ACD

LEADERSHIP Officers of the Board

Carole M. Hanes, DMD Treasurer Augusta, Georgia

Dr. Carole M. Hanes served as the Regent for Regency 3 before she was elected Treasurer. She retired as Associate Dean for Students, Admissions and Alumni at the Medical College of Georgia in 2018. She is a diplomate of the American Board of Pediatric Dentistry and is the recipient of the Georgia Dental Association Award of Merit. Dr. Hanes is also the recipient of multiple grants from the Health Resources and Services Administration and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation for her research.

Carole, whose father was in the military, grew up in multiple places before finally making her home in Georgia. She obtained her DMD from the University of Louisville School of Dentistry and completed a residency in Pediatric Dentistry at the Eastman Dental Center in Rochester, New York.

She and her husband, Philip, live in Augusta, Georgia where she is an active member of her church and is serving on the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee for the Dental College of Georgia and Chairs the DCG Alumni Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Focus Group.

Richard E. Jones, DDS, MSD

Immediate Past President/ACD Foundation President 2023

Schererville, Indiana

Dr. Richard (Dick) Jones is a retired prosthodontist from Indiana. Dick has a strong interest in ethics and evidence based dentistry and a mission to collect and share knowledge that makes quality dental care easier and more predictable. He has served as the regent from regency 4, vice president, president-elect and president of the ACD.

Dr. Jones directed the Private Practice of Prosthodontics Seminar at Indiana University for 20 years. He served on the Board of the American College of Prosthodontists for 12 years and was the Indiana Dental Association Chair of the Council on Peer Review for 30 years. Those positions provided insight into standard of care, ethics, and professionalism. Dick is the recipient of both the Indiana State Ethics Award and the Indiana University School of Dentistry Distinguished Alumnus Award.

Although born at Fort Jackson, he has spent most of his life in Northwest Indiana, where he received his dental and prosthodontic training. Dick has been active in Scouting and his church, and stays busy raising two teenage girls.