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Network Leadership

COHN’s work is guided by the staff, a Board of Directors, and a Steering Committee. People in these roles provide support in the areas of data, equity, communications, policy, and leadership to ensure initiatives and projects have what they need to succeed.

Steering Committee: Dee Kerry, Maine Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics; Kate Christiansen, Maine Center for Disease Control & Prevention; Dr. Kailee Jorgenson, Mainely Teeth; Sanaa Abduljabbar and Sarah Lewis, Maine Access Immigrant Network; Lyvia Gaewsky, MaineHealth From the First Tooth; Tracey Jowett, University of Maine Augusta; Dr. Albert Abena, University of New England.

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L-R, Standing Row: Albert Abena, Lyvia Gaewsky, Sanaa Abduljabbar, Kailee Jorgenson, Sherry Laliberte (former member), Sarah Lewis, Becca Matusovich

Seated Row: Tracey Jowett, Dee Kerry, Ayla Burke (former member), Kalie Hess

Not Pictured: Kate Christiansen

Board of Directors: Andy Klingenstein, President; Dr. Barbara Crowley; Dr. Steve Mills; Eliot Brenner; Morgan Hynd; Becca Matusovich (ex-officio).

Board of Directors

L-R: Andy Klingenstein, President; Dr. Barbara Crowley; Becca Matusovich (ex-officio); Dr. Steve Mills. 

Not Pictured: Eliot Brenner; Morgan Hynd

Staff: Becca Matusovich (Executive Director), Kalie Hess (Associate Director), Emilie Knight (Maine Dental Connection & Grants Management Lead), Molly Williams (Data & Impact Communications Lead)

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L-R, Molly Williams, Kalie Hess, Becca Matusovich, Emilie Knight

Supporting Organization: A small 501(c)3 non-profit organization provides backbone support for the Network. The official legal name of the 501(c)3 is the Harry E. Davis Partnership for Children's Oral Health in honor of Dr. Harry Davis, who was a beloved Maine pediatrician and the chief of pediatrics at Mercy Hospital from 1943-1963. Dr. Davis was the inspiration behind the creation of the Sadie & Harry Davis Foundation, core funder of COHN from the beginning.