DANB 2011-12 officers

CHICAGO, Illinois--The Dental Assisting National Board has elected its 2011-2012 Board of Directors.

They include:

Chair — Frank Maggio, DDS
Vice Chair — Carol Oeder, CDA, COA, CPDA, CDPMA, FADAA, LPN
Secretary — Mary Harrison, CDA, EFDA, EFODA, FADAA
Patricia Capps, CDA, RDH, MS
Joanne Dawley, DDS
Linda Golodner, BA
Karen Minca, CDPMA

Dr. Maggio has served on DANB’s Board since September 2010. Dr. Maggio is serving the first of a possible two, three-year terms. He was elected by DANB's Board from a slate of nominees provided by the American Dental Association.

“I look forward to serving this year as the chair of DANB’s Board of Directors,” Dr. Maggio said. “This year will be full of exciting projects, and I am excited to work with the other DANB Board Directors and staff to bring them to fruition.”

Oeder has been elected to serve a second year as Board vice chair. She was elected by DANB certificants as the certificant-at-large in 2009, and is serving her first of a possible two, three-year terms. Oeder is a compliance specialist at Dental Associates, where she has been employed for more than eight years.

Harrison was elected to DANB’s Board in September 2010 and is fulfilling the first of a possible two, three-year terms. She was elected by DANB’s Board from a slate of nominees provided by the American Dental Assistants Association. Harrison works as a clinical chairside dental assistant.

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In addition to its new officers, DANB’s Board welcomes Capps, Dr. Dawley, and Golodner as its newest directors.

Capps was elected by DANB’s Board from a slate of nominees provided by the American Dental Education Association. She is the director of distance learning for the Commission on Dental Accreditation-accredited dental assisting program at the Indiana University School of Dentistry.

Dr. Dawley is a practicing dentist who was elected by DANB’s Board from a slate of nominees provided by the ADA. She has been an ADA member for nearly 25 years. She is also a member of the Academy of General Dentistry, the National Dental Association, and the American Academy of Fixed Prosthodontics.

Golodner was elected as the public member on DANB’s Board. She is the principal of consumer initiatives, advising nonprofit, government and for-profit groups on consumer health care, corporate social responsibility, and product safety.

Minca continues to serve on DANB’s Board. She was elected by DANB’s Board in 2006 from a slate of nominees provided by the ADAA, and is serving the second of two possible three-year terms.

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