ADHA leadership

CHICAGO, Illinois--Pamela Quinones, RDH, BS, of Rockville, Md., was installed June 21, 2011, as the 2011-12 president of the Chicago-based American Dental Hygienists’ Association at the association’s 88th Annual Session in Nashville, Tenn.

“I am honored to be able to serve as president of the American Dental Hygienists’ Association during such a critical juncture for oral health in America,” said Quinones. “Right now there is a changing landscape for all oral health care professionals, and dental hygienists will play a key role in shaping the future of the industry and our profession. To be able to help oversee these transformations is a unique and exciting opportunity.”

Quinones has served in numerous positions within ADHA, including president-elect, vice president, as a delegate, a five-year term as district III trustee, and as a member of the Committee on Procedure, HyPac, the Executive Committee, and council advisor positions. She has served as president for the Maryland Dental Hygienists’ Association, a constituent of ADHA, as well as president and vice president of her local component.

Quinones has practiced clinical dental hygiene for more than 30 years and owns a dental hygiene placement service, Hygiene Associates, which provides full service placement with permanent placement and a temporary referral service.

For several years, Quinones worked with the Montgomery Volunteer Dental Clinic and served as its president from 2002 to 2004. The clinic served people within reach of the federal poverty level who had no access to dental care. Housed in an old school in Colesville that belonged to the county, the program was funded by private grants.

Quinones earned her bachelor of science in dental hygiene degree from West Liberty State College in West Liberty, W.Va. She is also a cofounder and charter member of the Washington Metropolitan Dental Hygiene Council.

Her dedication to the profession of dental hygiene and patient care has earned her a number of awards and recognitions, including the ADHA Distinguished Service Award, the MDHA Symbol of Excellence, and recognition by the Who’s Who of Women Executives.

Quinones succeeds Caryn Solie, RDH, of Sparks Nev., as president. Solie remains an ADHA officer as immediate past president, as well as the 2010-11 chair of ADHA Institute for Oral Health.

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Additional ADHA officers installed at the annual session include: Susan Savage, RDH, BSDH, of Ellensburg, Wash., president-elect; Denise E. Bowers, RDH, MSEd, of Lima, Ohio, vice president; and Louann M. Goodnough, RDH, BSDH of Apple Valley, Minn., treasurer. Remaining in her position as speaker of the house is Carol Jo “CJ” Inman, RDH, BS, PRP of Ashland, Ore.

The newly installed district trustees for 2011-12 are Joan Kenney Fitzgerald, RDH, BS, of Manchester, N.H., District I (Maine, Mass., N.H., R.I., Vt.); Kimberly Hickman-Bowen, RDH, BSDH, MA, of Middletown, Del., District III (Del., District of Columbia., Md., Va., W.Va.); Beth Nicely, RDH, of Owensboro, Ky., District V (Ind., Ky., Mich., Ohio); and Suzanne R. Luken, RDH, of Summerset, S.D., District VII (Minn., N.D., S.D., Wis.).

Re-elected district trustees for 2011-12 are Sandra L. Tesch, RDH, MSHP, of Austin, Texas, District IX (N.M., Okla., Texas); Sharon Zastrow, RDH, of Scottsdale, Ariz., District XI (Ariz., Calif.).

District trustees continuing their term for 2011-12 are Megan Brightbill, RDH, BS, of Harrisburg, Penn., District II (Conn., N.J., N.Y., Pa.); Norine Ryan Dowd, RDH, BHSc, of Lake Placid, Fla., District IV (Fla., Ga., N.C., S.C.); Victoria E. Richards, RDH, BS, of Nashville, Tenn., District VI (Ala., Ark., La., Miss., Tenn.); Carole F. Danielson, RDH, MPH, of Worth, Ill., District VIII (Ill., Iowa, Kan., Mo., Neb.); Tonette Hollingsworth, RDH, of Butte, Mont.,District X (Colo. Mont., Utah, Wyo.); and Kelli Swanson Jaecks, RDH, BSDH, MA, of Salem, Ore.,District XII (Alaska, Hawaii, Idaho, Nev., Ore., Wash.).

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