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| Sherry W. Goode, RDH |
| Interim Director |
| Oral Health Branch |
| Alabama Department of Public Health |
| 201 Monroe Street - RSA Tower |
| Montgomery, AL 36104 |
| Phone: (334) 206-2904 |
| Fax: (334) 206-2950 |
| Email: Sherry.Goode@adph.state.al.us |
| Alaska |
| Bradley J. Whistler, DMD |
| Dental Officer |
| Division of Public Health |
| Alaska Department of Health & Social Services |
| 130 Seward Street, Room 508 |
| Juneau, AK 99801 |
| Phone: (907) 465-8628 |
| Fax: (907) 465-3416 |
| Email: bradley.whistler@alaska.gov |
| American Samoa |
| Dr. Talifa Talifa, Jr. |
| Chief of Dental Public Health |
| Department of Health |
| Government of American Samoa |
| Pago Pago, AS 96799 |
| Phone: (684) 699-6380 / (684) 699-6381 |
| Email: talifatjr@yahoo.com |
| Arizona |
| Julia Wacloff, RDH, MSPH |
| Chief |
| Office of Oral Health |
| Arizona Department of Health Services |
| 150 North 18th Ave, Suite 320 |
| Phoenix, AZ 85007 |
| Phone: (602) 354-1494 |
| Email: waclofj@azdhs.gov |
| Arkansas |
| Lynn Douglas Mouden, DDS, MPH |
| Director |
| Office of Oral Health |
| Arkansas Department of Health |
| 4815 W. Markham Street, Slot 18 |
| Little Rock, AR 72205 |
| Phone: (501) 661-2595 |
| Fax: (501) 661-2240 |
| Email: Lynn.Mouden@arkansas.gov |
California |
| Rosanna Jackson, BA |
| Chief |
| Office of Oral Health |
| California Department of Public Health |
| P.O. Box 997377, MS 7210 |
| Sacramento, CA 95899-7377 |
| Phone: (916) 552-9896 |
| Fax: (916) 552-9912 |
| Email: Rosanna.Jackson@cdph.ca.gov |
| Colorado |
| Theresa M. Anselmo, RDH, MPH, BSDH |
| Dental Director |
| Colorado Department of Public Health & Environment |
| 4300 Cherry Creek Drive South |
| PSD-OH-A4 |
| Denver, CO 80246 |
| Phone: (303) 692-2569 |
| Fax: (303) 782-5576 |
| Email: theresa.anselmo@state.co.us |
| Connecticut |
| Linda Ferraro, RDH |
| Health Program Associate, Program Coordinator |
| Office of Oral Health |
| Connecticut Department of Public Health |
| 410 Capitol Avenue MS# 11DNT |
| Hartford, CT 06106 |
| Phone: (860) 509-8203 |
| Fax: (860) 509-7855 |
| Email: linda.ferraro@ct.gov pamela.kilbey-fox@ct.gov |
Delaware |
| Gregory B. McClure, DMD, MPH |
| Dental Director, Division of Public Health |
| Delaware Department of Health & Social Services |
| Blue Hen Corporate Center |
| 655 S. Bay Road, Suite 206 |
| Dover, DE 19901 |
| Phone: (302) 741-2960 |
| Fax: (302) 741-2970 |
| Email: greg.mcclure@state.de.us |
| District of Columbia |
| Emanuel Finn, DDS, MS |
| Chief, Oral Health Division |
| Maternal & Family Health Administration |
| DC Department of Health |
| 825 N. Capital Street NE, Suite 3110 |
| Washington, DC 20002 |
| Phone: (202) 442-9395 |
| Fax: (202) 535-1710 |
| Email: emanuel.finn@dc.gov |
Florida |
| Amy Cober, RD, LD, MPH |
| Asst. Division Director |
| Division of Family Health Services |
| Florida Department of Health |
| 4052 Bald Cypress Way, Bin #A14 |
| Tallahassee, FL 32399-1724 |
| Phone: (850) 245-4476 |
| Email: Amy_Cober@doh.state.fl.us |
| Georgia |
| Elizabeth C. Lense, DDS, MSHA |
| Director, Oral Health Section |
| Division of Public Health |
| Georgia Department of Human Resources |
| 2 Peachtree Street NW, Suite 11-106 |
| Atlanta, GA 30303-3142 |
| Phone: (404) 657-2571 |
| Fax: (404) 657-7307 |
| Email: eclense@dhr.state.ga.us |
| Guam |
| Suzanne Sison, DDS |
| Chief Public Health Dental Officer |
| Department of Public Health & Social Services |
| 123 Chalan Kareta |
| Mangilao, GU 96913 |
| Phone: (671) 735-7364 / (671) 637-9696 |
| Fax: (671) 735-7155 |
| Email: braces@ite.net |
Hawaii |
| Mark H. K. Greer, DMD, MPH |
| Chief, Dental Health Division |
| Hawaii State Department of Health |
| 1700 Lanakila Avenue, Room 203 |
| Honolulu, HI 96817 |
| Phone: (808) 832-5700 |
| Fax: (808) 832-5722 |
| Email: mark.greer@doh.hawaii.gov |
IIdaho |
| Mimi Hartman-Cunningham, MA, RD, CDE |
| Program Manager, Oral Health Program |
| Bureau of Community & Environmental Health |
| Idaho Department of Health & Welfare |
| 450 W. State Street, 6th Floor |
| Boise, ID 83702 |
| Phone: (208) 334-4928 |
| Fax: (208) 334-6573 |
| Email: hartmanm@dhw.idaho.gov |
| Illinois |
| Julie Ann Janssen, RDH, MA, CDHC |
| Acting Chief |
| Division of Oral Health |
| Illinois Department of Public Health |
| 535 W. Jefferson Street |
| Springfield, IL 62761 |
| Phone: (217) 782-7943 |
| Fax: (217) 524-2831 |
| Email: Julie.Janssen@illinois.gov |
| Indiana |
| Vacant |
| Indiana State Department of Health |
| 2 N. Meridian Street, Section 7G |
| Indianapolis, IN 46204 |
| Phone: (317) 233-7427 |
| Fax: (317) 233-7001 |
| Iowa |
| Bobby D. Russell, DDS, MPH |
| Public Health Dental Director |
| Oral Health Bureau, Lucas Office Building |
| Iowa Department of Public Health |
| 321 E. 12th Street |
| Des Moines, IA 50319-0075 |
| Phone: (515) 281-4916 |
| Fax: (515) 242-6384 |
| Email: brussell@idph.state.ia.us |
Kansas |
| Katherine Weno, DDS, JD |
| Director, Office of Oral Health |
| Curtis State Office Building |
| Kansas Department of Health & Environment |
| 1000 SW Jackson Street, Suite 300 |
| Topeka, KS 66049 |
| Phone: (785) 296-5116 |
| Fax: (785) 291-3959 |
| Email: kweno@kdheks.gov |
| Kentucky |
| Julie Watts McKee, DMD |
| State Dental Director |
| Kentucky Department of Public Health Services |
| 275 E. Main Street, HS2W-B |
| Frankfort, KY 40621-0001 |
| Phone: (502) 564-3246 X 3774 |
| Fax: (502) 564-8389 |
| Email: JulieW.Mckee@ky.gov |
Louisiana |
| Susan Jeansonne |
| Interim Director |
| Oral Health Program |
| 628 N. 4th Street |
| P.O. Box 3214, Bin 4 |
| Baton Rouge, , LA 70821-3214 |
| Phone: (225) 342-7973 |
| Fax: (225) 342-2256 |
| Email: Susan.Jeansonne@LA.Gov |
Maine |
| Judith A. Feinstein, MSPH |
| Director, Oral Health Program |
| Maine Center for Disease Control & Prevention |
| 11 State House Station |
| 286 Water Street, 5th Floor |
| Augusta, ME 04333-0011 |
| Phone: (207) 287-3267 |
| Fax: (207) 287-7213 |
| Email: judith.a.feinstein@maine.gov |
| Marshall Islands |
| Dr. Ohnmar Tut |
| President, Pacific Basin Dental Association |
| Chief of Dental Preventive Services |
| Republic of Marshall Islands Ministry of Health |
| P.O. Box 3278 |
| Majuro, MH 96960 |
| Phone: (692) 625-3399 - Extension 2391 / (692) 247-4897 - PBDA |
| Fax: (692) 625-4372 / (692) 625-3432 |
| Email: ohnmar@u.washington.edu ohnmar_tut@hotmail.com |
| Maryland |
| Harry S. Goodman, DMD, MPH |
| Director |
| Office of Oral Health |
| Maryland Department of Health & Mental Hygiene |
| 201 W. Preston Street |
| Baltimore, MD 21201 |
| Phone: (410) 767-5942 |
| Fax: (410) 333-7392 |
| Email: hgoodman@dhmh.state.md.us |
| Massachusetts |
| Lynn A. Bethel, RDH, BSDH, MPH |
| Director |
| Office of Oral Health |
| Massachusetts Department of Public Health |
| 250 Washington Street, 5th Floor |
| Boston, MA 02108-4619 |
| Phone: (617) 624-6074 |
| Fax: (617) 624-6062 |
| Email: Lynn.Bethel@state.ma.us |
| Michigan |
| Sheila (Semler) Vandenbush, PhD, RDH, CDA |
| Oral Health Director, Division of Family & Community Health |
| Michigan Department of Community Health |
| Washington Square Building |
| 109 W. Michigan Avenue, 4th Floor |
| Lansing, MI 48913 |
| Phone: (517) 335-8388 |
| Fax: (517) 335-8697 |
| Email: vandenbushs@michigan.gov |
| Micronesia |
| Federated State: Chuuk Dr. Yalbert Enlet |
| Chief, Dental Health Services |
| Department of Health Services |
| P.O. Box 34 |
| State of Chuuk, FM 96942 |
| Phone: (691) 330-4293 |
| Fax: (691) 330-2320 |
| Email: enlety98@yahoo.com |
| Micronesia |
| Federated State: Kosrae Dr. Jesson Jesse |
| Chief, Dental Services |
| Kosrae State Department of Health Services |
| P.O. Box 127 |
| Kosrae, FM 96944 |
| Phone: (691) 370-3006 – Extension 128 / (691) 370-3012 |
| Fax: (691) 370-3073 |
| Email: jjkutak@gmail.com jessenauru@hotmail.com |
| Micronesia |
| Federated State: Pohnpei Dr. Marcelle Gallen |
| Secretary/Treasurer, Pacific Basin Dental Association |
| Chief, Dental Services Division |
| Pohnpei State Department of Health Services |
| Pohnpei State, FM 96941 |
| Phone: (691) 320-2219 / (691) 320-5723 |
| Fax: (691) 320-5394 |
| Email: psdhs@mail.fm frontier70@yahoo.com |
| Micronesia |
| Federated State: Yap Dr. Cindy Lefagopal |
| Chief, Dental Services |
| Department of Health Services |
| Yap Memorial Hospital |
| P.O. Box 148 |
| Colonia, Yap, FM 96943 |
| Phone: (691) 350-2110 |
| Fax: (691) 350-3444 |
| Email: lefagopal2005@yahoo.com cinlefagopal@yahoo.com |
| Minnesota |
| Merry Jo Thoele, MPH, RDH |
| Dental Director, Oral Health Division |
| Minnesota Department of Health |
| P.O. Box 64882 |
| 85 E. Seventh Place |
| St. Paul, MN 55164-0882 |
| Phone: (651) 201-3749 |
| Fax: (651) 201-5800 |
| Email: Merry.Jo.Thoele@state.mn.us |
| Mississippi |
| Nicholas G. Mosca, DDS |
| Dental Director |
| Office of Oral Health |
| Mississippi State Department of Health |
| 570 E. Woodrow Wilson Avenue |
| Jackson, MS 39215-1700 |
| Phone: (601) 576-7500 |
| Fax: (601) 576-8190 |
| Email: Nicholas.Mosca@msdh.state.ms.us |
| Missouri |
| Carolyn Link, JD, MPA, BS |
| Oral Health Program Manager |
| Division of Community & Public Health |
| Missouri Department of Health & Senior Services |
| 920 Wildwood Drive |
| Jefferson City, MO 65109 |
| Phone: (573) 526-2825 |
| Fax: (573) 522-8146 |
| Email: carolyn.link@dhss.mo.gov |
| Montana |
| Veronica Newhart, BA, M.Ed |
| Oral Health Education Specialist |
| Montana Department of Health & Human Services |
| 1218 E. 6th Avenue |
| Diane Bldg |
| Helena, MT 59620 |
| Phone: (406) 444-0276 |
| Fax: (406) 444-2606 |
| Email: VNewhart@mt.gov |
N Top Of Page Nebraska |
| Dan Cillessen |
| Contact Person |
| Division of Dental Health |
| Nebraska Department of Health & Human Services |
| PO Box 95026 |
| Lincoln, NE 68509-5026 |
| Phone: (402) 471-9270 |
| Email: Dan.Cillessen@nebraska.gov |
| Nevada |
| Lori Cofano, RDH, BSDH |
| Oral Health Program Manager |
| Nevada State Health Division |
| 4150 Technology Way |
| Carson City, NV 89706 |
| Phone: (775) 684-4268 |
| Fax: (775) 684-5998 |
| Email: lcofano@health.nv.gov |
| New Hampshire |
| Margaret M. Snow, DMD, MBA, MPH |
| Dental Director |
| Office of Medicaid Business & Policy |
| New Hampshire Department of Health & Human Services |
| 129 Pleasant Street / Thayer Building |
| Concord, NH 03301-3852 |
| Phone: (603) 271-5857 |
| Fax: (603) 271-0557 |
| Email: mmsnow@dhhs.state.nh.us |
| New Jersey |
| Beverly A. Kupiec-Sce, PhD, RN |
| Coordinator, School & Oral Health |
| Children's Preventive Oral Health Education & Promotion Program |
| New Jersey Department of Health & Senior Services |
| P.O. Box 364 |
| Trenton, NJ 08625-0364 |
| Phone: (609) 943-5749 |
| Email: Beverly.Kupiec@doh.state.nj.us |
| New Mexico |
| Rudy F. Blea, BA |
| Director, Office of Oral Health |
| Public Health Division |
| State of New Mexico Department of Health |
| 1190 N-1050, Suite 1054-B |
| Santa Fe, NM 87502-6110 |
| Phone: (505) 827-0837 |
| Fax: (505) 827-0021 |
| Email: rudy.blea@state.nm.us |
| New York |
| Elmer L. Green, DDS, MPH |
| Director |
| Bureau of Dental Health |
| New York State Department of Health |
| ESP - Corning Tower Building, Room 542 |
| Albany, NY 12237-0619 |
| Phone: (518) 474-1961 |
| Fax: (518) 474-8985 |
| Email: elg01@health.state.ny.us |
| North Carolina |
| Rebecca S. King, DDS, MPH |
| Section Chief, Oral Health Section |
| Division of Public Health |
| North Carolina Department of Health & Human Services |
| 5505 Six Forks Road, 1910 Mail Service Center |
| Raleigh, NC 27699-1910 |
| Phone: (919) 707-5487 |
| Fax: (919) 870-4805 |
| Email: rebecca.king@dhhs.nc.gov |
| North Dakota |
| Kimberlie J. Yineman, RDH, BA |
| Director, Oral Health Program |
| Family Health Division |
| North Dakota Department of Health |
| 600 E. Boulevard Avenue, Department 301 |
| Bismarck, ND 58503 |
| Phone: (701) 328-4930 |
| Fax: (701) 328-1412 |
| Email: kyineman@nd.gov |
| Northern Mariana Islands |
| Alberto Ventura, DDS |
| Chief |
| Dental Health Services |
| Commonwealth Health Center Dental Clinic |
| P.O. Box 500409 CK |
| Saipan, MP 96950 |
| Phone: (670) 236-8369 / (670) 234-8950 |
| Fax: (670) 236-8600 |
| Email: drventura.dph@email.com aj032947@yahoo.com |
O Top Of Page Ohio |
| Mark D. Siegal, DDS, MPH |
| Chief |
| Bureau of Oral Health Services |
| Ohio Department of Health |
| 246 N. High Street, 5th Floor |
| Columbus, OH 43216-0118 |
| Phone: (614) 466-4180 |
| Fax: (614) 564-2421 |
| Email: mark.siegal@odh.ohio.gov |
| Oklahoma |
| Jana S. Winfree, DDS |
| Chief |
| Dental Health Service |
| Oklahoma State Department of Health |
| 1000 NE 10th Street |
| Oklahoma City, OK 73117-1299 |
| Phone: (405) 271-5502 |
| Fax: (405) 271-5434 |
| Email: janaw@health.ok.gov |
| Oregon |
| Gordon B. Empey, DMD, MPH |
| Dental Health Consultant |
| Oral Health Program, Office of Family Health |
| Oregon Department of Human Services |
| 800 NE Oregon Street, Suite 825 |
| Portland, OR 97232 |
| Phone: (971) 673-0336 |
| Fax: (971) 673-0240 |
| Email: gordon.empey@state.or.us |
P Top Of Page Palau |
| Dr. Louisa Santos |
| Acting Chief |
| Division of Oral Health |
| Republic of Palau Ministry of Health |
| P.O. Box 6027 |
| Koror, PW 96940 |
| Phone: (680) 488-2552 / Extension 127 |
| Fax: (680) 488-1211 |
| Email: l_santos@palau-health.net |
| Pennsylvania |
| Howard R. Tolchinsky, DMD |
| State Public Health Dentist |
| Health & Welfare Building |
| Pennsylvania Department of Health |
| 7th & Forster Streets, Room 1008 |
| Harrisburg, PA 17120 |
| Phone: (717) 787-5900 |
| Fax: (717) 787-5498 |
| Email: htolchinsk@state.pa.us |
| Puerto Rico |
| Semiramis Gonzales, DMD, MPH, MSD |
| Department of Health |
| Government of Puerto Rico |
| Call Box 70184 |
| San Juan, PR 00936-8184 |
| Phone: (787) 274-7872 |
| Fax: (787) 281-7794 |
| Email: sgonzales@salud.gov.pr |
R Top Of Page Rhode Island |
| Laurie Leonard, MS |
| Oral Health Program Manager |
| Division of Community, Family Health & Equity |
| Rhode Island Department of Health |
| Three Capitol Hill, Suite 302 |
| Providence, RI 02908 |
| Phone: (401) 222-2433 |
| Fax: (401) 222-4415 |
| Email: Laurie.Leonard@health.ri.gov |
S Top Of Page South Carolina |
| Christine Veschusio, RDH, MA |
| Director |
| Oral Health Division |
| South Carolina Department of Health & Environmental Control |
| 1751 Calhoun Street |
| Columbia, SC 29201 |
| Phone: (803) 898-0830 |
| Fax: (803) 898-2065 |
| Email: veschucn@dhec.sc.gov |
| South Dakota |
| Julie Ellingson, RDH |
| Oral Health Coordinator |
| South Dakota Department of Health |
| 615 East 4th Street |
| Pierre, SD 57501 |
| Phone: (605) 773-7150 |
| Fax: (605) 773-5509 |
| Email: Julie.Ellingson@state.sd.us |
Thank You Dr. Russell for making this list available Tennessee |
| Suzanne Hayes, DDS |
| Dental Director |
| Oral Health Services |
| Tennessee Department of Health |
| 426 5th Avenue North, 5th Floor |
| Nashville, TN 37247 |
| Phone: (615) 741-8618 |
| Fax: (615) 532-2785 |
| Email: Suzanne.Hayes@state.tn.us |
| Texas |
| Linda M. Altenhoff, DDS |
| Manager |
| Oral Health Group |
| Texas Department of State Health Services |
| 1100 W. 49th Street, Mail Code 1938 |
| Austin, TX 78756 |
| Phone: (512) 458-7111 / Extension 3001 |
| Fax: (512) 458-7256 |
| Email: Linda.Altenhoff@dshs.state.tx.us |
U Top Of Page Utah |
| Steven J. Steed, DDS |
| State Dental Director & CSHCN Liaison |
| Utah Department of Health |
| 288 North 1460 West |
| P.O. Box 142001 |
| Salt Lake City, UT 84114-2001 |
| Phone: (801) 538-9177 |
| Fax: (801) 538-9440 |
| Email: stevensteed@utah.gov |
V Top Of Page Vermont |
| Patrick Rowe, DDS |
| Oral Health Director |
| Vermont Department of Health |
| P.O. Box 70 |
| Burlington, VT 05402-0070 |
| Phone: (802) 863-7497 |
| Email: prowe@vdh.state.vt.us |
| Virgin Islands |
| Oswaldene E. Walker, DDS, MS |
| Dental Director |
| Dental Health Services |
| Government of the Virgin Islands Department of Health |
| St. Thomas Hospital, P.O. Box 21 |
| St. Thomas, VI 00801 |
| Phone: (340) 715-3040 |
| Fax: (340) 776-0610 |
| Email: jlrgrant@yahoo.com |
| Virginia |
| Karen C. Day, DDS, MS, MPH |
| Director |
| Division of Dental Health |
| Virginia Department of Health |
| 109 Governor Street, Room 928 |
| Richmond, VA 23219 |
| Phone: (804) 864-7774 |
| Fax: (804) 864-7783 |
| Email: karen.day@vdh.virginia.gov |
Washington |
| Joseli A. Alves-Dunkerson, DDS, MPH, MBA |
| Senior Oral Health Consultant & Supervisor |
| MCH Oral Health Program |
| Washington State Department of Health |
| 111 Israel Road SE, P.O. Box 47835 |
| Olympia, WA 98504-7835 |
| Phone: (360) 236-3524 |
| Fax: (360) 236-2323 |
| Email: Joseli.Alves-Dunkerson@doh.wa.gov |
| West Virginia |
| David H. Walker, DDS |
| Dental Director |
| West Virginia Bureau of Public Health, OMCFH |
| 350 Capitol Street, Room 427 |
| Charleston, WV 25301 |
| Phone: (304) 558-7175 |
| Fax: (304) 558-7164 |
| Email: David.H.Walker@wv.gov |
| Wisconsin |
| Warren R. LeMay, DDS, MPH |
| Chief Dental Officer |
| Department of Health & Family Services |
| Wisconsin Division of Public Health |
| 1 West Wilson Street, Room 250, P.O. Box 2659 |
| Madison, WI 53701-2659 |
| Phone: (608) 266-5152 |
| Fax: (608) 266-8925 |
| Email: Warren.LeMay@dhs.wisconsin.gov |
| Wyoming |
| Grant Christensen, DDS |
| Administrator, Dental Health |
| Wyoming Department of Health |
| 4020 House Avenue |
| Cheyenne, WY 82002 |
| Phone: (307) 777-7945 |
| Fax: (307) 777-7215 |
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Email: grant.christensen@health.wyo.gov
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