When the ASTDD Best Practices Project began in 2000, a 9-member committee was established to serve as the project's steering committee. This expert work group provides guidance and directs the strategies to identify, promote and cultivate best practices for state and territorial oral health programs.
Current Committee Members
The ASTDD Best Practices Committee includes the following members:
Lynn Douglas Mouden, D.D.S., M.P.H. (Best Practices Committee Chair) Director, Office of Oral Health
Arkansas Department of Health
Theresa M. Anselmo, R.D.H., M.P.H., B.S.D.H.
Dental Director
Colorado Department of Public Health & Environment
Sue Dodd, R.D.H., B.A.
Principal
SCD Healthcare Consulting, LLC
Mary E. Foley, R.D.H., M.P.H.
Executive Director
Medicaid/SCHIP Dental Association
Steve P. Geiermann, D.D.S.
Senior Manager, Access, Community Oral Health Infrastructure, and Capacity
Council on Access, Prevention and Interprofessional Relations (CAPIR)
American Dental Association
Barbara F. Gooch, D.M.D., M.P.H.
Dental Officer
Surveillance, Investigations and Research Branch / Division of Oral Health
National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Irene V. Hilton, D.D.S., M.P.H.
Dentist, Silver Avenue Family Health Center, San Francisco Department of Public Health
Clinical Instructor, School of Dentistry, University of California San Francisco
Robert Selwitz, D.D.S., M.P.H.
Dental Director, Duval County Health Department
Courtesy Clinical Professor, University of Florida College of Dentistry
James Sutherland, D.D.S., M.P.H.
Principal
Oral Health Improvements, LLC
Past Committee Members
With much appreciation to the following members who served on the Best Practices Committee:
Meg Booth, M.P.H.
Deputy Executive Director
Children's Dental Health Project
Gordon B. Empey, D.M.D., M.P.H.
Dental Health Consultant
Office of Family Health, Oral Health Program
Oregon Department of Human Services / Public Health
Jane Forsberg Jasek, R.D.H., M.P.A.
Manager, Access and Community Health
Council on Access, Prevention and Interprofessional Relations (CAPIR)
American Dental Association
Robert Klaus
President & Chief Executive Officer
Oral Health America
John S. Klyop, M.S.
Former Director, Council of Access, Prevention and Interprofessional Relations (CAPIR)
American Dental Association (ADA)
Mark E. Mallatt, D.D.S., M.S.D.
State Oral Health Director
Indiana State Department of Health
Kathleen Mangskau, R.D.H., M.P.A.
Administrator, Tobacco Prevention & Control Program
North Dakota Department of Health
(former North Dakota state dental director)
M. Dean Perkins, D.D.S., M.P.H.
Executive Director
Association of State and Territorial Dental Directors (ASTDD)
Mark D. Siegal, D.D.S., M.P.H.
Chief, Bureau of Oral Health Services
Ohio Department of Health
Stanton Wolfe, D.D.S., M.P.H.
Professor & Head, Public Health and Community Service
Tufts University School of Dental Medicine
(former Connecticut state dental director)
