New Board Member & Educator of the Year

EIOH Welcomes New Foundation Board Member

Jennifer Kim Field

Jennifer Kim Field, vice president for Corporate Social Responsibility at Henry Schein has joined the Eastman Dental Center Foundation Board. She also serves as executive director for the Henry Schein Cares Foundation, and works to help Henry Schein fulfill its responsibilities as a corporate citizen, including environmental, social, and governance work and advancing its philanthropic efforts globally. Jen brings more than 20 years of experience in the areas of business development, program management, strategic planning, corporate community service and partnership building. Previously, Jen worked at the United Nations Foundation where she led public-private partnerships with Fortune 500 companies in support of the UN. She also oversaw the launch of the Girl Up campaign, a global movement of empowered young women leaders who defend gender equality. From her earlier work at PricewaterhouseCoopers Consulting (now IBM Business Consulting) to her work at Points of Light Foundation and VolunteerMatch, Jen’s career has often bridged the corporate and nonprofit worlds through technology, marketing, partnership-building, fundraising and communications. She also serves as a National Advisory Committee member of the American Dental Association’s Give Kids a Smile Program. ♦

Dr. Carlo Ercoli

Named Educator of the Year

“At a certain point, I am going to be history at Eastman. But the most important thing to me when I look back, is that I hopefully left the place better than I found it.”

– Dr. Carlo Ercoli Anyone who has ever met Carlo Ercoli knows how much he loves to talk, especially when it’s something he’s passionate about –mainly his family, his students, and his profession. But when Dr. Nadim Baba, immediate past president of the American College of Prosthodontists called to tell him he was unanimously named Educator of the Year, Dr. Ercoli was literally speechless. “I took him by complete surprise, he couldn’t speak,” recalled Dr. Baba, who chaired the nominating committee. Each year, the ACP awards an exceptional dental educator who is widely known and respected for his or her outstanding skills and contributions to prosthodontic education, the specialty and the college. “Carlo is an amazing educator and an amazing person, and his dedication is really rare,” said Dr. Baba. “He is so much in love with what he does, and is such a perfectionist.” This award is especially fitting for someone who loves to teach, but also strongly believes--as Carlo emphatically does-that one should never stop learning. Full story ♦