CHICAGO (March 24, 2010) – In order to better meet the needs of dental assistants and other members of the dental team in the areas of supplemental education and professional research, the Dental Assisting National Board, Inc. (DANB) is establishing a separately incorporated non-profit foundation, named the DALE Foundation. The DALE Foundation has been formed to benefit the public by advancing dental assistants and promoting dental assistant certification, by developing and providing quality supplemental education and conducting sound research to support and promote oral health.
The composition of the DALE Foundation’s initial Board of Trustees will be as follows:
- Current Chair of DANB’s Board of Directors
- Immediate Past Chair of DANB’s Board of Directors
- Another past DANB Board Chair
- Six additional trustees with expertise in as many of these areas as possible:
- Research
- Education (dental, dental hygiene, dental assisting)
- E-Learning
- Employer (dentist)
- Employment (dental office manager)
- Public health
- Corporate interests
Please consider nominating yourself or another qualified individual for consideration to be elected as a Founding Trustee on the DALE Foundation’s Board of Trustees. The Nominating Committee to DANB’s Board of Directors will accept nominations postmarked or received by email or fax, before April 30, 2010.
For nominations to be considered, they must include the following:
- Letter of interest from the individual being nominated (or self-nominated)
- Current resume/curriculum vita
- A letter of recommendation from an employer, supervisor, or co-worker; or from someone who has served with the nominee on a committee or board of a state or national oral healthcare organization
Written response to DANB Interview Questions for Nomination to the DALE Foundation Board of Trustees. (DANB will provide these questions to all nominees who meet the April 30th deadline.)
The Nominating Committee to DANB’s Board of Directors may also choose to follow up with nominees by phone after review of their written documents before presenting the Committee’s recommendations to DANB’s Board of Directors for election to the DALE Foundation Board of Trustees.
If you are personally interested in being considered for election to the DALE Foundation Board of Trustees, or wish to nominate someone else, please submit all information as noted above to:
Cynthia C. Durley, MEd, MBA
Executive Director
Dental Assisting National Board, Inc.
444 N. Michigan Avenue, Suite 900
Chicago, IL 60611
Fax: 312-642-8507
Email: cdurley@danb.org
To be considered, complete nominations must be postmarked or received no later than April 30, 2010. DANB’s Board of Directors will review the recommendations of DANB’s Nominating Committee, and will hold elections in May. All nominees will be contacted by DANB with the results of the election no later than May 31, 2010. The first meeting of the Founding Trustees of the DALE Foundation’s Board of Trustees will be held in Chicago on Wednesday, August 11, 2010.