New Jersey
Dental Hygienists' Association
NJDHA ELECTED OFFICERS & ADHA DELEGATION

NJDHA Central Office centraloffice@njdha.org
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                    NJDHA Central Office
                    2 Danbury Court, Marlton NJ 08053
                    Fax Available Upon Request


COMPONENT OFFICERS

NORTHERN
President Jeri Warner    
Trustee Ruth Ann Connors

SOUTHERN
President Jillian Fitzgerald
Trustee Mary Buttery

CENTRAL
President Linda Furka   
Trustee Debbie Locke

BERGEN
President Maria Workman    
Trustee Winnie Furnari

SOUTHSHORE
President Tina Disano




NJDHA
LEADERSHIP

APPOINTED POSITIONS


COUNCIL CHAIR
Administrative Dorothy Ferreira


DIRECTORS
Member Services Rina Nowka
Public Health Issues Linda Knudsen
Advocacy Yvonne Goldman & Lynn Tobin


COMMITTEE CHAIRS
Bylaws, Chair Winnie Furnari
CE Approval, Co-Chairs Lisa Duddy & Alisha Tisdale Jones 
Committee on Diversity & Inclusion, Chair Dorothy Ferreira
Facebook Editor Susanna Scherer
Historian Rhoda Gladstone
NJDH-PAC, Chair Tina Modi



Winnie Furnari, MS, RDH, FAADH, FAAFS, FADE, ADHA Head Delegate

Component: Bergen

Dental Hygiene Education: Orange County Community College, AAS Fashion Institute of Technology, BS Empire State College, MS St Louis University

Current Practice: NYU Clinical Professor
2015 Fran Fluhr Award winner
NJDHA CFO
Becky Pugh
NJDHA Lobbyist
Paul Bent

Dorothy Ferreira, President & ADHA Delegate

Component: Bergen

Dental Hygiene Education: AAS, Bergen Community College; BSDH, Fones School of Dental Hygiene; MSDH, Fones School of Dental Hygiene

Current Practice: Adjunct Faculty at BCC, Clinician, Speaker




Aleksandra Czaplinska, BS, BEd, RDH, Treasurer

Component: Central

Dental Hygiene Education: NYC & TESC

Current Practice: NYU Adjunct Clinical Professor and Private Practice
Kim Attanasi, Past President & ADHA Delegate

Component: Northern

Dental Hygiene Education: Essex County College, AAS Dental Hygiene; College of Staten Island, BA English Lit.; University of Maryland, MS Science; Walden University, PhD Public Health

Current Practice: NYU Associate Professor
2021 Carol King Award winner

Tina Modi, ADHA Alternate Delegate

Component: Central

Dental Hygiene Education: MCC; Long Island University

Current Practice: Private practice, educator
​2019 Fran Fluhr Award winner
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Susanna Scherer, Vice President & ADHA Alternate Delegate

Component: Bergen

Dental Hygiene Education: BCC, AAS Dental Hygiene; WSU, BSDH

Current Practice: Professional Relations Consultant, Waterpik Inc., Adjunct Faculty BCC, Clinician



Secretary Pamela Graboso, RDH, MSDH

Component:Central

Dental Hygiene Education: NYU, BS in Dental Hygiene; MCPHS University, MS in Dental Hygiene Education

Current Practice:Temple University Clinical Instructor, Private Practice


NJDHA CENTRAL OFFICE


THE VOLUNTEERS WHO MAKE THINGS WORK

Staci Violante, President Elect & ADHA Delegate

Component: Central

Dental Hygiene Education: NYU

Current Practice: Program Director