Saturday night featured our formal dinner,
the 150 th anniversary gala, arranged by our
Annual Planning Committee Chair, Dr. Lauri
Passeri, and her committee, Dr. Sara Haines,
Dr. Joe Ross, Dr Seth Walbridge and Dr. David
Schimmel. PDA staff created a timeline with
great history and photos. There were many
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania awards to the
PDA on display in the back of the ballroom.
There was a terrific band before dinner and
another after dinner. Everyone enjoyed the
evening.
On Sunday morning, I hosted a breakfast
for the dental students. We laughed and
talked about their future and the future of
organized dentistry. To me they are the future
of dentistry and they are the voices we need
to hear. I enjoyed my year as President and all
the other years leading up to it. I will not be
going away, but I will gladly step aside and
help new members to get involved and
continue to work for new ideas to
become implemented.
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