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CDHA Leadership

The CDHA and component leadership is here to assist you. 
If contact information is not listed below, please contact them at maryb-cdha-rdh@snet.net

  CDHA Elected Officers
 
     
President                                   
Brenda F. Ruggiero, RDH, BS   
bfrwine@aol.com
President Elect
Sandra Stramoski, RDH, BS stramoski@sbcglobal.net
Vice President
Laurel Risom, RDH, MPH
LaurelRisomRDH@Yahoo.com
Secretary Susan M. Miklos, EFDA, RDH
smiklosnhrdh@aol.com
Treasurer Doris Raposo, RDH, BS
raposo@aol.com
Immediate Past President Leigh-Lynn Vitukinas, RDH, BS lvitukin@bridgeport.edu
Speaker of the House
Jody L. Bishop-Pullan, RDH, BS
jpullan@optonline.net

  Trustees  
     
 Bridgeport                  
Shannon Bradley, RDH, BS
sbradley@bridgeport.edu
 Eastern CT
 Kim Webster, RDH
webhoo2@yahoo.com
 Hartford    
 New Haven
 Mary Claire Kacerik, RDH, BS
mkacerik@sbcglobal.net
 Waterbury  Betty Jane Vitagliano, RDH
bjvrdh@charter.net
 CAPDHA  Deborah Arslan, RDH, BS
arsld001@hartfordschools.org
 Central CT
 Christine A. Forsythe, RDH Christine.Forsythe@GMail.com
 Gateway  Leslie Andrews, RDH, MBA
leslieandrews@att.net
 Danbury  Wanda Nelson, RDH, MS
wanda-rdh@charter.net

  ADHA Delegation   
     
 Delegate Chair                         
 Marcia H. Lorentzen, RDH, MSEd  
marcia@bridgeport.edu
 Delegate  Sandra Stramoski, RDH, BS
sstramos@bridgeport.edu
 Delegate  Celeste Baranowski, RDH
cmbrdh@gmail.com
 Alternate Delegate
 Brenda Ruggiero, RDH, BS
bfrwine@aol.com
 Alternate Delegate
 Linda Isis Primus, RDH, MS
BossyFlossy@sbcglobal.net
 Alternate Delegate
 Mary J. Calka, RDH, AS
tmcalka@att.net

  Council Chairs   
     
Council on Administration      Maria Cholewinski, RDH , BS mariacholes@aol.com
Council on AS/CE Carmen Hufcut, RDH, BS
taina97@aol.com
Council on MS & PR Laurel Risom, RDH, MPH LaurelRisomRDH@Yahoo.com
Membership Chair
Jennifer Pieren, RDH, BS AS jpieren@msn.com
Council on Regs and Practice       Elizabeth Grabowicz,        CDA,RDH
auntbeff@hotmail.com
Legislative Chair
Celeste Maida Baranowski, RDH cmbrdh@gmail.com

 
Component Presidents 
& Membership Chairs 
 
     
  Bridgeport DHA   
 President    Joanna Trigilidas, RDH, MA
jtrigili@bridgeport.edu
 Membership Chair                  Derick Pham, RDH, BS
dpham@bridgeport.edu
     

Eastern CDHA  
 President Jennifer M. Bingell, RDH, AS  bingell@sbcglobal.net
 Membership Chair         Kathleen Stack, RDH, BS stackkm@umich.edu
     
  Hartford DHA
 President Christine Walsh, RDH
christinew-rdh-hdha@comcast.net
 Membership Chair         Mary Moran Boudreau, RDH, MBA maryb-rdh-cdha@snet.net
   
  New Haven DHA  
 President Maria Cholewinski, RDH, BS
mariacholes@aol.com
 Membership Chair         Mary Claire Kacerik, RDH, BS mkacerik@sbcglobal.net
     
  Waterbury DHA  
 President Candace Coffey, RDH coffeyclc@hotmail.com
 Membership Chair         Beverly J. Butterfield, RDH cbutterfield54@charter.net
   
  CT Alternative Practice DHA     
 President Mary Ann Llinas, RDH, BS mary_ann_llinas@sbcglobal.net
 Membership Chair            
     
  Central CDHA  
 President Pro Tem Linda Isis Primus, RDH, MHS bossyflossy@sbcglobal.net
 Membership Chair
Linda Isis Primus, RDH, MHS bossyflossy@sbcglobal.net
     
  Gateway DHA  
 President Mary Ellen McLoughlin, RDH meteeth@yahoo.com
 Membership Chair        
 
     
  Danbury DHA  
 President    
 Membership Chair         Gwen Grosso, RDH, MS ggrosso@newhaven.edu

 
CDHA Central Office
PO Box 1091
Hartford, Connecticut 06143-1091
Telephone (860)688-7307
Fax (860)688-5188
maryb-cdha-rdh@snet.net
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last updated 7-27-10
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