Congratulations! Deborah Locke, MBA, BS, RDH
Join us in congratulating Deborah Locke, MBA, BS, RDH (Central), the winner of the 2024 Carol King Advancing the Profession Award
The award will be presented during 10.19.24 Annual Conference Opening Session.
Read Debbie's essay here.
Congratulations! Tom Viola, RPh
Recipient of the 2021 Award for Outstanding Contributions to the Advancement of the Profession of Dental Hygiene!
Congratulations Carlin Sietsma (Bergen)
2024 Winner of the Cheryl Westphal-Theile scholarship
The scholarship competition is a member-benefit that presents a scholarship to a degree-completion candidate. This year, the scholarship is again valued at $1,000. Click Here to read her essay.
Carol King Award
Nominations Open February
Nominations Due August 1
Credentials Due August 11
Send nominee's name to:
Fran Fluhr Award
Nominations Open February
Nominations Due August 1
Credentials Due August 11
Send Nominee's Name to:
Cheryl Westphal Theile Scholarship
Application Opens March 1
Credentials Due September 1
Send Applications to Central Office:
Congratulations Rebecca Welch Pugh,
RDH, BSAST, FADHA
Congratulations to Rebecca Welch Pugh RDH BSAST FADHA, winner of the 2024 Frances D. Fluhr Outstanding Service Award.
The award will be presented during 10.19.24 Annual Conference Opening Session.
MARY JANE KELLOGG DUTTON
FACULTY MENTORSHIP AWARD
Nominations Open in January 2025
Nominated by: Student Chapter
Nominations Due April 1
Gurenlian Leadership Award
Nominations Open in January 2025
Nominated by: DH Program Faculty
Nominations Due: April 10
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KUDOS to 2024 WINNERS!
Amy Shah, RDH, MDH (Southern), the 2024 NJDHA Mary Jane Kellogg Dutton Faculty Mentorship Award winner.
Congratulations to Deborah Locke, MBA, BS, RDH (Central), the 2024 Carol King Advancing the Profession Award winner.
Congratulations to Rebecca Welch Pugh, RDH BSAST FADHA, winner of the 2024 Frances D. Fluhr Outstanding Service Award.
NJDHA presents the 2024 Gurenlian Leadership Award to a graduate of each dental hygiene program. NJDHA welcomes these future leaders to the profession:
Shana Pascalli, Camden County College
Febi Desai, Middlesex County College
Mariella Banon, Bergen Community College
Caitlin Phillips, Rowan College at Burlington County
Anna Stolarczyk, Eastern International College
2023 WINNERS!
Kathy Cybula-Tahmazian, RDH, BSDH, RN, MSM (Southern), the 2023 NJDHA Mary Jane Kellogg Dutton Faculty Mentorship Award winner.
NJDHA presents the 2023 Gurenlian Leadership Award to a graduate of each dental hygiene program. NJDHA welcomes these future leaders to the profession:
Michelle Fera, Camden County College
Camar Mershon, Middlesex County College
Nicolette Riccobono, Eastern International College
Past WINNERS!
Congratulations to Winnie Furnari, MS, RDH, FAADH, FAAFS, FADE (Bergen) the 2022 ADHA winner of the Professional Membership & the Esther Wilkins Lifetime Achievement Awards
Congratulations to Kristine Puccerella, RDH (Central) winner of the 2019 Cheryl Westphal Scholarship, presented to a member for degree completion.
JoAnn Gurenlian, RDH, PhD, AFAAOM (Southern), the recipient of the ADHA Presidential Citation for her work on the Return-to-Work task force, & collaboration with ADA on practice during the pandemic.
Jane Forrest, RDH, EdD (Southern) recipient of Dimensions of Dental Hygiene's Esther Wilkins Lifetime Achievement Award.
The American Dental Hygienists’ Association Announces 2024 Class of Fellows
2023 Inductees
1) Northern Component (CM)
Kim Attanasi, RDH, MS, PhD, FADHA
Ellen Guritzky, RDH, BS, MSJ, FADHA
2) Southern (CM)
JoAnn Gurenlian, RDH, PhD, FADHA
Rebecca Pugh, RDH, BSAST, FADHA
3) Central (CM)
Pam Graboso, RDH, FADHA
Howard Notgarnie, RDH, EdD FADHA
Stacy Onofrietti, RDH, PhD, CHP, FADHA
4) Bergen (CM)
Susan Callahan-Barnard, RDH, DHSc, FADHA
Winnie Furnari, RDH, MS, FAADH, FAAFS, FADHA
Rina Nowka, RDH, MA, FADHA
In the inaugural year of the ADHA Professional Fellows Program, 162 ADHA members representing forty-two states make up the first class with this earned distinction. The distinction honors their ongoing commitment to their education, to the practice of dental hygiene, and to their stellar reputation in areas of ethics, professional responsibility and professional standards. NJDHA's Members in the 2024 ADHA Class of Fellows include:
Congratulations Amy Shah, RDH, MDH
Join us in congratulating Amy Shah, RDH, MDH (Southern), the winner of the 2024 Mary Jane Kellogg Dutton Faculty Award winner. The Award will be presented during 10.19.24 Annual Conference Opening Session.
2024 Inductees
1) Member's at Large
Cheryl Westphal-Theile, EdD, RDH, FADHA
4) Bergen (CM)
Melanie Smith, RDH, FADHA
