
for Oral Health.
Additional ADHA officers installed at the
annual session include: Jean Connor, RDH, Cambridge, Mass., president-elect
and Diann Bomkamp, RDH, BSDH, CDHC, St. Louis, Mo., and Speaker
of the House Kimberly Hickman-Bowen, RDH, BSDH, MA, Middleton, Del.
Remaining in her position as treasurer is Carol A. Jahn, RDH, MS,
Warrenville, Ill.
The newly installed district trustees for
2006-2007 are Linda Swarts, RDH, BHS, of Jacksonville, N.C., District
IV (Fla., Ga., N.C., S.C.); Catherine Ellington, RDH, BS, of Metairie,
La., District VI (Ala., Ark., La., Miss., Tenn.); Linda M. Jorgenson,
RDH, BS, of River Falls, Wis., District VII (Minn., N.D., S.D.,
Wis.); 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.).
Re-elected district trustees for 2006-2007
are as follows: Sherri L. Meyers, RDH, MS, of Wind Gap, Pa., District
II (Conn., N.J., N.Y., Pa.); and Mary C. Kelly, RDH, BS, of Des
Moines, Iowa, District VIII (Ill., Iowa, Kan., Mo., Neb.).
District trustees continuing their term for
2006-2007 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.,
Washington, D.C., Md., Va., W.Va.); Lynn M. Ramer, LDH, of Logansport,
Ind., District V (Ind., Ky., Mich., Ohio); Esperanza “Hope”
Garza, RDH, BS, of Houston, Texas, District IX (Okla., N.M., Texas);
Sharon Zastrow, RDH, of Scottsdale, Ariz., District XI (Ariz., Calif.)
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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