Meet Our Leaders

Dr. Lisa Tedesco, Chair
Professor Emerita
Rollins School of Public Health
Vice Provost Emerita for Academic Affairs-Graduate Studies
Dean Emerita
James T. Laney School of Graduate Studies
Emory University

Dr. Marsha Pyle
President
ADEAGies Foundation
ADEA Senior Scholar-in-Residence

Dr. Marcelo Araujo
Dean and Professor
University at Buffalo School of Dental Medicine

Dr. Patricia Blanton

Dr. Colleen M. Brickle
Dean, Health Sciences
Normandale Community College

Dr. Patrick J. Ferrillo, Jr.
ADEA Past President

Dr. Allan J. Formicola
Honorary Trustee

Dr. Hazel Harper
President and CEO
Hazel J. Harper & Associates, LLC
President and Founder
Hear to HEAL, Inc.

Dr. Susan H. Kass
Chair of the ADEA Board of Directors
Program Coordinator, Dental Hygiene, Miami Dade College

Dr. James B. Machen
President Emeritus
Sr. Advisor
University of Florida
Chair
Academic Policy Board
Full Sail University

Dr. Ronnie Myers
Dean
Touro College of Dental Medicine at New York Medical College

Mr. Gary Pickard
Senior Director, Government & Industry Affairs
Pacific Dental Services
Legislative Affairs

Mr. Stephen E. Thorne, IV
Founder and CEO
Pacific Dental Services

Dr. Karen P. West
President and CEO
American Dental Education Association

Dr. Rick Workman
Founder and Executive Chairman
Heartland Dental Care, LLC