Meet Our Leaders

2024-25 Board of Trustees

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Dr. Lisa Tedesco
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

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

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

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Dr. Patricia Blanton

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

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

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Dr. Allan J. Formicola
Honorary Trustee

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Oliver B. Murdock, Jr., CAP, OM
ADEA Staff Liaison
Manager, Finance and Grant Administration
ADEAGies Foundation
murdocko@adea.org 
202-513-1161