2026-2027 ADHA Committees

Select a committee name below to view additional information about its purpose and charges. For questions about ADHA committees, charges, processes or selection, please email ADHA leadership at [email protected].

Executive Committee

Jessica August, MSDH, RDH, CDA, FADHA – President, Chair

Christina Emmert, RDH, PHDH, PRP, FADHA – President-Elect

Jody Berinato, RDH, BS, FADHA – Vice President

Laura I. M. Green, RDH, MEd, FADHA – Treasurer

Amanda Berthiaume, MSDH, RDH, CDA, FADHA – Director

Shawna Greer, RDH, MDH, FADHA – Director

Laura Vanderwerf, BSDH, RDH, EPDH, CDA, FADHA – Director

Finance Committee

Laura I. M. Green, RDH, MEd, FADHA – Treasurer, Chair

Jessica August, MSDH, RDH, CDA, FADHA – President

Christina Emmert, RDH, PHDH, PRP, FADHA – President-Elect

Jody Berinato, RDH, BS, FADHA – Vice President

Amanda Berthiaume, MSDH, RDH, CDA, FADHA – Director

Maureen Brown, BSDH, MS-HIED, RDH – Director

Awards Committee

Tammy Filipiak, RDH, MS, FADHA – Chair

Bridgett Etheridge-May, MS, BS, AAS, RDH

Gwendolyn Montoya, BS, OMT, RDH 

Shawn Oprisiu, RDH

Valerie Stephens, MBA, BS, RDH

Coding Committee

LeeAnn Winkler, RDH, BSDH, FADHA – Chair

Lucy Conard, RDH, BSDH, FADHA

Summer McMenamin, RDH, MS, MCHES, FADHA

Pamela Randolph, RDH, BS, MS, FADHA

Governance Committee

Laura Vanderwerf, BSDH, RDH, EPDH, CDA, FADHA – Chair

Jody Berinato, RDH, BS, FADHA

Jennifer Harrison, RDH, PHDH, PRP, FADHA

Barbara Reiprich, RDH, PHDHP, FADHA 

Lancette VanGuilder, BS, RDH, PHEDH, CEAS, FADHA 

Advocacy Advisory Committee

Alyssa Aberle, MBA, RDH, CDIPC, FADHA – Chair

Jazmin Cortez, BSDH, RDH

Danyelle Evans, RDH, FADHA

Lisa Rowley, MS, RDH, CDA, FADHA

Caryn Solie, RDH, FADHA

Linda Straub-Bruce, DHA, MHSA, RDH, FADHA

Derik Sven, DHSC, MBA, MPH, RDH, CDT, FADHA, FAADH

Lancette VanGuilder, BS, RDH, PHEDH, CEAS, FADHA 

Matthew Bradley, RDH – Student Member

Amanda Berthiaume, MSDH, RDH, CDA, FADHA – Board Advisor

Committee on Policy

Emilie Ellis, BSDH, RDH – Chair

Kathrine Barger, RDH, BSDH

Layla Christensen, RDH, BSDH

Toni Meyerkord, MA, RDH, FADHA

Lauren McNicholas, LDH, FADHA

Ashlee Sowards, MSDH, MA, NCTTP

Christina Emmert, RDH, PHDH, PRP, FADHA – Board Advisor

Education Program Planning Committee

Tammy Sanderson, EdD, MSDH, RDH – Chair

Jessica Flaig, RDH, MSDH

Sarah Jackson, RDH, MSDH, FADHA 

Kristeen Perry, DHSc, MSDH, RDH

Lancette VanGuilder, BS, RDH, PHEDH, CEAS, FADHA 

Leciel Bono, RDH-ER, MS, EdD – Board Advisor