OUTSTANDING SERVICE AWARD
2022 Awardees and Election Results Announced
Irvin Silverstein, DDS, MS.Ed, FACD
ETHICS AND PROFESSIONALISM AWARD
American Association of Bioethics and Humanities
WILLIAM JOHN GIES AWARD
Kathleen O’Loughlin, DMD, MPH, FACD
HONORARY FELLOWS Subrata Saha, PhD
Sonya Gyjuan Smith, EDd, JD Henrie Treadwell, PhD, MA Carol Yakiwchuk, MHS, RDH
SECTION NEWSLETTER AWARD
This award is made to Sections with a newsletter that thoroughly engages its audience either in print or electronically. This year, the Ontario Section Newsletter was selected for the award. Dr. Sonia Slawuta is the Editor and Dr. B. Thomson is the Co-editor.
MODEL SECTION DESIGNATION
Each year, the Board of Regents awards this designation to Sections that have demonstrated accomplishment in multiple domains. This year’s designees are the Indiana, Metro Washington, Michigan, Southern California, West Virginia, Western Pennsylvania, Western New York. 6 | ACD News | Spring 2022
NOMINATING COMMITTEE RESULTS The Nominating Committees have selected the following slate for terms beginning directly after the 2022 Annual Meeting in October. Under the ACD Bylaws, Fellows in good standing have the right to challenge the slate through petition until the close of business on July 15, 2022. If no petitions are received the slate will be considered elected to the Board of Regents.
Teresa A. Dolan (Florida), President-elect, previously Vice President and At Large Regent Dr. Teresa Dolan is the Chief Dental Officer at Overjet, the global leader in dental AI. She previously served as Dentsply Sirona’s Chief Clinical Officer, leading the global Clinical Affairs function, supporting new product development and overseeing the largest global clinical education program sponsored by dental industry. Dr. Dolan is also professor and dean emeritus of the University of Florida College of Dentistry, where she served as dean and chief academic officer from 2003 until 2013. She is recognized for her contributions to dental public health, geriatric dentistry, and as a champion for diversity and women in dentistry. Dr. Dolan is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Rutgers University; she earned a DDS degree from the University of Texas and a MPH degree from the University of California, Los Angeles. She was a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Dental Health Services Research Scholar, completed a Veterans Administration Fellowship in Geriatric Dentistry, and is a board certified in Dental Public Health. As a recognized leader in the dental profession, she currently serves as president of the Santa Fe Group and serves on the board of directors of the American Dental Association Science and Research Institute.
