ADHA Presidential History

For over one hundred years, the ADHA has been led by resourceful, pioneering dental hygienists from all over the United States, with the motivation, vision and drive to move our profession forward. So they have done and continue to do to this day.

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From the minutes of the First Annual Meeting of the American Dental Hygienists’ Association.
September 12, 1923:
“Nominations for officers were then in order. Mrs. Hubert H. Hart of Bridgeport, Connecticut, was placed in nomination for President. VOTED: that the nominations close and the Secretary cast the ballot for Mrs. Hart. The ballot was cast and Mrs. Hart was duly elected First President of the American Dental Hygienists’ Association.”
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1923-1925   Winifred “Dorothy” A. Hart
1925-1926   Edith Hardy Rector
1926-1927   Ethel Covington
1927-1928   Mildred Gilsdorf
1928-1929   Charlotte Sullivan
1929-1930   Cora Ueland
1930-1931   Gladys S. Myers
1931-1932   Evelyn G. Wallace
1932-1933   Helen B. Brown
1933-1934   A. Rebekah Fisk
1934-1935   Addibel F. Hall
1935-1936   Frances Shook
1936-1937   Margaret A. Bailey
1937-1938   Agnes Morris Henry
1938-1939   Helen Baukin
1939-1940   Cecilia P. Angel
1940-1941   Dorothy O’Brien
1941-1943   Mary Zoepfel
1943-1944   Isabell Kendrick
1944-1946   Margaret Jeffreys
1946-1947   Sophie G. Booth
1947-1948   Mabel McCarthy
1948-1949   Frances A. Stoll
1949-1950   Evelyn A. Maas
1950-1951   Blanche Downie
1951-1952   Betty Krippene
1952-1953   Evelyn Hannon
1953-1954   Laura P. Fitch
1954-1955   Sarah Hill
1955-1956   Marjorie Thornton
1956-1957   Marge Fong Eu
1957-1958   Beth Linn
1958-1959   Helen Garvey
1959-1960   Tillie Ginsburg
1960-1961   Edna Bradbury
1961-1962   Anne Ragsdale
1962-1963   Margaret S. Hunt
1963-1964   Janet R. Burnham
1964-1965   Irene M. Navarre
1965-1966   Alberta Beat Dolan
1966-1968   Wilma Motley
1968-1969   Patricia McLean
1969-1970   Lona Hullbush Jacobs
1970-1971   Kay Gandy
1971-1972   Diane McCain
1972-1973   Jeanne Fox
1973-1974   Konnetta Putman-Sparks
1974-1975   Austa M. White
1975-1976   Barbara J. Schnurr

1976-1977   Donna J. Luke
1977-1978   Jeanette S. Buchannan-Tawney
1978-1979   Kathleen Mast McPhearson
1979-1980   Jeri L. Yunker
1980-1981   Cathy Turbyne
1981-1982   Kathleen W. Smith
1982-1983   Sally Winship
1983-1984   Sara Dunham
1984-1985   Cheryl Westphal
1985-1986   Patricia Ramsay
1986-1987   Connie Tussing
1987-1988   Marge Reveal
1988-1989   Barb Williamson
1989-1990   Mary Alice Gaston
1990-1991   JoAnn R. Gurenlian
1991-1992   Virginia L. Woodward
1992-1993   Deborah B. Astroth
1993-1994   Sarah A. Turner
1994-1995   Kathleen H. Alvarez
1995-1996   Gail B. Stoops
1996-1997   Ann Battrell
1997-1998   Maria Perno Goldie
1998-1999   Beverly P. Whitford
1999-2000   Lisa B. Potter
2000-2001   Karla J. Girts
2001-2002   Ann E. Naber
2002-2003   Kimberly K. Benkert
2003-2004   Tammi O. Byrd
2004-2005   Helena Gallant Tripp
2005-2006   Katie L. Dawson
2006-2007   Marge L. Green
2007-2008   Jean Connor
2008-2009   Diann Bomkamp
2009-2010   Lynn Ramer
2010-2011   Caryn A. Loftis Solie
2011-2012   Pamela L. Quinones
2012-2013   Susan E. Savage
2013-2014   Denise B. Bowers
2014-2015   Kelli Swanson Jaecks
2015-2016   Jill Rethman
2016-2017   Betty Kabel
2017-2018   Tammy Filipiak
2018-2019   Michele Braerman
2019-2020   Matt Crespin
2020-2021   Lisa Moravec
2021-2022   Sharlee Burch
2022-2023   Dawn Ann Dean
2023-2024   Becky Smith