About Us
The Kids Oral Health Partnership is a four year Targeted Oral Health Services grant from the Maternal and Child Bureau of the Health Resources and Services Administration of the US DHHS to the Maine Department of Health and Human Services. Medical Care Development provides staff and management to the KOHP through a grant from the Oral Health Program, Maine CDC.
Our Group of Advisors
The Kids Oral Health Partnership is guided by a statewide advisory group with expertise in curriculum development, children with special needs, cultural competency, evaluation, practice management, and health systems.
Teresa Alley RDH
Washington County Children’s Program
Lisa Burgess
State WIC Director
Susan Hillman Bourne
Family Voices Coordinator,
Maine Parent Federation
Debbie Blanchette RN
Department of Health and Human Services
MaineCare Services
Sherri Camick RDH
Washington County Children’s Program
Susan Cote RDH
Program Coordinator, From the First Tooth
Sadie and Harry Davis Foundation and MaineGeneral
Joanna Douglass, BDS, DDS New England Regional Consultant
AAPD/Head Start Dental Home Initiative AAPD/Head Start Dental Home Initiative Coordinator
Cathy Hollister
United South and Eastern Tribes, Inc.
Director, Nashville Area Dental Support Center
Cathy Kasprak
Maine Dental Hygienists’ Association
Pat Knox-Nicola
Maine Tribal Health Directors
Penobscot Health Department
Pam LeHaye
Coordinator, Maine Home Visiting Program
University of Maine Cooperative Extension
Kathryn G. Low
Professor of Psychology,
Bates College
Kathy Martin
Director
City of Portland Oral Health Program
Frances Miliano
Executive Director,
Maine Dental Assocition
Sheryl Peavey
Department of Health and Human Services
Early Childhood Initiative
Lisa Sockabasin
Director, Office of Minority Health
Maine Center for Disease Control
Cheryl Socquet
Support Service Manager,
Southern Kennebec Child Development Corporation
Kristen Souweine DO
Dental Director,
Penobscot Community Health Care
Lara Walsh MD
Pediatrician, Winthrop Pediatrics
Karen White
Maine Roads to Quality
Patti Williams
Director, Children with Special Health Needs
Maine Center for Disease Control
John Willis DMD
Pediatric Dentist and AAPD/Head Start Dental Home Initiative Coordinator
Carolyn Zimmerman
Maine Primary Care Association
Outreach Coordinator
Staff
Judith A. Feinstein, MSPH
Director, Maine Oral Health Program
207-287-3267,
judith.a.feinstein@maine.gov
Margaret Gradie PhD
Oral Health Program Manager,
Medical Care Development
207-622-7566 x 298
mgradie@mcd.org
Sarah Shed, MA, CAGS-PH
Assistant Project Director,
Medical Care Development
207-622-7566 x 248
sshed@mcd.org
Bonnie Vaughan RDH, MEd ,MBA
Project Hygienist,
Medical Care Development
207-622-7566 x 216
bvaughan@mcd.org
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