ADHA Adds New Team Member

Vicki Pizanis, RDH, MS, EdD, has joined the American Dental Hygienist’s Association (ADHA) as its new dental hygiene education and practice specialist. She will serve as both the technical expert and in-house dental hygienist for the dental hygiene community and the liaison for dental hygiene education programs, in addition to supporting resources for dental hygiene education programs.

Pizanis joins ADHA with extensive experience as a dental hygiene educator, clinician, and advocate since graduating from dental hygiene school at the University of New Mexico (UNM) in 2005. Throughout her career, she has been an active member of ADHA at the state and local levels. She served as the UNM ADHA Student Advisor for 5 years and has also held officer positions within the New Mexico Dental Hygienists’ Association and the local High Desert Dental Hygienists’ Association.

From Dimensions of Dental Hygiene. March 2018;16(3):10.