Ways to Donate to the IOH Foundation

The Institute for Oral Health Foundation (IOH Foundation) provides more than $100,000 each year to advance the profession of dental hygiene through scholarships, research and community service grants. Contributions can be made through the following methods:

  • Electronic payments
  • Checks made to the IOH Foundation
    • mailed to Attn: IOH Foundation 444 N Michigan Ave Ste 400 Chicago, IL 60611
  • IRA distributions
    • Qualified Charitable Distributions (QCD) funds can be transferred directly and may lower taxable income for any given year. Contact your IRA custodian for more information about benefits and eligibility.
  • Estate planning
    • Contact your estate planning professional for more information.
  • Named Scholarship or Grant creation
    • Consider becoming a legacy by creating an annual or endowed scholarship/ grant for the IOH Foundation. Contact [email protected] to inquire.

The IOH Foundation is a 501(c)3 organization and all donations are 100% tax deductible. EIN 36-3468143.

Members of our Legacy League and cumulative donations of $50+ appear on the Donor Honor Roll at the ADHA Annual Conference and the IOH Foundation Annual Report. Donors that contribute $1,000 on an annual basis will receive a special invitation to our Annual Conference Reception. 

DONOR HONOR ROLL (7/1/24 – 4/30/25)

Ana Fernandez
Angela Do
Barbi Lynch
Becky Smith
Cathy Berard
Cathy Nobles
Christina Emmert
Cindie Pierce
Courtney Rudick
Danielle Victoriano
Deborah Astroth
Erin Haley
Joanna Allaire
Jody Berinato
Kimberly Erdman
Kristi Dalton
Laura Green
Layla Christensen
LeeAnn Winkler
Lisa Rowley
Lori Aus
Mara Crow
Melissa Terry
Pamela Larrabee
Pamela Randolph
Sheri Moore
Summer McMenamin
Tammy Filipiak

Alice Horowitz, PhD
Alma Joann Moretti
Erin Jo Haley-Hitz, RDH
Gary W. Bomkamp
Heather Nicole Waldron, RDH
John Benkert
Lisa Ann Goss, RDH, BS
Louisiana DHA
Rebecca W. Pugh, RDH, BSAST, FADHA
Sheri Ann Moore, RDH, BSHS, FADHA
Teri Del Prete
Texas DHA

Christina Emmert, RDH
Diann F. Bomkamp, RDH, BSDH,  CDHC
LeeAnn Katherine Winkler, RDH, BSDH
Pamela Larrabee, RDH, BAS, MA, FADHA
Susan Elizabeth Savage, RDH, BSDH

Carol E Martin
Catherine Draper, RDH
Cathy A. Nobles, RDH, FADHA
Connie Groves
Dawn Ann Dean, RDH,CTTS,MSDH,FADHA
Deborah Bailey Astroth, RDH, BS
Esperanza Garza, RDH, BS
Georgia DHA
JoAnn Rigolizzo Gurenlian, RDH, MS, PhD, FADHA
Joanna Allaire, RDH, BSDH, MDH
Joanne T Sweeny, RDH
Laura Ann Mallery-Sayre, RDH, MSDHEd
Lauren Aiko Umetani, RHD
Lisa Jade Rowley, MS, RDH, CDA, FADHA
Marie M. Brickley-Raab, RDH
Mary Kaye Scaramucci, RDH, MS
Missouri DHA
Steven Christensen
Tia S. Meyer, RDH
Wisconsin DHA

Barbara A. Lynch, RDH, BSDH
Barbara Ann Leatherman Dixon, MEd, BS,RDH
Becky Smith, CRDH, EdD, FADHA
Carolyn D. Roberton, BSDH, RDH
Caryn Ann Solie, RDH, FADHA
Elizabeth Jane Crocker, RDH FADHA
Kayla L. Golden, RDH
Kelly A. Valdez-Ayres, RDH, BS
Kelly Bencola
Layla Ann Hodges Christensen, RDH, BSDH
Linda N. Millard
Lisa Jo Moravec, RDH, MSDH
Sandra Ann Nicholas, RDH
Stacy L. Onofrietti, RDH, PhD, CHP, FADHA
Virginia DHA

Carmen I. Negron-Dupee, BSFCS, RDH
Carolynn B. Wahl, BSDH, PHDHP, FADHA
Carrie Fowler, RDH, BHS, MSM
Catherine Ann Berard, BSDH, RDH
Christina M. Horton, RDH
Christine M. Blue, DHSc
Christine M. Farrell, RDH, BSDH, MPA
Christine Schaaf, RDH
Cynthia F. Sensabaugh, RDH, MSDH
Denise B. Frank, RDH
Emily J. Boge, EdD, RDH, CDA
Gayle C. Chang, RDH, B.Ed.
Gerraine K.G.Y. Hignite, RDH
Illinois DHA
Irene M. Connolly, RDH, MS
Jerelyn Marie Smith, RDH
Joan Kenney Fitzgerald, CPHDH, BS
Joan M. Vrielink-Capito, BS, RDH
John Nicholas
Julia Levitt
Kristi Dalton, RDH
Laura I. M. Green, RDH, M.Ed., FADHA
Laurie Kay Ghigleri, BS, RDH
Linda Kay Hoffmann, RDH, BS, FADHA
Linda Konishi, RDH
Manuel Ibarra
Marilynn L. Rothen, RDH, MS
Massachusetts DHA
Matt Ray Crespin, MPH, RDH
Melissa Nichole Terry, RDH, BSDH
Minnesota DHA
Noelani R. E. T. G. Greene, RDH,BS
Pamela Anne Randolph, RDH, BS, MS
Renee Gerber Spencer, RDH, FADHA
Renee Joy Johnson, RDH, BSDH
Robin A. Grasso, RDH
Shannon Kathleen Frey, RDH
Shelley Bixler
Tammy L. Filipiak, RDH, MS
Tricia Larsen Maginn, RDH
Trina L Poulsen, RDH
Trinity Cleveland, RDH
Valarie Beth Johnson, RDH
Wanda Cloet, RDH, MS, DHSc
Washington DHA

Aji Jobe, RDA, RDH, BSDH
Alice K Weed, RDH
An Chih Wan Do, RDH, MEd
Ana Karina Fernandez, RDH
Anne M. Akaka, RDH
Barbara Posler, RDH
Betty Jeanne Howard, RDH, BS
Brita McNeill
Christina L. Dew, RDH
Christina Marie Kumar, MSEd, RDA, CDA, RDH
Christina Tulloch, RDH
Cynthia Ashley Miller, RDH
Cynthia Hansen, RDH
Deborah June Schumacher, ME, RDH
Delaware DHA
Elizabeth Rene’ Stephenson, RDH, BSDH
Geri M. Waguespack, RDH, MS
Gina C. Lau, RDH
Hailey Anne Bruggeman, RDH
Hali Householder, RDH
Howard M. Notgarnie, RDH, EdD, FADHA
Jaime L. McAdams, RDH
Jessica Nicole August, MSDH, CDA, RDH
Joy Papageorge, RDH
Julie Anne Martin, RDH
Kimberly K. Benkert, RDH BSDH MPH COM
Lali Angela Williams, LDH
Laura Lee Vanderwerf, RDH
Leanne E. Higa, RDH, BS, MEd
Leciel Kari Bono, RDH
Linda Kay Bohacek, FAADH, FADHA
Linda N.T. Austin, RDH
Lisa K. Wiese, MS, RDH
Lori J. Matsumura, RDH
Mara Kelly Crow, RDH
Margaret Lappan Green, RDH, MS, FADHA
Marilyn R. Shrive, RDH
Marion C. Manski, MS, RDH
Markee K.S.N. Estioko, BSDH
Mary Kaye Vigil, RDH, BS
Mavis K. Gushiken, RDH
Meaghann Bradley, RDH
Mercedes Alesaundra Mendoza Andrade, RDH, MPH
Michele Colamesto, RDH
Nancy T. Brohawn, RDH, BSDH, FADHA
Naomi Rhodes, RDH
Natasha Ann Galarza, MEd, RDH, FADHA
New Hampshire DHA
Pamela J. Sandy, CRDH, BS, MA
Patricia Lennan, BSRDH, MS
Ruth Palich, RDH
Santiago Valdez, RDH
Sara Zeidenberg, RDH
Sherry Lynne Basham, RDH
Stephanie Jo Bossenberger, RDH, MS
Summer Heather McMenamin, RDH, MS, FADHA
Susan Barnard
Tasha Wendel, RDH, MPH
Tina M. Cunningham, RDH, BS, MBA, FADHA

Adriana DiPasquale, RDH
Adrienne Ramiscal Ragasa-Lim, RDH
Alyssa R. Aberle, RDH, BSDH, MBA
Amanda Ridgely, RDH
Amy E Coplen, RDH
Andrea E. Higgins, RDH, BS
Anne E. Hvizdak, RDH, CDHC, BSDH
Arianna Alexis Cazares, RDH
Ashlee B. Sowards, MSDH, MA, NCTTP
Barbara H. Reiprich, RDH, PHDHP, FADHA
Betty Ann Kabel, RDH, BS
Brittany M. Aldana, RDH
Caitlyn Lint, RDH
Carissa Renae Regnerus, RDH, MA
Christine N. Schroeder, RDH
Cindy M. Hasbrouck, RDH
Connie S. Groves, RDH, BS
Daniel Witt
Debra Fletcher Adams, RDH, BSDH, MA
Debra Jean Trybom, RDH, ECP III
Diana Saylor, RDH, BSDH
Elizabeth Cruz
Haydee Castillo
Heather Hunsberger
Jody Corinne Berinato, RDH, BS, FADHA
John O’Grady
Jose David Cantuna Castro
Julie F. Simms, RDH, BS
Katharine Elizabeth Wallace, RDH
Katherine Kelley
Kimberly Dawn Fuzer, MPH RDH
Kip Rowland, RDH
Ladd Gibke
Laila Bonner, MS, RDH
Lancette L. VanGuilder, RDH
Lisa Daniels, RDH
Loreizl Ignacio Cahinhinan, RDH
Lori Killen Aus, RDHEP, MA, FADHA
Manual Cadena
Mary Kay Huesdash, RDH, MA, CDA
Mary L. Kellerman, RDH, MS, DPH
Melissa Vetter, RDH
Michele C. Tui, RDH, AS
Nitia Morris
Norine F. Kalaiwaa, RDH
Oslynda S. Gonzalez, RDH
Paula Jane Hendrix, EPDH
Pearl M. Arrington, RDH
Rachel Elizabeth Boone, RDH, EPDH
Rene R. Villarreal
Ryan Rutar, RDH, MAM, BS, BA
Sarah Elizabeth Clark, RDH
Seattle Nicole Stout, RDH
Stacy Nicole Limas, RDH, BSDH, FADHA
Suzanne Savanick, RDH
Tabitha Kukahiko, RDH
Tiffany Lynne Hypes, RDH
Yolanda Ledesma