Board of Dental Examiners Meetings & Members

Licensure for dental examiners is administered by the Secretary of State’s Office of Professional Regulation (OPR). This profession is governed by the Board of Dental Examiners; board members are listed in the table below.

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Board Minutes & Agendas

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Board of Dental Examiners	Member Position	Appointment Date	Expiration Date
Robert Ruhl	Professional	1/1/2016	1/31/2025
Farid Hamidzadeh	Professional	7/5/2023	12/31/2027
Cassandra P. Coakley	Professional	7/5/2023	12/31/2024
Elizabeth Merrill	Public	2/1/2016	12/31/2028
Vacant	Professional		12/31/2020
Linda Greaves	Professional	1/1/2020	12/31/2024
Lucille Kelly	Professional	5/20/2019	1/31/2025
Vacant	Public		12/31/2022
Ellen Grimes	Professional	3/11/2022	12/31/2024
William Koch	Professional	4/12/2017	1/31/2026
Toby Kravitz	Professional	3/11/2022	12/31/2024

Members may serve past an appointed term until a successor is appointed by the Governor. See 3 V.S.A. §2004
For more information on applying for a vacant position, please click here.
For the schedule of upcoming meetings, please visit the OPR Calendar.

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