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