This week Matt Crespin is joined by Sharlee Burch, RDH, MPH, EdD who is the new ADHA President-Elect! Matt and Dr. Burch talk about her background both in and outside of ADHA and where she hopes to take ADHA once she is President!

Episode Highlights

• Dr. Burch's Journey
• How Dr. Burch is Preparing
• What Excited Dr. Burch most about where ADHA is heading
• Virtual Leadership Development
• Future Challenges

Quotes

"Since 1995 I have consecutively had some kind of position within ADHA"

"I have two wonderful rotten boys that I get to call rotten because they are mine"

"I contract with most of my work so I can set my own schedule"

"My husband reminds him that it took a lot of years and education to get to that point to have the autonomy"

"They often say that the VP year is your learning year"

"I am just going to soak up the opportunity that this is"

"The opportunity for innovation is so wide open"

"Now look at us, we just had a virtual annual conference, we've come so far"

"We were able to accomplish everything in 2 days virtually that we accomplish in 3 days in person"

Links

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