Michele Reeder named Senior Vice President, Affiliate Services

CHICAGO, April 24, 2024 — The American Dental Association (ADA) is pleased to announce that Ms. Michele Reeder has been named Senior Vice President, Affiliate Services. In this role, Reeder will lead the affiliate organization relations, dental school partnerships and service to state and local dental societies.

“Michele is committed to excellence and is passionate about the evolution of organized dentistry and its role in advancing oral health,” said Raymond Cohlmia, D.D.S., Executive Director of the ADA. “The Association’s business outcomes are driven by the satisfaction of our members and everyone who finds value in what the ADA provides. As Senior Vice President of Affiliate Services, she will be instrumental in enhancing this principle to serve our professional community.”

Reeder founded the Fifth Floor Group, LLC, and has provided consulting services to the ADA since September 2023.

“For the past many months, I have witnessed and admired the ADA’s commitment to growth in service of organized dentistry and public oral health,” said Reeder. “I look forward to further supporting the Association’s mission by strengthening partnerships and fostering opportunities for greater member engagement.”

In her former role as the Executive Director for the Nevada Dental Association, Reeder led all operations and fostered a culture of diversity. At SBI Association Management, she increased client satisfaction, retention and overall profitability. Reeder also served as the Executive Director for the American Academy of Oral Medicine/American Board of Oral Medicine Pacific Coast Reproductive Society and the Director of Corporate Outreach at the Center for Excellence in Higher Education. She spent two decades as CEO of Thermal Material Systems/Fireblankets, Inc.

Reeder graduated Summa Cum Laude with a bachelor's degree in business administration from Stevens-Henager College.

About the American Dental Association
The not-for-profit ADA is the nation's largest dental association, representing 159,000 dentist members. The premier source of oral health information, the ADA has advocated for the public's health and promoted the art and science of dentistry since 1859. The ADA's state-of-the-art research facilities develop and test dental products and materials that have advanced the practice of dentistry and made the patient experience more positive. The ADA Seal of Acceptance has long been a valuable and respected guide to consumer dental care products. The Journal of the American Dental Association (JADA), published monthly, is the ADA's flagship publication and the best-read scientific journal in dentistry. For more information about the ADA, visit ADA.org. For more information on oral health, including prevention, care and treatment of dental disease, visit the ADA's consumer website MouthHealthy.org.

The ADA Forsyth Institute was founded in 1910 as the Forsyth Dental Infirmary for Children (later, the Forsyth Institute), to provide dental care to the disadvantaged children of Boston. While continuing to serve children in need, yet recognizing the ultimate goal is to prevent dental disease, the Institute in 1915 began to focus on scientific research and is today the world’s leader in oral health research. In October of 2023, the Institute joined with the American Dental Association to form the ADA Forsyth Institute, a 501(c)(3) entity dedicated to improving people’s oral and overall health and powering the profession of dentistry through cutting-edge basic research, creative translational science, innovative clinical technologies, and global public health outreach. Consistent with the Institute’s founding mission, the ADA ForsythKids mobile dental program continues to serve children in need.