The search for the UMKC School of Dentistry Dean was launched. Nominations and confidential questions about the search and role can be sent to our search partners at Greenwood Asher & Associates at UMKCDentistry@greenwoodsearch.com.
Search Committee
Chair:
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Brian Klaas, Dean, Bloch School of Management
Members:
- Nick Rodgers, Rinehart Foundation, Immediate Past Chair
- Laura Beard, Senior Student Services Coordinator
- Jeff Primos, Assistant Dean for Business Affairs and Strategic Development
- Gustavo Leal, Clinical Assistant Professor and Director, Advanced Standing Dental Program
- Erin Buman, Associate Professor
- Tanya Gibson, Associate Professor
- Cynthia Petrie, Professor, Dr. George Tanaka Hawaii Professor of Restorative Dentistry, and Chair, Department of Restorative Clinical Sciences
- Tanya Mitchell, Professor and Chair, Division of Dental Hygiene
- Jason Firth, School of Dentistry DDS Student (Professional Year 3), President of the American Student Dental Association, Dental Student Ambassador
- Joe Spalitto, School of Dentistry Alumni
- Jeffrey Kagihara, School of Dentistry Alumni and Hawaii Constituency Representative
- Melanie Simmer-Beck, Professor and Chair, Department of Dental Public Health and Behavioral Sciences, Interim Chair, Department of Oral and Craniofacial Sciences, and Director of the STAHR Program.
- Dua Sumeet, Vice Chancellor for Research
Please send any additional inquiries or feedback to umhrexecutivesearch@umsystem.edu.
Reviewed 2024-11-25