Meet Our Advisory Committee

Eve Cuny, MS, CDIPC (Chair, ADS Institute)
Professor Emeritus, Pacific Dugoni School of Dentistry

Ms. Cuny is Professor Emerita at the University of the Pacific, Dugoni School of Dentistry in San Francisco, California. Most recently, she served as the executive associate dean at Pacific and previously served as assistant dean for global relations and director of environmental health and safety. She has lectured and published extensively on the topics of infection control and patient safety, and has worked globally with government agencies, universities and nonprofit organizations to develop best practices in infection control and sustainable oral health programs. Professor Cuny is a former chairperson of the ADS (previously OSAP) board of directors, where she currently serves on the foundation board. She was a member of the National Occupational Research Agenda Council for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and a liaison representative to the Healthcare Infection Control and Prevention Advisory Committee with the CDC until both were disbanded in the spring of 2025. She has been a consultant to the ADA Council on Dental Practice and the ADA Council on Scientific Affairs. She is a current member of the Healthcare Acquired Infections and Antimicrobial Resistance advisory committee to the Washington State Department of Health. 

Simone Duarte, DDS, MS, PhD
Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs, EDI; Professor
University at Buffalo School of Dental Medicine

Dr. Simone Duarte is a recognized leader in dental education, research, and equity initiatives. She earned her DDS, master’s, and PhD degrees in Pharmacology from the Dental School of Piracicaba, State University of Campinas (Brazil). During her PhD, she was a visiting scholar at the Center for Oral Biology, University of Rochester Medical Center, and later completed postdoctoral training at the Eastman Dental Center, University of Rochester, NY. Dr. Duarte served for a decade as Assistant Professor and Clinical Associate Professor at New York University College of Dentistry, where she directed the DDS Pharmacology course, followed by five years as Associate Professor at Indiana University School of Dentistry. While at Indiana University, she completed a certificate in Inclusive Leadership at the Kelley School of Business. She later became Senior Director for Applied Research at the American Dental Association Science and Research Institute before joining the University at Buffalo School of Dental Medicine in 2024 as Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion, and Professor. Her research focuses on developing innovative therapies for the control of biofilm-dependent oral diseases. An NIH-funded investigator, Dr. Duarte has received numerous prestigious awards, including the IADR and AADR Hatton Awards, the IADR/GSK Innovation in Oral Care Award, the NYU Whitehead Fellowship for Junior Faculty in Biomedical and Biological Sciences, and the IUSD Distinguished Faculty Award for Research.

Russell Dunkel, DDS, FPFA, FICD, FACD
Wisconsin Department of Health Services

Dr. Russ Dunkel is a 1981 honors graduate of the University of Illinois College of Dentistry and completed his hospital-based residency at Mt. Sinai Medical Center in Milwaukee, WI in 1982. He currently holds the position of WI State Dental Director and Chief Dental Officer in the WI Department of Health Services, where he works in both DPH and DMS. Dr. Dunkel has over 38 years of clinical and teaching experience, as well as having been credentialed to perform dental treatment in hospital operating rooms. His teaching experiences include Marquette University School of Dentistry, the University of Illinois College of Dentistry, MATC School of Dental Hygiene. He is currently involved in several state and national health care projects including the US Indian Health Service, national workgroup of the American Dental Association & the American College of Emergency Physicians, the Association of State and Territorial Health Officers, and I the current President of the Association of State and Territorial Dental Directors. In addition, he has co-authored several state and national toolkits and manuals as well as the first dental chapter in a prestigious medical textbook on chronic disease and epidemiology.

Kathy Eklund, RDH, MHP 
Sr. Director of Occupational Health and Safety
Forsyth Research Subject & Patient Safety Advocate at ADA Forsyth

Ms. Eklund is the Sr. Director of Occupational Health and Safety, and the Forsyth Research Subject & Patient Safety Advocate at ADA Forsyth. She is adjunct faculty at Regis College, Dental Hygiene Program, where she teaches a senior-level course, Evidence-Based Decision Making. She was the 2017-2019 Chair of the ADS Board of Directors and is currently Co-Chair of the ADS Foundation.  She serves as faculty for the New England AIDS Education and Training Centers and HIVdent.org. Over the past 37 years, Kathy has published papers and contributed to several texts on infection control and safety. She is an author of the 2003 CDC Guidelines for Infection Control in Dental Health-Care Settings and has lectured nationally and internationally on these topics.

Michael Glick, DMD
Executive Director, Center for Integrative Global Oral Health; Fields-Rayant Endowed Professor of Integrative Global Oral Health and Professor of Clinical Preventive and Restorative Sciences
Department of Oral Medicine

Dr. Michael Glick is Executive Director of the Center for Integrative Global Oral Health and Fields-Rayant Endowed Professor of Integrative Global Oral Health and Professor of Clinical Preventive and Restorative Sciences at Penn Dental Medicine.

From 2009-2015, Dr. Glick served as Dean of the University at Buffalo, SUNY, School of Dental Medicine where he remained as Professor of Oral Diagnostic Sciences before coming to Penn Dental Medicine in 2021. Prior to his time at Buffalo, he was Professor of Oral Medicine at Arizona School of Dentistry & Oral Health, A.T. Still University, also holding the post of Associate Dean of Oral-Medical Sciences at the University’s School of Osteopathic Medicine. While at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey from 2001 to 2007, Dr. Glick served as Chairman of the Department of Diagnostic Sciences and as Director of both the Division of Oral Medicine and the Postgraduate Training Program in Oral Medicine.

This position with Penn Dental Medicine is Dr. Glick’s second faculty appointment at the School, previously serving from 1994 to 2001 on the Oral Medicine faculty. During that time, he also directed the School’s programs for medically complex patients and infectious diseases.

A widely published and highly respected lecturer, Dr. Glick served as Editor-in-Chief of The Journal of the American Dental Association from 2005 to 2020. In the global arena, Dr. Glick has been active with the FDI World Dental Federation since 2007, serving on multiple committees, including co-chairing the Task Team Vision 2030. He also had a leading role in establishing FDI’s Vision 2020 and most recently was the primary author of its Vision 2030, giving guidance for a global interdisciplinary and integrative role for oral health.

Julie Lynch, MS, BSN, RN 
Director, Institute for Quality Improvement
Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Healthcare (AAAHC) 

Ms. Lynch is a Registered Nurse and the Director of the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Healthcare (AAAHC) Institute for Quality Improvement. Her role is to develop the AAAHC quality improvement research strategy, analyze and report accreditation performance results against national clinical practice guidelines and evidence-based health care literature, and provide easily implementable and practitioner-focused tools that increase patient and employee safety to facilitate organizational compliance with AAAHC Standards.

After spending the first 22 years of her career in acute care nursing and leadership roles, Julie found a passion for oral health care. For several years, she served as the Director of Clinical Development for a national group of oral health partnerships supporting quality management and improvement endeavors through accreditation, professional development, provider credentialing verification and regulatory compliance.  Julie received her Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Concordia University Wisconsin and her Master of Science in Healthcare Administration from the University of St. Francis in Joliet, Illinois.

Shannon E. Mills, DDS 
Retired
US. Air Force 

Dr. Mills is an independent healthcare consultant and lecturer based in Concord, New Hampshire.  Dr. Mills graduated from Baylor College of Dentistry in 1977 and was commissioned as a Dental Officer in the United States Air Force.  He completed a two-year general dentistry residency at Wilford Hall USAF Medical Center in 1983.  During his Air Force career, he served in the US and overseas and gained broad experience in dental education, research, technical evaluation of equipment and materials, healthcare accreditation, medical logistics, and healthcare policy. He retired as a Colonel in 2005 and joined the faculty of the University of Nevada School of Medicine as an Associate Professor and Assistant General Practice Residency Director in Las Vegas.  In 2007 he was hired as Vice President for Professional Relations and Science at Northeast Delta Dental in Concord New Hampshire. In 2016, he transitioned to become the Vice President for Strategy and Business Development at PreViser Corporation, a subsidiary of Northeast Delta Dental specializing in oral health risk assessment software products for the dental benefit industry.  He retired from PreViser in 2018 to become an independent healthcare consultant.  He was working with the CDC as a subject matter expert on infection prevention in dental settings under a contract with Cyberdata Technologies until the untimely elimination of the Oral Health Division at CDC in April 2005.

Dr. Mills is internationally recognized as an expert in dental infection prevention and safety with an emphasis on dental unit water quality. He has authored or co-authored numerous scientific papers in peer-reviewed journals on this and other topics.  While serving on the USAF Surgeon General’s Staff, he participated as a member of the Advisory Group for the CDC Guidelines for Infection Control in Dental Healthcare Settings—2003. Dr. Mills was the editor of the Organization for Safety Asepsis and Prevention (OSAP) Dental Waterline White Paper and Recommendations published in 2018.  He is actively involved in development of dental industry standards as a member of American Dental Association/American National Standards Institute Standards Committees for Dental Products (ADA SCDP) and Dental Informatics (ADA SCDI) and is a member of the US Technical Advisory Group to International Organization for Standardization (ISO) Technical Committee 106 - Dentistry.  Dr. Mills is  the author of the American Dental Association Practical Guide to Effective Infection Prevention and Control published in 2022.

Ramneek Rai, DDS 
Director of Health and Safety
UCSF Dental Center

Dr. Rai is a dentist and national leader in infection prevention, control, and occupational health and safety in dental settings. She has served as the Director of Health and Safety at the UCSF School of Dentistry since 2018, providing oversight for multiple UCSF Dental Center clinics and guiding policy, education, and regulatory compliance. Drawing on her combined experience as a general dentist in private practice and an academic clinician–educator, Dr. Rai delivers comprehensive infection control and health and safety education to faculty, staff, residents, and students.

Dr. Rai played a central leadership role in UCSF Dental Center’s response to the COVID pandemic, helping to ensure safe continuity of patient care and clinical education. A committed advocate for excellence in dental safety, she has been an active member of the Association for Dental Safety (ADS, formerly OSAP) since 2018 and has held multiple leadership positions, including Director on the ADS Association Board (since 2021); Secretary of the ADS Foundation and Association Boards (FY 2022–2023); Vice Chair of the ADS Association Board (FY 2023–2024); and Association Board Chair (FY 2024–2025). She currently serves as the Immediate Past Chair of the ADS Association Board.

She speaks nationally and internationally on dental infection control, regulatory compliance, and building strong safety cultures, with a particular focus on dental unit waterline safety. Dr. Rai has delivered numerous lectures at ADS Conferences and international meetings, sharing practical strategies and evidence-based approaches to improving safety in dental settings. Her passion is educating and empowering the next generation of dental clinicians who are committed to ensuring the safest dental visit for every patient.

Jay Shirley, DMD, MS, MSc 
Director of Oral Health Research and Advocacy
Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta

Dr. Shirley is the Director of Oral Health Research and Advocacy at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta. He has been at Children’s since 1997 and was previously the Chief of the Division of Dentistry and the founding program director of the pediatric dentistry residency. He was also in private practice in Alpharetta, Georgia, until 2019. Dr. Shirley is an Adjunct Associate Professor of Pediatrics at Emory University School of Medicine. He completed a pediatric dentistry residency at the University of Alabama-Birmingham, received a master’s   and a master’s degree in public policy from the University of Chicago.

He is the Past President of the American Board of Pediatric Dentistry, a Fellow in Dental Surgery of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, and a Fellow of the International College of Dentists. Jay is also a past president of the Georgia Academy of Pediatric Dentistry and has served on the Academy of Pediatric Dentistry’s Board of Trustees, Council of Dental Care, Council of Dental Benefits, Committee on Special Healthcare Needs, and the American Dental Association’s Dental Quality Alliance. He currently serves on the Commission on Dental Accreditation’s Pediatric Dentistry Review Committee, and previously served on the CDC Healthcare Infection Control and Prevention Advisory Council Water Safety Workgroup. Dr. Shirley retired from the US Navy Reserves after 32 years of service. He held several leadership positions, including Commanding Officer of a 150-bed field hospital and Force Surgeon for US Marine Corps Forces Europe and Africa.

He was appointed to the Georgia Board of Dentistry in 2022 and completed the Senior Executive Fellow program at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government in 2024.

David J. Weber, MD, MPH, FSHEA, FIDSA, FRCM
Charles Addison and Elizabeth Ann Sanders Distinguished Professor of Medicine
Associate Chief Medical Officer, UNC Medical Center
Medical Director, Department of Infection Prevention, UNC Medical Center

Dr. Weber is currently the Charles Addison and Elizabeth Ann Sanders Distinguished Professor of Medicine, Pediatrics and Epidemiology, University of North Carolina (UNC), Chapel Hill, NC, USA.  Dr. Weber received his Medical Degree from the University of California, San Diego in 1977, a Master’s Degree in Public Health from Harvard University in 1985, and completed his medicine residency and infectious disease fellowship at the Massachusetts General Hospital in 1985. He is Board Certified in Internal Medicine, Infectious Disease, Critical Care Medicine, and Preventive Medicine. Dr. Weber serves as an Associate Chief Medical Office, Associate Chief Quality Officer and Medical Director of Infection Prevention for the UNC Hospitals.  Dr. Weber was a visiting scientist from 1992-1993 at the AIDS Epidemiology and Vaccine Branch, NIAID, NIH. He has twice chaired the AIDS Epidemiology and Biostatistics Study Section, NIAID, NIH and served a term on the NIH Recombinant DNA Advisory Committee (RAC). From 2014 to 2020, he was a liaison member of the CDC Advisory Committee Immunization Committee (ACIP). He was also a member of the CDC Hospital Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee (HICPAC) from 2023 to 2025. From 2020 to 2022, he served as an expert consultant on COVID-19 mitigation for Lt. General Eric Kurilla, Commander of the XVIII Airborne Corp, Fort Bragg, NC. He is currently the President of the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America and the Associate Editor of Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology. He is an Associate Editor of the journal Vaccine. Dr. Weber has published more than 590 scientific papers in the peer-reviewed literature cited in PubMed and more than 750 total papers and chapters. Dr. Weber is a member of the Board and Expert Advisor for Clean Hospitals, Geneva. He Chairs, the NC Dept. of Health, TB Advisory Committee. His research interests include the epidemiology of healthcare-associated infections, disinfection and sterilization, new and emerging infectious diseases (highly communicable pathogens including SARS-CoV-2, HPAI, newly emerging pathogens including Candida auris), response to biothreats, nontuberculous mycobacteria, control of drug-resistant pathogens, immunization practices, zoonotic diseases, and epidemiology of tuberculosis.

Joyce Moore, BSDH, RDH, CRCST, CDIPC, DISIPC (Treasurer, ADS Institute)

Ms. Moore is a consultant and speaker focused on infection prevention and healthcare compliance. She began her career as a Registered Dental Hygienist before becoming an adjunct Dental Hygiene faculty member at Bristol Community College. She’s authored journal articles, collaborated with the CDC on their Foundations: Building the Safety Dental Visit program, and with 3M and the Midmark Corporation as an educational consultant. Currently, she serves as the Treasurer for both the Association for Dental Safety and the Association for Dental Safety Foundation, and is a member on AAMI and ADA Standards working groups.

Joyce is a Certified Registered Central Service Technician, holding a certification through the Healthcare Sterile Processing Association (HSPA). She was the 2019 recipient of the ADS Emerging Infection Control Leader award and has earned the Dental Infection Prevention and Control Certificate, the Certified in Dental Infection Prevention and Control (CDIPC) certification, and the Dental Industry Specialist in Infection Prevention and Control (DISIPC) certification.

Ashley Quackenbush, MPH, CHES (Secretary, ADS Institute)
Senior Director, Education and Marketing, Association for Dental Safety

Ashley Quackenbush is currently the Senior Director, Education and Marketing for the Association for Dental Safety. Ashley received her Bachelor of Arts in psychology from the University of New Hampshire in 2011 and a Master of Public Health degree from Emory University in 2013. She has been a Certified Health Education Specialist since 2013. Prior to her role at ADS, she worked for the American College of Rheumatology as the Director of Education. Recognized for strategic insight and leadership, she is a recipient of the Alliance for Continuing Education in the Health Professions Forty Under 40 Award, and the Association Forum Forty Under 40 Award. She has also received multiple honors for innovative project management.

Michelle Lee, CPC (Executive Director, ADS Institute)
Executive Director, Association for Dental Safety

Michelle Lee began her tenure as Executive Director of ADS in 2018. She has more than 30 years of experience in the dental and healthcare industries. In 2020 and 2021, she was recognized as one of Incisal Edge’s 32 Most Influential People in Dentistry. Her experience includes leading the Southeast’s largest dental and medical staffing firm, as well as consulting with dental practices, and providing leadership and team development training. Michelle is passionate about ADS’s mission to be the leading provider of infection prevention and control education, training, and credentialing that supports safe dental visits.