Heera Chang, DDS, MD, was appointed as the first female dental director of Hawaii Dental Service, a dental benefits provider. 

The Chicago Dental Society named Heather Nash as the organization's seventh executive director and the first female to hold the position. 

Here are two DSOs who recently hired new CEOs:

Liberty Dental Plan has appointed Rosa Roldan, DMD, MD, as the company's new chief dental officer. 

Florham Park, N.J.-based Select Dental Management recently appointed Stephen Saukaitis CEO and added him to the board of directors.

Great Neck, N.Y.-based DSO the Smilist appointed Andrew Mintz as the company's new CEO.

Here are three dental associations and organizations recently announcing new presidents that Becker's has reported on since April 25:

Tom Blake, DDS, has been named president-elect of the Indiana Dental Association, according to an April 28 report by The Waynedale News.

Debra Engelhardt-Nash was elected as the 2023 president of the Academy for Private Dental Practice.

The American Association for Dental, Oral and Craniofacial Research appointed Alexandre Vieira, DDS, PhD, as president for 2023-24.

Velmeni, a dental artificial intelligence company, expanded its dental advisory board with the addition of Edward Zuckerberg, DDS.

Here are three CFO moves that have taken place at dental companies so far in 2023: 

Here are six CEO updates that have taken place in the dental industry so far in 2023: 

Dental artificial intelligence company Overjet appointed Bjorn Freeman-Benson, PhD, to the role of chief technology officer. 

Riverside Oral Surgery in River Edge, N.J., named Butch Marino as its CEO. 

Irving, Texas-based U.S. Oral Surgery Management appointed Todd Koleszar senior vice president of financial planning and analysis.

Cynthia Wong, DMD, was named chair of pediatric dentistry of Eastman Institute for Oral Health at the University of Rochester (N.Y.) Medical Center.

Dental software company Planet DDS named Jennifer Bigelow as its vice president of people. 

Staten Island University Hospital in New York named Joshua Segal, DDS, as chair of the dental medicine department, according to an April 5 report by silive.com.

Here are 36 dental leadership updates that took place in the dental industry during the first quarter of this year: