Continuing Education

ADEA Continuing Education Advisory Committee

The ADEA Continuing Education Advisory Committee (ADEA CEAC) provides independent peer review and strategic guidance for ADEA’s Continuing Education (CE) program, in accordance with American Dental Association Continuing Education Recognition Program (ADA CERP) standards. ADEA is an ADA CERP-recognized provider.

The ADEA CEAC’s responsibilities include periodic review and refinement of CE goals, evaluation of program effectiveness, input on program objectives and content, identification of educational needs beyond provider perspectives and oversight to prevent and manage conflicts of interest. The Committee also evaluates and implements safeguards to address potential commercial conflicts of interest involving Continuing Dental Education activity planners, course directors and instructors or authors.

2026-27 Committee Members

Sonal Shah, D.D.S., FAAOMP
Associate Professor-in-Residence of Clinical Sciences
University of Nevada, Las Vegas School of Dental Medicine

Tanya Villalpando Mitchell, RDH, M.S.
Professor and Director of the Graduate Studies Division of Dental Hygiene
University of Missouri — Kansas City School of Dentistry

Hubert Chan, D.D.S.
Associate Dean for Integration of Technology, Curriculum and Learning Environments
Western University of Health Sciences College of Dental Medicine

Brenda Armstrong, M.D.H., RDH
Department Chair
Utah Tech University Dixie Campus

Elisabeta Karl, D.D.S., M.S., Ph.D.
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs
Marquette University School of Dentistry

Isabel Rambob, D.D.S., FICD, FACD
Assistant Dean for Student Affairs
University of Oklahoma College of Dentistry

Brittany Seymour, D.D.S., M.P.H.
Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs
Harvard School of Dental Medicine

ADEA Staff Liaison

Liezl Perez Schewe
Director, Leadership Programs
ScheweL@adea.org


ADEA Governance Meetings
2027

ADEA Board of Directors and Joint Council Administrative Board Meeting
  Jan. 19–21, 2027
  ADEA Office
  Washington, DC

ADEA New Board Member Orientation
  May 11–12, 2027
  ADEA Office
  Washington, DC

ADEA COSRF Leadership Orientation
  June 4–5, 2027
  ADEA Office
  Washington, DC

ADEA Board of Directors Retreat
  June 14–16, 2027
  ADEA Office
  Washington, DC

ADEA Board of Directors & Joint Advisory Committee Meeting
  Sept. 21–23, 2027
  ADEA Office
  Washington, DC

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