New Jersey
Dental Hygienists' Association
NJDHA OFFICERS

Contact with any NJDHA leader can be made through the 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 Meridith Van Horne    
Trustee Mary Buttery

CENTRAL
President Debbie Locke   
Trustee Fran Schneider

BERGEN
President Maria Workman    
Trustee Winnie Furnari

SOUTHSHORE
President Giovanna Trujillo
Trustee Jaci Klepadlo



NJDHA LEADERSHIP

APPOINTED POSITIONS

COUNCIL CHAIR
Administrative Kim Attanasi

DIRECTORS
Member Services Luz Munera
Public Health Issues
Advocacy Yvonne Goldman

COMMITTEE CHAIRS
CE Approval Sandra Berger and Shirley Birenz
Historian Rhoda Gladstone
NJDH-PAC Chair


ADHA DELEGATION

Past President Jaci Kledpadlo
Component: Southshore
Dental Hygiene Education: CCP
Current Practice: Clinical Practice & Veterans Smile Day Foundation
Delegate Winnie Furnari
Component: Bergen
Dental Hygiene Education: Orange County Community College
Current Practice: NYU Clinical Professor
2015 Fran Fluhr Award winner
NJDHA CFO
Becky Pugh
NJDHA Lobbyist
Paul Bent


President Elect Dorothy Ferreira
Component: Bergen
Dental Hygiene Education: BCC
Current Practice: Adjunct Faculty at BCC, Clinician, Speaker

Vice President Staci Violante
Component: Central
Dental Hygiene Education: NYU
Current Practice: educator

Secretary Amy Mauro Mangan
Component: Central 
Dental Hygiene Education: UMDNJ
Current Practice: private practice


Treasurer Aleksandra Czaplinska
Component: Central
Dental Hygiene Education: NYC & TESC
Current Practice: NYU Adjunct Clinical Professor and Private Practice
President Kim Attanasi
Component: Northern
Dental Hygiene Education: Essex County CollegeAAS Dental Hygiene, College of Staten Island BA English Lit.,University of MarylandMS Dental Hygiene, Walden University PhD Public Health
Current Practice: Faculty NYU
Delegate Jaci Klepadlo
Component: SouthShore
Dental Hygiene Education: CCP
Current Practice:clinical practice and Veteran's Smile Day Foundation
Head Delegate Kim Attanasi
Component:Northern
Dental Hygiene Education:Essex County CollegeAAS Dental Hygiene, College of Staten Island BA English Lit. University of Maryland MS Dental Hygiene, Walden University PhD Public Health
Current Practice: Faculty NYU
1st Alternate Delegate Mary Buttery
Component: Southern
Dental Hygiene Education: ODU
Current Practice: on faculty at CCC, CCP, Harcum
2nd Alternate: Faith Occhiogrosso
Component: Central
Dental Hygiene Education: NYC
Current Practice: NYC, MCC

3rd Alternate: Staci Violante 
Component: Central
Dental Hygiene Education: NYU
Current Practice: educator
NJDHA Administrator 
Allison Nardozza​
4th Alternate: Tina Modi

Component: Central
Dental Hygiene Education: MCC
Current Practice: KinderSmile Foundaiton
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Delegate Dorothy Ferreira
Component: Bergen
Dental Hygiene Education: BCC
Current Practice: Adjunct Faculty at BCC, Clinician, Speaker