Oral Health Section, American Public Health Association
Officers, Councilors & Committees Leadership Roster
Nov 2010-Nov 2011
Chair, (2010-2012)
Oscar Arevalo, DDS, ScD, MBA, MS
Phone: (267) 738-2600
Email: oralchair05@yahoo.com
Chair Elect, (2010-2012)
Amos Deinard, MD, MPH
Phone: (612) 377-1020
E-mail: deina001@umn.edu
Immediate-Past Chair, (2010-2012)
Scott Presson, DDS, MPH
Phone: (679) 778-4847
Email: spresson@bellsouth.net
Secretary, (2009-2012)
Natalie Hagel, RDH, MS
Phone: (617) 636-3968
Email: Natalie.Hagel@tufts.edu
Section Councilors:
Sandra Nagel Beebe, RDH, PhD, (2008-2011)
Phone: (618) 453-7202
E-mail: sbeebe@siu.edu
Giusy Romano-Clarke, MD (2008-2011)
Phone. (617) 288-3230
E-mail: Giusy.Romano-Clarke@dorchesterhouse.org
Gina Thornton-Evans, DDS, MPH, (2009-2012)
Phone: (770) 488-5503
Email: gdt4@cdc.gov
Kathy M. Lituri, RDH, MPH (2009-2012)
Phone: (617) 638-5202
E-mail: lituri@bu.edu
Arlene Lester, DDS, MPH (2010-2013)
Phone: (404) 562-7905
E-mail: arlene.lester@hhs.gov
Scott Tomar, DMD, DrPH (2010-2013)
Phone: (352) 273-5968
E-mail: stomar@dental.ufl.edu
Governing Councilors:
Helen Bednarsh BS, RHD, MPH (2010-2012)
Phone: (617) 534-2344
E-mail: HBednarsh@bphc.org
Woosung Sohn, DDS, PhD, DrPH (2009-2011)
Phone: (734) 615-6622
Email: woosung@umich.edu
Newsletter Editor: Jay W. Friedman MD, MPH
Phone: (310) 838-8157
Email: drjfriedman@sbcglobal.net
Website Editor: Gina Thornton-Evans DDS, MPH
Phone: (770) 488-5503
Email: gdt4@cdc.gov
Program Planning Chair: Kathy M. Lituri RDH, MPH
Phone: (617) 638-5202
E-mail: lituri@bu.edu
Exhibit Booth Coordinator:
Josefine Wolfe, RDH
Phone: (210) 287-8826
E-mail: josefine.wolfe@sanatonio.gov
APHA Action Board, OH Section Representative: Lynn A. Bethel, RDH, BSDH, MPH
Phone: (617) 624-6074
Email: Lynn.Bethel@state.ma.us
Awards:
Knutson Award, Chair: Jane Steffansen, MPH, CHES
(210) 567-5567
Email: steffensen@uthscsa.edu
Jong Award, Chair: Wanda Wright, RN, DDS, MS, MsD
Phone: (617) 636-3646
E-mail: Wanda.Wright@tufts.edu
Membership Committee: Sandra Nagel Beebe RDH, PhD
Phone: (618) 453-7202
E-mail: sbeebe@siu.edu
Policy Committee: Amos S. Deinard, MD, MPH
Phone: (612) 377-1020
E-mail: deina001@umn.edu
Policy Promotion Committee: Jay W. Friedman DDS, MPH
Phone: (310) 838-8157
Email: drjfriedman@sbcglobal.net
Nominations Committee: Scott Presson, DDS, MPH
Phone: (678) 778-4847
Email: spresson@bellsouth.net
APHA Student Assembly Liaison: Josefine Wolfe, RDH
Phone: (210) 287-8826
Email: josefinew@sbcglobal.net