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The Predental Advisory Committee develops and provides feedback on predental student focused initiatives. They work closely with the predental consultant, and provide insight into ASDA’s predental members.

The advisory committee comprises the predental consultant and five predental members. 

  • The predental consultant oversees the committee and serves as liaison between the Predental Advisory Committee and the Council on Membership.
  • Predental committee members participate in all conference calls.
Current members
  • Sonali Lallu, predental consultant
  • Anabel Alvarez, committee member
  • Meghana Bhat, committee member
  • Amour Elliott, committee member
  • Aditi Gadhvi, committee member
  • Zhaolin Zuo, committee member
  • Lilliane Smothers, staff liaison 
Annual Report
Position Descriptions

Applications for 2020-21 Predental positions are now closed.

Predental Consultant

Term Length: Annual Session 2020 - Annual Session 2021

Eligibility Requirements

  1. Must be an active predental member at the time of application and throughout the term of office (applications will not be accepted from predental members who will start dental school during their term).
  2. Must be able to attend all required meetings listed below and conference calls when necessary.
  3. Will complete projects or resolutions assigned by the House of Delegates or Board of Trustees.
  4. Must be able to complete assignments and responsibilities by established deadlines.
Meetings

Must attend and actively participate in the following meetings (Click here for exact dates):

  • Spring Council Meeting 2020
  • Fall Council Meeting 2020
  • National Leadership Conference 2020
  • Annual Session 2021
Responsibilities

Predental member benefit strategy

  • Provides feedback to staff on new resources, benefits and communications for predental members.
  • Stays up-to-date on changes to dental school application process and communicates changes to staff.
Predental recruitment and engagement strategy

  • Helps promote and recruit predental members.
Committee management

  • Serves as a non-voting consultant to the Council on Membership to provide council with insight into the unique needs of ASDA’s predental members.
  • Supervises the activities of the Predental Advisory Committee.
  • Works with staff to generate call agendas.
  • Mentors committee members.
  • Assists with orientation and transition of new committee members.

 

Predental Advisory Committee

Term Length: Annual Session 2020 - Annual Session 2021

Eligibility Requirements

  1. Must be an active predental member at the time of application and throughout the term of office (applications will not be accepted from predental members who will start dental school during their term).
  2. Completes projects or resolutions assigned by the House of Delegates or Board of Trustees.
  3. Must be able to complete assignments and responsibilities by established deadlines.
Meetings

  • Conference calls as needed
Responsibilities

Predental member benefit oversight

  • Provides feedback to staff on new resources, benefits and communications for predental members.
  • Stays up-to-date on changes to dental school application process and communicates changes to staff.
Predental recruitment and engagement strategy

  • Helps promote and recruit predental members.

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