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Elizabeth Shapiro, DDS, JD

Interim Executive Director
American Dental Association
Chicago, Illinois, United States

Dr. Betsy Shapiro is the Interim Executive Director of the American Dental Association.

Previously, Dr. Shapiro held the role of Chief of Governance and Strategy Management. Her work in that role focused on the operations of the Board of Trustees and the House of Delegates, governance issues, and strategy management, as well as oversight of the ADA Foundation and the Strategic Finance Committee.

Earlier work at the ADA includes Senior Director of the ADA’s Center for Dental Practice Policy, where her work focused on the Council for Dental Practice and any related dental practice issues. In addition, Dr. Shapiro’s ADA work experience includes launching and leading the Center for Professional Success. She practiced general dentistry in a rural Illinois community before coming to the ADA. Dr. Shapiro earned her D.D.S. from the University of Illinois College of Dentistry and her J.D. from Northern Illinois University’s College of Law. She holds the designation of Certified Association Executive from the American Society of Association Executives and is a fellow of both the American and International College of Dentists.

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