The Denver-based, National Foundation of Dentistry for the Handicapped (NFDH) --a charitable affiliate of the American Dental Association (ADA) that helps needy individuals who are disabled, elderly or medically compromised get needed dental care-- elected the following officers at its August board meeting:
Chairman – Gary Porter (Hatfield, PA) Vice President, Parker Hannifin Corporation
Vice Chairman – Richard Haught, D.D.S. (Tulsa, OK), Past President of the American Dental Association
Secretary - Jim Wiltz (St. Paul, MN) President & Chief Executive Officer, Patterson Companies
Treasurer/Assistant Secretary
- Stephen A. Weinstein (Denver, CO), Berenbaum, Weinshienk & Eason, P.C. and honorary ADA member
Immediate Past Chairman – Frank Maggio, D.D.S. (Elgin, IL), past Vice President and Trustee of the American Dental Association
President and Chief Executive Officer – Larry Coffee, D.D.S. (Denver, CO)
Two ADA Trustees also serve as NFDH board members: Jeanne Strathearn, D.D.S. (Hartford, CT) and Ron Tankersley, D.D.S. (Newport News, VA).
Other members of Board of Directors:
Gordon Christensen, D.D.S., Ph.D. (Provo, UT), Clinical Research Associates
Thomas Fleszar, D.D.S., M.S. (Okemos, MI), Chief Executive Officer, Delta Dental Plan of Michigan
Donald Garner, D.D.S. (Littleton, CO), Retired Orthodontist
William Powell, D.D.S., M.S. (Knoxville, TN), past Trustee of the American Dental Association
Anthony Volpe, D.D.S. (Piscataway, NJ), Vice President of Clinical Dental Research, Colgate Palmolive Company
Jim Breslawski (Melville, NY) President and Chief Operating Officer,
Henry Schein, Inc.
Gary Kunkle (York, PA) Vice-Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, DENTSPLY International
Lawrence Farrell (Chicago, IL) Vice President of Corporate Professional Relations, Sunstar Butler, Inc.
George Obst (Fountain Hills, AZ) Former Chairman, Dental Services Group
The NFDH and its affiliates will help 30,000 disabled or elderly people get dental care this year. Over 12,000 dentists and 2,500 laboratories nationally will donate more than $16 million worth of services. NFDH also has programs for people with developmental disabilities and for homebound people and nursing home residents who cannot easily get to dentists' offices.