Continuing Eductaion
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
Sherin Tooks, Ed.D., M.S.
Senior Chief, Knowledge, Engagement and Development
TooksS@adea.org