ACD
American College of Dentists
SUMMER 2023
REGENCY REGENCY
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SECTION UPDATES
NEW YORK SECTION | HUDSON MOHAWK SECTION | WESTERN NEW YORK SECTION | NEW ENGLAND SECTION | QUEBEC SECTION | ATLANTIC PROVINCES SECTION
Regent Report It has been a busy six months in Regency 1. This past January, I attended the New York Section’s Annual Banquet in January 2023. This was my first official Section meeting as Regent and it was wonderful to have it be in my home Section. At this meeting we honored 15/25/50 year Fellows and also gave out the Student Leadership Awards to graduating Senior Dental students from Columbia, NYU, Stonybrook and Touro. I also was installed as Section Chair of Regency 1 at this meeting. A few weeks later, I traveled up to Boston for the Regency 1 Leadership Meeting held during the Yankee Dental Meeting. This was the first time this meeting had been held in-person since 2020. Section Chairs from New York, Western New York, Hudson Mohawk and New England Sections were all in attendance as well as SPEA student leaders from Boston University, Buffalo, Tufts, Columbia and Touro. Dr. Robert Lamb, National ACD President, and Dr. Erik Klintmalm, National SPEA Co-Executive Director, were also in attendance. At the Leadership meeting we not only discussed Section updates but also had a group leadership building exercise. The goal of the exercise was to identify challenges we each face as Leaders and then develop tangible action plans to work through the challenges. Throughout the entire meeting I was impressed by the dedication, engagement and enthusiasm expressed by ACD and SPEA attendees alike.
The ACD Strategic Planning Session were held April 20-22 in Boston, MA.
At the National level, the ACD Spring Board Meeting was held virtually in March 2023. At the Board meeting, Maryland NonProfits worked with the board on a Board training exercise. Additional exercises will continue throughout the year, our next being in June.
Dinner. During the Dinner, newly accepted Candidates for Fellowship were introduced to the Section, they were all extremely accomplished individuals and we are lucky to have them as new Fellows. The dinner was held in the beautiful Le Mount Stephen Hotel in downtown Montreal.
In April 2023, I traveled back up to Boston for the ACD Strategic Planning Meeting. This was the first strategy planning work the ACD National had done for many years. Led by the Futures Strategy Group, we were divided into four groups for scenario-based Strategic Planning workshops. Our work from this weekend will be used to develop a future plan for the College and to help develop criteria for the selection of a new Executive Director.
In the coming months, I have Section visits planned to Western NY in Buffalo, at the end of August, and then to the Atlantic Provinces in Halifax, at the end of September. In October I will travel to the ACD Annual Meeting in Orlando. I encourage all of you to attend the National meeting. An exciting program is planned with courses on Ethics and on Communication in the works as well as a Fellow’s Forum Session on Interprofessionalism. We will also have a Section Breakout Session were we can come together as a Section to meet.
I held a Regency 1 Chairs Zoom Call in May 2023. During this Zoom call, Section Chairs were able to share ideas, frustrations and aspirations for their Sections. It was the first time many of us were about to “meet” each other. Later in May, I traveled to Montreal for the Quebec Section’s Annual Herb Kaplan Memorial
Lastly, I would like to ask everyone to always keep thinking about colleagues to nominate for fellowship, no matter the time of year. Have a wonderful summer! Julie Connolly, DDS