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AAPHD Foundation Committee 2025-2026

 

FOUNDATION CHAIR

 

Victor Badner, DMD, MPH
Diplomate, American Board of Dental Public Health
Jacobi Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine (Retired)
Bronx, New York
 

FOUNDATION MEMBERS

Alice M. Horowitz, RDH, MA, PhD
University of Maryland School of Public Health (Retired)
College Park, Maryland

 

Anushree Tiwari, BDS, MPH, FICD, FPFA
Manchester Dentistry and Braces | Primecare Medical Inc.| Docs Health
Manchester, New Hampshire

 

Christina A. Demopoulos, DDS, MPH
Diplomate, American Board of Dental Public Health
School of Dental Medicine, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Las Vegas, Nevada

Dushanka V. Kleinman, DDS, MScD (RADM, USPHS (ret.)
School of Public Health, University of Maryland (Professor Emerita)
College Park, Maryland

 

Gina Thornton-Evans, DDS, MPH
Diplomate, American Board of Dental Public Health
Consultant -NIH/NIDCR

 
Jaffer Ahmed Shariff, DDS, MS, MPH, DPH, BDS, FICD
Touro University College of Dental Medicine
Hawthorne, NY
 

María Teresa Canto, DDS, MS, MPH
Diplomate of the American Board of Dental Public Health
US Department of Health and Human Services (retired)
Silver Springs Maryland

 

McAllister Castelaz, DMD, MS
Wisconsin Department of Health Services
Madison, Wisconsin

 

Peggy Timothé, BA, DDS, MPH
Diplomate, American Board of Dental Public Health
Texas A & M University College of Dentistry
Dallas, Texas

 

Richie Kohli, BDS, MS
Diplomate, American Board of Dental Public Health
Oregon Health & Science University, School of Dentistry
Portland, Oregon

 

Shillpa Naavaal , BDS, MS, MPH
Diplomate, American Board of Dental Public Health
School of Dentistry, Virginia Commonwealth University
Richmond, Virginia

 

FOUNDATION STAFF

  

David Peña, Jr.
AAPHD Foundation Executive Director
San Antonio, Texas