Leadership Roster

Leadership Roster 2012/2013

 

Chairperson, Nov 2010-Nov 2013

Oscar Arevalo, DDS, ScD, MBA, MS

Email: oralchair05@yahoo.com

 

Immediate-Past Chair, Nov 2010-Nov 2013

Scott M. Presson, DDS, MPH

Email: spresson@bellsouth.net

 

Chairperson-Elect Nov 2012-Nov 2013

Kathy M. Lituri, RDH, MPH 

Email: lituri@bu.edu

 

Secretary, Nov 2012-Nov 2015

Cindy Cadoret, RDH, MPH

Email: ccadoret@bu.edu

 

Section Councilors, Six (6) Section Councilors, Three-year terms

Section Councilor Nov 2010 - Nov 2013
Arlene Lester, DDS, MPH

Email: arlene.lester@hhs.gov 

 

Section Councilor Nov 2010 - Nov 2013
Scott Tomar, DMD, MPH, Dr.P.H.

Email: stomar@dental.ufl.edu

Section Councilor Nov 2011 - Nov 2014
Peggy Timothe, DDS, MPH

Email: peggy_timothe@hsdm.harvard.edu

 

Susan P. Cote, RDH, MS, Section Councilor Nov 2011- Nov 2014

Email: cotes4@mainehealth.org

 

Vinodh Bhoopathi, Section Councilor Nov 2012 - Nov 2015

Email: vinodh.bhoopathi@nova.edu

 

Governing Councilors, Two (2) Councilors, Two-year terms:

Howard Pollick, BDS, MPH, Governing Councilor Nov 2011-Nov 2013
Email: howard.pollick@ucsf.edu

Raul Garcia, DMD, MMedSc, Governing Councilor Nov 2012-Nov 2014  
E-mail: rig@bu.edu

Newsletter Editor, Nov 2008 - present

Jay W. Friedman, DDS, MPH

E-mail: drjfriedman@sbcglobal.net

 

Webmaster, Co-chairs Nov 2012 -2015

 

Gina Thornton-Evans, DDS, MPH                            

E-mail: gdt4@cdc.gov

 

Claudia A Serna, DDS, RDH, MPH                                    

E-mail: csern001@fiu.edu

 

Social Media Coordinador 2013

Claudia A Serna, DDS, RDH, MPH

E-mail: csern001@fiu.edu

Knutson Award, Chair 2013

Catherine Hayes, DMD, DrPH

E-mail: chayes9@rcn.com

 

Jong Award, Chair 2013

Linda Kaste, DDS, MS, PhD

E-mail: KASTE@uic.edu

 

Membership Committee Co-chairs, 2013

 

Natalie Hagel, RDH, MS                                                               

E-mail: Natalie.Hagel@tufts.edu

 

Susan Cote, RDH, MS                                                            

E-mail: cotes@mainehealth.org

 

JPHA Student Assembly Liaison 2009 - present

Josefine Wolfe, MSPH, RDH, CHES

E-mail: Josefine.Wolfe@sanantonio.gov

 

APHA Executive Board 2013

Lynn A. Bethel, RDH, BSDH, MPH

E-mail: Lynn.Bethel@aol.com

 

ASTDD Liaison to the OH Section 2009 - present

Julie Ann Janssen, RDH, MA, CDHC
E-mail: julie.janssen@illinois.gov

 

Consultants to the Oral Health Section (people who have held an elected position or chaired a committee)

 

Myron Allukian, Jr. DDS MPH                                                     

E-mail: MyAlluk@aol.com

 

Andréa Azevedo, DDS, MPH (Chair Nov 2001-Nov 2003)                                                                                              

E-mail: andreaazevedodds@yahoo.com

 

Helene Bednarsh BS, RDH, MPH, (Governing Councilor Nov 2010-Nov 2012)                                                   

E-mail: HBednarsh@bphc.org

 

John P. Brown, BDS, PhD                                                            

E-mail: brown@uthscsa.edu

 

Dyan Campbell, RN, BSN, MPH (Chair 2004 – 2006)            

E-mail: dyanc@pronetisp.net

 

Mayté - María Teresa Canto, DDS, MS, MPH                          

E-mail:maria.canto@nih.gov

David P. Cappelli, DMD, MPH, PhD
E-mail: cappelli@uthscsa.edu

 

Anuradha Deshmukh, BDS, MSD (Newsletter editor Oct 2006-Nov 2008)                                                                          

E-mail: anuradha@bu.edu

 

Jared Fine, DDS, MPH                                                                 

E-mail: Jared.Fine@acgov.org

 

Tracy L. Finlayson, Ph.D.                                                          

E-mail: tfinlays@mail.sdsu.edu

 

Kathy Geurink, RDH, MA (Section Councilor Nov 2004 – Nov 2007)                                                                                       

E-mail: geurink@uthscsa.edu

 

Sheranita Hemphill, RDH, MS, MPH                                           

E-mail:sheranita.hemphill@sinclair.edu

 

Lawrence F. Hill, DDS, MPH                 

E-mail: larryhill@fuse.net

 

Alice M. Horowitz, PhD, 2007                                              

E-mail: ahorowit@umd.edu

 

David Krol, MD, MPH, FAAP,  (Section Councilor Nov 2006- Nov 2009)                                                                             

E-mail:david.krol@utoledo.edu

 

Sandra Nagel Beebe, RDH, PhD (Section Councilor and Membership Chair)                                                                     

E-mail:sbeebe@siu.edu

 

Gary D. Podschun                                                                 

E-mail: g.d.podschun@gmail.com

  

Ron Romero, DDS, MPH
E-mail: ronjromero@aol.com

Sue Sanzi-Schaedel, RDH, MPH
E-mail: Schaedel4@comcast.net

Buddhi M. Shrestha, DDS, MS, PhD                                          

E-mail: shrestha@rpcn.org

 

Woosung Sohn, DDS, PhD, DrPH (Governing Council 2009-2011)                                                                                                  

E-mail: woosung@bu.edu

  

Clemencia M. Vargas, DDS, PhD                                               

E-mail: cvargas@umaryland.edu

 

Jane A. Weintraub, DDS, MPH Chair, Knutson Award, 2012 

E-mail: jane_weintraub@dentistry.unc.edu

 

Karen M. Yoder, RDH, MSD, PhD                                                   

E-mail: kmyoder@iupui.edu

 

Karen Zinner, MPH                                                                        

E-mail:  karenzinner@q.com

 

Other Friends of APHA Oral Health Section

 

Rehab Alabduljabbar                                                                   

E-mail: rehaba79@gmail.com

 

Sohini Dhar                                    

E-mail: Sohini.Dhar@uth.tmc.edu

 

Kavita Mathu-Muju                               

E-mail: kmmuju@dentistry.ubc.ca