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Most every state and territory has a governmental oral health program. While each one of them is different in size, structure, funding, staffing, and focus. ASTDD connects the people who lead and staff those programs so they can learn from one another and speak with one voice.

Coming soon! We’re working on an interactive map that will provide state and territory program information so you can explore your location, or others. For now, use the table below to navigate to a state or territory below to learn about its oral health program information, website, and how to reach the program directly.

State	Contact	Title	Organization
Alabama	Tommy Johnson DMD	State Dental Director	Alabama Department of Public Health
Alaska	Frances Wise PHD	Public Health Specialist	State of Alaska Oral Health Program
Arizona	Abriana Smith	Office Chief	Office of Oral Health
Arkansas	Rachel Sizemore DDS, MHSA	Director	Office of Oral Health
California	Shakalpi Pendurkar DDS, MPH	State Dental Director	California Department of Public Health
Colorado	Jenni Lansing MBA, MPH, RDH	State Dental Director	Colorado Department of Public Health & Environment
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico	Elaine Pagan DMD, FAAPD	Dental Officer, Oral Health Program	Division for Tobacco Control and Oral Health
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands	Angelica Sabino DDS	Dentist	Oral Health Clinic
Connecticut	Paul Gacek MPH, CPH	Public Health Services Manager	Community, Family Health and Prevention Section
Delaware	Nicholas Conte DMD, MBA	Dental Director	Delaware Division of Public Health
District of Columbia	Khalil Hassam	Director	Primary Care Office
Federated States of Micronesia: Chuuk	Yalbert Enlet BDS	Chief of Dental Services
Federated States of Micronesia: Kosrae	Vacant
Federated States of Micronesia: Pohnpei	Marcelle Gallen BDS		Chief of Dental Services
Federated States of Micronesia: Yap	Cindy Lefagopal BDS	Chief of Dental Services	Department of Health Services
Florida	Catherine Bridges DMD	Dental Executive Director	Public Health Dental Program
Georgia	Elizabeth Lewis DDS, MPH	Dental Director	Georgia Department of Public Health
Hawaii	Matthew Shim PhD, MPH	Chief, Family Health Services Division	Hawaii State Department of Health
Idaho	Sam Semple-Kenney RDH, CPM	Oral Health Program Manager	Idaho Department of Health & Welfare
Illinois	Anushree Tiwari BDS, MPH, FICD, FPFA	Section Chief/Dental Director	Oral Health Section
Indiana	Nelly Chawla BDS, MPH, CPH	Dental Division Director	Division of Oral Health
Iowa	Stephanie Chickering BA, RDH	Oral Health Manager	Wellness & Preventive Health/Oral Health
Kansas	Dayna Brinckman DDS, CHCEF	Public Health Oral Health Director	Kansas Department of Health & Environment
Kentucky	Richard Crask	Health Program Program Administrator	Oral Health/ Community Water Fluoridation Team
Louisiana	Braylon Harris MPA	Division Manager	Healthy Communities
Maine	Kate Christiansen RDH, IPDH, BA	Oral Health Program Manager	Maine Center for Disease Control, DHHS
Maryland	Debony Hughes DDS	Director	Office of Oral Health
Massachusetts	Angela Verheyen	Program Lead	Massachusetts Department of Public Health
Michigan	Christine M. Farrell RDH, BSDH, MPA	Oral Health Program Director	Michigan Department of Health & Human Services
Minnesota	Prasida Khanal BDS, MPH	State Oral Health Director	Minnesota Department of Health
Mississippi	Brad Bryan DMD	Chief Dental Officer	Office of Oral Health
Missouri	Gwen Sullentrup	Chief	Office of Dental Health
Montana	Lonni Starcevich BS Professional and Technical	Program Specialist â€“ Oral Health	Montana Department of Public Health & Human Services
Nebraska	Charles F. Craft DDS	Dental Health Director	Office of Oral Health & Dentistry
Nevada	Keith Benson DMD	State of Nevada Dental Health Officer	Dept. Healthcare Finance and Policy
New Hampshire	Barry Chang DDS	New Hampshire Medicaid Dental Director	Bureau of Prevention and Wellness
New Jersey	Becky Parnian DHsc, RDH, MPH, CDA	State Dental Hygienist	Division of Community Health Services
New Mexico	Maya Mascarenaz BSDH	Director Office of Oral Health	Public Health Division
New York	Dionne J. Richardson DDS, MPH	Title V State Dental Director	New York State Department of Health
North Carolina	Stacey Turpin Saunders	Acting Section Chief	North Carolina Department of Health & Human Services
North Dakota	Cheri Kiefer BRN, BSN, RDN, RD	North Dakota Oral Health Program Director	ND Dept. of Health & Human Services – Oral Health Program
Ohio	Star Sawicki RDH, MPH	State Oral Health Program Administrator	Ohio Department of Health
Oklahoma	Nicole Reynolds DDS	Director	Dental Health Service
Oregon	Ahmed Farag DDS, MBA, DHSc, FACHE	State Dental Director	Oregon Health Authority
Pennsylvania	Jonise McDaniel DDS	Public Health Dental Director	Pennsylvania Department of Health
Republic of Palau	Janice Matthew	Acting Chief	Oral Health Division, Ministry of Health
Republic of the Marshall Islands	Dustin Bantol BDS, PGDOS	Dental Director	Marshall Islands Ministry of Health- Bureau of Dental Health Services
Rhode Island	Laurie Leonard	Rural Oral Health Chief	Rhode Island Department of Health
South Carolina	Michael Tredway MSPH	Oral Health Director	Division of Oral Health
South Dakota	Jason Simon-Ressler MPH	Child Health Coordinator	South Dakota Department of Health
State	Contact Name lname suffix	Title	Department
Tennessee	Crystal D. Manners DDS	State Dental Director	Division of Community Health Services
Territory of American Samoa	Leute Leota BDS	Chief of Dental Services, LBJ Hospital	LBJ Dental Services
Territory of Guam	Vacant	Chief of Public Health	Department of Public Health & Social Services
Texas	Rhonda Stokley DDS	Dental Director	Department of State Health Services, MC 1818
Utah	Stacey Swilling DDS	State Dental Director	Utah DHHS
Vermont	Robin N Miller RDH, MPH	Oral Health Director	Office of Oral Health
Virgin Islands of the U.S.	Janis Valmond MS, MPH, DrPH, CHES	Interim MCH Director	Department of Health
Virginia	Tonya McRae Adiches BSDH	Dental Health Programs Manager	Office of Family Health Services
Washington	Shelley Guinn RDH, MPH	Oral Health Program Coordinator	Washington State Department of Health
West Virginia	Jason M. Roush DDS	State Dental Director	DHHR Office of Maternal, Child and Family Health
Wisconsin	Russell Dunkel DDS,BS,BA,FACD,FICD,FPFA	State Dental Director	Wisconsin Division of Public Health
Wyoming	Angela Van Houten MS	Section Chief	Community Health Section, Public Health Division

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