Our Leadership

Working together to create meaningful impact

The Texas Oral Health Coalition is guided by a statewide advisory committee and led by Texas Health Institute. The coalition brings together a diverse network of statewide and regional stakeholders.

Advisory Committee

  • Branchly, Allison Hall, PT, MPT, DPT, Founder & CEO 

  • City of San Antonio, Rebecca Davenport, DDS, Dental Clinical Director 

  • Cook Children's Center for Community Health, Tonya K. Fuqua, DDS, Dental Integration Director 

  • Midwest Dental Equipment & Supply, Tim Cluley, Chief Revenue Officer 

  • Private Practitioner, Texas Dental Association Smiles Foundation Board Member, Shailee Gupta, DDS, MPH 

  • Texas A&M College of Dentistry, Lily T. Garcia, DDS, MS, FACP, Dean and Liang Hong, DDS, PhD, Department Head  

  • Texas Association of Charitable Clinics, Paula Walker, PharmD, Executive Director 

  • Texas Dental Association, Diane Rhodes, Senior Policy Manager 

  • Texas Department of State Health Services, Rhonda Stokley, DDS, Public Health Dental Director 

  • Texas Tech Health El Paso Hunt School of Dental Medicine, Richard C. Black, DDS, Dean and Andrea Ramirez, M.Ed., Director of Admissions and Recruitment 

  • Texans Care for Children, Diana Forester, MPH, Director of Health Policy 

  • TLL Temple Foundation, Kevin Lambing, Senior Program Officer for Health 

  • United Way, Matt Thompson, Associate Vice President of Greater Austin 

  • UnitedHealthcare Texas Medicaid, Ankit Amin, DDS, Dental Director 

  • University of North Texas College of Public Health, Stacey Griner, PhD, MPH, RDH, Associate Professor of Public Health 

  • UT Health Houston School of Dentistry, John A. Valenza, DDS, Dean and Ana C. Candia Solari Neumann, DDS, MPH, PhD, Director, Professor 

  • UT Health San Antonio School of Dentistry, Kenneth Hargreaves, DDS, PhD, Dean and Peter Loomer, DDS, MPH, MBA, Founding Director, Center for Global and Community Oral Health 

Our Team

Our Partners