2026 AWARDS ANNOUNCEMENTS

DENTAL HYGIENE PROGRAM AWARDS

2026 Mary Jane Kellogg Dutton Faculty Mentorship Award

Merridith VanHoorn, MAOTL, RDH, Camden County College

2026 Dr JoAnn Gurenlian Student Leadership Award

Maha Khalid, Bergen Community College

Ti’Niejah Roneé Lee, Camden County College

Mayar Abdelmalak, Eastern International College

JaKaya Lewis, Middlesex College

Amy Sanchirico, Rowan College at Burlington County

NJDHA AWARDS

Winnie Furnari Professional Leadership Award
Dr JoAnn R Gurenlian RDH MS AAFAAOM FADHA

Frances D Fluhr Outstanding Service Award
Tracy Marsh RDH BS MA

Dorothy Keith Allers Award
Dr Stacy L Onofrietti RDH MS PhD CHP FADHA

Dr Cheryl Westphal Thiele Scholarship
Jocelyn I DeMoura RDH

Rebecca Welch Pugh Scholarship

Giovanna Marie Onofrietti RDH AAS

The American Dental Hygienists’ Association Class of Fellows

2023

Northern

Dr Kim Attanasi, RDH, MS, PhD, FADHA

Ellen Guritzky, RDH, BS, MSJ, FADHA

Southern

Dr JoAnn Gurenlian, RDH, PhD, FADHA

Becky Pugh, RDH, BSAST, FADHA

Central

Pamela Graboso-Saul, MPHc, MSDH, BSDH, RDH, FADHA

Dr Howard Notgarnie, RDH, EdD FADHA

Dr Stacy Onofiretti, RDH, PhD, CHP, FADHA

Bergen

Dr Susan Callahan-Barnard, RDH, DHSc, FADHA
Winnie Furnari, RDH, MS, FAADH, FAAFS, FADHA
Rina Nowka, RDH, MA FADHA

2024

Member at Large

Dr Cheryl Westphal-Theile, EdD, RDH, FADHA 

Bergen

Melanie Smith, RDH, FADHA

2025

Bergen

Marija Lee Cahoon, MS, BA, RDH, FADHA

Central

Alexis Belford, RDH, BSDH, MSDH, FADHA

Christine Louise Lavelle, AAS, BA, MPS, RDH, FADHA

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