American Student Dental Association (ASDA)

Table of Contents:

Tufts University School of Dental Medicine Chapter
Organization Goals
What We Do
Represent Your Class and School
2020-2021 Events
E-Board Members

Tufts University School of Dental Medicine Chapter

The American Student Dental Association is a national student-run organization that protects and advances the rights, interests, and welfare of students pursuing careers in dentistry. As a national professional organization, ASDA provides a forum for expression of dental student concerns. It introduces students to lifelong involvement in organized dentistry. ASDA currently has more than 22,000 predoctoral members at each of the 66 U.S. dental school chapters.

Organization Goals:

Promote welfare of dental students
Advocate just treatment of dental students
Represent needs, interests and welfare of association members
Identify and promote needed change in dental education
Introduce and promote organized dentistry (ADA, MDS)
Disseminate pertinent information to dental students
Improve dental care and delivery to all people by identifying public dental needs

What We Do:

National Dental Student Lobby Day
National Leadership Conference
ASDA Small Council Meetings
ASDA Annual Session
ADA District Caucuses
MDS House of Delegates
Interschool Debate (Tufts, Harvard, BU)
Tufts Pre-dental Day (w/ Tufts ADEA)
Vermont Special Olympics
ASDA Smile Share & Care
New England Center for Homeless Veterans
Hale House
Yankee Dental
ADPAC Drive
Socials
Health and Wellness
Wellness
ASDA Vendor Fair
Leadership Summit

Represent Your Class and School:

Leadership within Tufts ASDA: Class reps, Committee chairs, Legislative Liaison, and other Leadership Positions

Leadership at the National Level: Elected Positions (elected by House of Delegates or chapter delegates at Annual Session), Appointed Positions (selected from a pool of applicants by board of trustees)

Externships in Washington, D.C. and Chicago

2020-2021 Events:

8/12 – 8/14 – ASDA Fever Month Social Media Campaign
8/14 – ASDA Virtual Social
8/20 – Meet the Reps
8/25 – Advocacy 101
8/27 ASDA Health and Wellness Q&A

Faculty Advisor: Dr. Joanne Falzone

E-BOARD MEMBERS:

2020-2021

D21 Class Representative	Alexandra Penta
D22 Class Representative	Alia Osseiran
D23 Class Representative	Giang Nguyen
D24 Class Representative	TBD

Advocacy	Mentor – Sho Taniguchi (D21)
	Chair – Jamie Abraham (D21) – Mary Chalino (D21)
	Vice Chair – Jenn Duffy (D22) – Joleen Phan (D23)
	Member – Heddinah Otete (IS22)

Wellness	Mentor: D1/Liaison – Kristina Caravelli (D21) Events – Shannon Dugan (D21) Logistics – Emily Abay (D21)
	Chair – Carla Kruyff Arciniega (D22) – Mackenzie Vasile (D23)
	Vice Chair – Mehak Baig (D22) – George Hatzipetrou (D22)
	Member – TBD (D24)

Events & External Affairs	Mentor – Eva Sidhu (D21)
	Chair – Maggie Wu (D22) – Justice Johnson (D22)
	Vice Chair – Eric Lin (D23) – Dallas Huff (D23)
	Member – Garima Yadav (IS22)

Fundraising	Mentor – Samantha Parad (D21)
	Chair – Russell Smith (D22)
	Vice Chair – Erica Broussard (D23) – Veral Patel (D23)
	Member – TBD (D24)

Pre-Dental	Mentor – Mehran Payandeh (D21)
	Outreach Chair – Jessica Boucher (D22) – Eunice Hahm (D23)
	Outreach Vice Chair – Diego Lopez (D22) – McKenzie Halsey (D23)
	Outreach Member – Andy Tran (D23) – TBD (D24)
	Mentorship Chair – Pooja Shah (D22)
	Mentorship Vice Chair – Macie Mattila (D23)

Communications	Creative Director – Darien Lam (D22)
	Lead Video/Photographer – Darien Lam (D22)
	Assistant Video/Photographer – Edwin Scott (D23)
	Social Media Guru – Alex Nguyen (D21)
	Social Media Assistant – Connie Wang (D23) – TBD (D24)
	Lead Designer – Shikha Gupta (D22)
	Assistant Designer – Jacob Mack (D22)
	Editor in Chief – Courtney Eato (D22)
	Co-editor – Janki Shingala (D22) – Kathleen Phan (D23)
	Dental Central Liaison – Meggie Hodgson (D23)
	Gold Crown Chair – Timothy Lo (D23)

Smile Share & Care	4^th Year Lead – Claire Droumbakis (D22)
	2^nd Year Co-Lead – Binh Phan (D23) – Catherine Rayburn (D23)
	1^st Year Lead – TBD (D24)

Hale House	4^th Year Lead – Olivia Capotorto (D21)
Hale House	2^nd Year Lead – Anna Wang (D23)

NECHV	4^th Year Lead – Shelby Jackson (D21)
NECHV	2^nd Year Lead – Kayla Birde (D23)

Cards for a Cause	4^th Year Lead – Dylan Batlle (D21)
Cards for a Cause	1^st Year Lead – TBD (D24)

Virtual Community Service Chair	Giselle Clarke (D23)