Oral Health Section, American Public Health Association
Officers, Councilors & Committees Leadership Roster
Nov 2011-Nov 2012
Chairperson, Nov 2010-Nov 2012
Oscar Arevalo, DDS, ScD, MBA, MS
Email: oralchair05@yahoo.com
Chairperson Elect, Nov 2010-Nov 2012
Amos S. Deinard, MD, MPH
Email: deina001@umn.edu
Immediate-Past Chair, Nov 2010-Nov 2012
Scott M. Presson, DDS, MPH
Email: spresson@bellsouth.net
Secretary, Nov 2009-Nov 2012
Natalie Hagel, RDH, MS
Email: Natalie.Hagel@tufts.edu
Section Councilors, Six (6) Section Councilors, Three-year terms
Gina Thornton-Evans, DDS, MPH, Nov 2009-Nov 2012
Email: gdt4@cdc.gov
Kathy M. Lituri, RDH, MPH Nov 2009-Nov 2012
Email: lituri@bu.edu
Arlene Lester, DDS, MPH Nov 2010-Nov 2013
Email: arlene.lester@hhs.gov
Scott Tomar, DMD, Dr.P.H. Nov 2010-Nov 2013
Email: stomar@dental.ufl.edu
Peggy Timothe, DDS, MPH Nov 2011-Nov 2014
Email: peggy_timothe@hsdm.harvard.edu
Susan P. Cote, RDH, MS Nov 2011- Nov 2014
Email: COTES4@mainehealth.org
Governing Councilors, Two (2) Councilors, Two-year terms:
Helene Bednarsh BS, RDH, MPH Nov 2010-Nov 2012
Email: HBednarsh@bphc.org
Howard Pollick, BDS, MPH Nov 2011-Nov 2013
Email: howard.pollick@ucsf.edu
Newsletter Editor, Nov 2008-2012
Jay W. Friedman, DDS, MPH
Email: drjfriedman@sbcglobal.net
Webmasters, Nov 2009-2012
Gina Thornton-Evans, DDS, MPH
Email: gdt4@cdc.gov
Peggy Timothé, DDS, MPH
Email: peggy_timothe@hsdm.harvard.edu
Chair, Knutson Award, 2012
Jane A. Weintraub, DDS, MPH
Email: jane_weintraub@dentistry.unc.edu
Chair, Jong Award, 2012
Susan E. Lovelace, Program Manager
Email: slovelace@rchsd.org
Program Planning Chair, Nov 2010-Nov 2011
Kathy Lituri, RHD, MPH
Email: lituri@bu.edu
Membership Committee Chair, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012
Sandra Nagel Beebe, RDH, PhD
Email: sbeebe@siu.edu
Policy Committee Chair, 2010, 2011
Amos S. Deinard, MD, MPH
Email: deina001@umn.edu
Policy Promotion Chair, 2010, 2011, 2012
Jay Freidman, DDS, MPH
Email: drjfriedman@sbcglobal.net
Nominations Committee Chair, 2011, 2012
Scott M. Presson, DDS, MPH
Email: spresson@bellsouth.net
OH Section Exhibit Booth Cooordinatior 2010, 2011 ,2012
Josefine Wolfe, MSPH, RDH, CHES
Email: Josefine.Wolfe@sanantonio.gov
APHA wide committees
APHA Action Board
Lynn A. Bethel, RDH, BSDH, MPH
Action Board Chair (Nov 2011-Oct 2012)
Ex Officio Executive Board Member
Email: Lynn.Bethel@state.ma.us
APHA Editorial Board
Alice M. Horowitz, PhD, 2007-
Email: ahorowit@umd.edu
APHA Education Board
Amos S. Deinard, MD, MPH, 2006-
Email: deina001@umn.edu
Continuing Education Board
Gary D. Podschun
E-mail: podschung@ada.org
JPHA Student Assembly Liaison 2009-2012
Josefine Wolfe, MSPH, RDH, CHES
Email: Josefine.Wolfe@sanantonio.gov
ASTDD Liaison to the OH Section 2009-
Julie Ann Janssen, RDH, MA, CDHC
Email: julie.janssen@illinois.gov
Consultants to the Oral Health Section
Myron Allukian, Jr. DDS MPH
E-mail: MyAlluk@aol.com
Anuradha Deshmukh, BDS, MSD (Newsletter editor Oct 2006-Nov 2008)
Email: anuradha@bu.edu
Andréa Azevedo, DDS, MPH
Email: andreaazevedodds@yahoo.com
John P. Brown, BDS, PhD
Email: brown@uthscsa.edu
Dyan Campbell, RN, BSN, MPH
Chair, 2004 - 2006
Email: dyanc@pronetisp.net
Mayté - María Teresa Canto, DDS, MS, MPH
Email: cantom@mail.nih.gov
David P. Cappelli, DMD, MPH, PhD
Email: cappelli@uthscsa.edu
Jared Fine, DDS, MPH
Email: Jared.Fine@acgov.org
Tracy L. Finlayson, Ph.D.
Email: tfinlays@mail.sdsu.edu
Raul Garcia, DMD, MMedSc
Email: rig@bu.edu
Kathy Geurink, RDH, MA* (Section Councilor Nov 2004 – Nov 2007)
Email: geurink@uthscsa.edu
Sheranita Hemphill, RDH, MS, MPH
Email: sheranita.hemphill@sinclair.edu
Lawrence F. Hill, DDS, MPH
Email:larryhill@fuse.net
Alice M. Horowitz, PhD
Email: ahorowit@umd.edu
David Krol, MD, MPH, FAAP, (SC Nov 08, 2006- Nov 2009)
website-www.rwjf.org
Howard Pollick, BDS, MPH
Email: howard.pollick@ucsf.edu
Giusy Romano-Clarke, MD Nov 2008- Nov 2011
Ron Romero, DDS, MPH
Email: ronjromero@aol.com
Sue Sanzi-Schaedel, RDH, MPH
Email: Schaedel4@comcast.net
Buddhi M. Shrestha, DDS, MS, PhD
Email: shrestha@rpcn.org
Woosung Sohn, DDS, PhD, DrPH (GC-Nov 2009-Nov 2011)
Email: woosung@bu.edu
Jane E. M. Steffensen, MPH, CHES
Email: Steffensen@uthscsa.edu
Clemencia M. Vargas, DDS, PhD.
Email: cvargas@umaryland.edu
Karen M. Yoder, RDH, MSD, PhD
Email: kmyoder@iupui.edu
Karen Zinner, MPH
Email: karenzinner@q.com