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Kelli Swanson Jaecks

Kelli Swanson Jaecks

Kelli Swanson Jaecks, MA, RDH, of Salem, Ore., is the 2014-2015 president of the American Dental Hygienists’ Association (ADHA). She also has served as ADHA president-elect and vice president, as well as president of the Oregon Dental Hygienists’ Association. Swanson Jaecks is president of Verbal Impact, LLC, an educational and consulting company that offers healthcare courses in both lecture and interactive formats. She is a nationally published author and speaker on a variety of healthcare-related topics, including issues of health awareness, oral/systemic correlations and dental/medical collaboration. She holds a master’s degree in Communication and Adult Education from Oregon State University, where she taught leadership and public speaking. She received her Bachelor of Science in dental hygiene from Oregon Health and Science University in 1996. She also holds an expanded practice permit, which allows for independent dental hygiene practice to underserved populations.

ADHA’s Center for Lifelong Learning Celebrates Start of Dental Hygiene Profession’s Next 100 Years

Greetings! As the newly installed President of the American Dental Hygienists’ Association (ADHA), I am honored to share a professional overview of the ADHA’s very successful 2014 Center for Lifelong Learning (CLL) at the 91st Annual Session! We had an exciting week June 18-24, 2014, in Las Vegas’ beautiful Caesars Palace. Every day, dental hygienists…