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the former Executive Direc-

tor of the Womens Re-

source Center, a northern

Colorado nonprofit agen-

cy dedicated to assisting

women overcome barriers

to health and dental care

through the use of continu-

ums of care and coalition

building. Annette was the

chair of the Larimer Coun-

ty Womens Health Con-

sortium, which has been

recognized nationally by

Susan G. Komen for the

Cure. She was also a

managing partner of the

new Dental Connections

program in Larimer Coun-

ty, Colorado. Dental Con-

nections is a community

model of oral health care

delivery utilizing both pub-

lic and private partnerships

to create access, case man-

agement and care deliv-

ery. In addition, she has

served on the City of Fort

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Dear NNOHA Members,

I am excited to inform you

of an important lead-

ership transition at the

National Network for

Oral Health Access

(NNOHA). As many of

you know, NNOHAs

first Executive Director,

Colleen Lampron, re-

signed to take another

position last year after

successfully guiding

the growth of NNOHA

to its current nationally

recognized profile.

With the help of an

experienced Executive

Recruiter, the Search

Committee conducted an

extensive four-month na-

tionwide search to identify

a director who will move

NNOHA into its next phase

of development and ser-

vice. On behalf of the

Board and staff, I am

thrilled to announce the

hiring of Annette Zacharias

as NNOHAs new Executive

Director.

Annette Zacharias has

been in nonprofit manage-

ment for over 20 years.

Her expertise and experi-

ence in developing collab-

orations has resulted into a

career of sustainable pro-

grams, successful new ven-

tures and a passion for

serving others. Annette is

NNOHA Welcomes New Executive Director

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Winter 2012 Volume 5, Issue 1

NATIONAL NETWORK FOR ORAL HEALTH ACCESS QUARTERLY NEWSLETTER

THANK YOU: Dr. Wayne Cottam, Andrea Hight, Christine Wood, Think2 Consulting, Dr. Gregory Taddeo, and Jennifer Hein for contributing articles or

information.

EDITORIAL BOARD: Dr. Dan Brody, Dr. Dennis Lewis, Dr. Amos Deinard, Dr. Lisa Jacob, Ellen Gould, Dr. Gail Redman, Dr. Forrest Peebles, Hope Salt-marsh, Dr. Maura Maloney, Dr. Kudzai Chikwava, Dr. Irene Hilton, Jennifer Hein (NNOHA Staff), and Mitsuko Ikeda

(Editor).

If you have a suggestion for articles or authors to include in future newsletters, please con-tact Mitsuko Ikeda at

mitsuko@nnoha.org.

Inside this issue:

Staff Changes 2

Corporate Advisory Committee 3

ASTDD 4

SNS Evaluation 5

Member Spotlight 6

News & Events 8

Member Recognition 10

Annette Zacharias

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Collins Womens Commission, Unidos por la

Salud and many other community boards and

coalitions. She earned her undergraduate de-

gree at Colorado State University and has two

children.

Annette says, I am excited to join NNOHA. Im

committed to working with our partners to cre-

ate systems of support to allow all of us to

serve individuals in need and improve their oral

health care. I look forward to our work togeth-

er.

Annette began working full-time with NNOHA

on February 6th. Please join the Board in wel-

coming Annette to NNOHA and helping her

understand even better the issues you and your

patients face.

Sincerely,

Wayne Cottam, D.M.D., M.S.

NNOHA President

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NNOHA is also delighted to announce the hiring of Maria Smith, MPA as its new Project Coordina-tor. Previously, Maria was employed at The Keystone Center, in Keystone, CO, where she provided facilitation and logistics support for public engagement meetings on childhood vaccines, and emer-gency and pandemic preparedness. She has also worked as an English Language Teaching Assistant in Madrid, Spain, and as an intern on Capitol Hill. Maria has a Master of Public Administration from Cornell University and a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and Spanish from Moravian Col-lege. Her academic studies focused on health care policy. She is fluent in Spanish, enjoys traveling and experiencing other cultures, skiing, and playing basketball. Please join us in welcoming her to

the NNOHA team!

Barbara Bailey, RDH, PhD, served as Interim Executive Director of NNOHA for the last five months to help NNOHA transition and keep the organization running during the Executive Director search pro-cess. Upon the successful hiring of Annette Zachrias, Barbaras role will come to an end on Febru-ary 29. The NNOHA Board and staff appreciates Barbaras support and leadership during the

transition. Thank you, Barbara!

More Staff Changes at NNOHA

Dear NNOHA Members, Board and Wonderful Staff,

It has been my sincere pleasure to work with you for the past nearly five months during the search for a new permanent

Executive Director. I want to take this opportunity to thank you for your support and hard work. We have accomplished a

great deal during this brief period. In addition to our new Executive Director, Annette Zacharias, we have hired an out-

standing new Project Coordinator, Maria Smith, who I am anxious for you all to meet. Annette and Maria will both be on

board by the time you receive this letter, and I hope you will join me in welcoming them. I know you will support them

with the same enthusiasm that you showed to me.

Our work, as an organization has expanded tremendously over the past year. Now, with a full staff we will move forward at

a renewed pace. I want to thank the committees for all of your work. Without dedicated members, it would be impossible

to achieve all the things that NNOHA has accomplished.

I have truly enjoyed my time with NNOHA, and re-connecting with my first profession in oral health. I leave, knowing

that the organization is in excellent hands with Annette at the helm. With the support of the Board and members, she and

your outstanding staff will continue to grow and develop NNOHA into an even greater voice for the oral health care needs

of the underserved.

With Best Wishes for a Successful Future,

Barbara E Bailey

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INTRODUCING: NNOHAs Corporate Advisory Committee

Andrea Hight, Regional Manager/Community Health

Liaison, Special Markets, Henry Schein

It Starts With A Commitment

Several years ago, NNOHAs Executive Leadership sat down with Hal Muller, president of Henry Schein's Special Markets Division to discuss how to improve support and resources for NNOHA and its

members.

Schein, a long-time contributor to NNOHA initiatives, has long realized how important NNOHA is as a national advocate for the underserved and safety net programs. That said, there is so much more that could be done with the right support. As we all know, finding that funding, no matter how worthy the

cause, can be a challenge.

Community health and other public health clinics need an advocate like NNOHA. NNOHA under-stands the issues impacting program viability and effective delivery of dental care. We all want to

help, but there are limits to how much we can do.

Mr. Muller had an idea. He knew that he needed a way to continue to support and help NNOHA, not just for the present but for years to come. To do that, he would need help. The old adage, it takes a vil-lage, remains true. What was needed was a village, a Corporate Advisory Committee to bring together dental product manufacturers who share and believe in NNOHAs mission. Mr. Mueller then

began organizing

The Corporate Advisory Committee

The Corporate Advisory Committee is made up of representatives from various companies that provide superior products and systems that are specifically suitable for community health dentistry from high-performing diagnostic, preventive and restorative materials to large equipment, technology and soft-ware. Each member company has also already demonstrated a strong commitment to community health and to NNOHA by annually attending and exhibiting at the National Primary Oral Health Con-ference, sponsoring speakers and contributing in oth-er ways to the conferences success. All of the prod-ucts represented by the manufacturers serving on the

committee are available through Henry Schein.

Committee members work behind the scenes, meet-

ing regularly to review NNOHAs goals and needs and working to contribute in a variety of ways to meet those needs. Each year NNOHA leaders create a Wish List, a comprehensive description of every-thing NNOHA could possibly need. The committee members review the list and then commit to contrib-ute to the extent necessary to completely address

one or more of those needs.

In addition to Committee membership fees paid to NNOHA, members may pay for postage, publica-tions, conference speakers, cookies, or draw on their in-house marketing and IT experts for special pro-jects. Their co