Excellence in Oral Health Award Winners

Annual Excellence in Oral Health Awards
List of our past recipients:

2012:
Outstanding Community Leader: Norma Barkus
Outstanding Dentist: Dr Deana Bender
Outstanding Hygienist: Tammi Engel
Outstanding Organization: Miles of Smiles
Outstanding Volunteer: Jill Quigley
Outstanding Dental Champion:
Schaunta James-Boyd and Gail Kennedy
Bob Bethell Awards for Outstanding Policy Maker: Senator Vicki Schmidt and Senator Steve Morris

2011:
Outstanding Community Leader: Loretta (Letty) Seidl
Outstanding Dentist: Dr Nicole Rogers and Dr John Fales
Outstanding Hygienist: Heather Flick and Doreen Eyler
Outstanding Organization: Kansas Association for the Medically Underserved
Outstanding Volunteer: Jayme Lewis
Outstanding Dental Champion:
Kathy Hunt
Outstanding Policy Maker: Sen Carolyn McGinn

2010:
Outstanding Community Leader: Dr Jon Tilton
Outstanding Dentist: Dr Nevin Waters
Outstanding Hygienist:Christen Lacey
Outstanding Organization: Dodge City Rotary Club, under the leadership of Bill Hammond
Outstanding Volunteer: Louise Bennett
Outstanding Dental Champion:
Amber Sellers

2009:
Outstanding Community Leader: Jason Wesco
Outstanding Clinician: Michael Le Blanc, DDS
Outstanding Organization: Galena Unified School District 499
Outstanding Policy Maker: Senator Laura Kelly

2008:
Outstanding Community Leader: Rebecca Scott
Outstanding Clinician: Kandee Klein, DDS
Outstanding Organization: Lifetime Smiles
Outstanding Policy Maker: Representative Bob Bethell
Lifetime Achievement Award: Kim Moore

2007:
Outstanding Community Leader: Maggie Smet, RDH
Outstanding Clinician: Nick Rogers, DDS
Outstanding Organization: Kansas Action for Children
Outstanding Policy Maker: Senator Jim Barnett

2006:
Outstanding Community Member: Kathy Hunt, RDH
Outstanding Clinician: Roger Nolte, DDS
Outstanding Organization: Community Health Center of Southeast Kansas

2005: 
Individual Dental Champion Award: David Foley, DDS
Organization Dental Champion Award: Sedgwick County Health Department - Children's Dental Clinic

2004:
Kansas Dental Charitable Foundation for the Kansas Mission of Mercy Project: www.ksdentalfoundation.org.

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