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