Alyssa Aberle, MBA, RDH, CDIPC

Alyssa Aberle has spent her dental hygiene career working with several local nonprofit organizations, including Kids In Need of Dentistry, Salud Family Health Centers, Colorado Orthodontic Foundation, and STRIDE Community Health Center. Through her work within these organizations, she decided to increase her knowledge of business operations and management to complement her clinical background. A 2009 graduate of the University of Colorado’s (CU) Dental Hygiene Program, Alyssa earned a Master of Business Administration from the Leeds School of Business at CU Boulder in 2013.

Over the past 11 years, she has overseen a school-based dental program, worked in the medical/dental integration program, practiced clinical hygiene within the dental clinic setting, and served as an infection control coordinator. Recently, she began working for a dental hygienist-owned mobile practice serving temporary housing shelters and substance use transitional housing and rehabilitation residences. In addition to her clinical role, Alyssa works part-time for the Colorado Dental Hygienists’ Association as the executive director. She has played a variety of roles in the professional association and is passionate about advocacy, advancing the profession of dental hygiene, and increasing access to preventive dental care for underserved communities.

Gregory Holder, MPH

Mr. Holder serves as a Policy Analyst at the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion in the Division of Oral Health, where he analyzes state and local legislation and other health policy to determine its impact on oral health, the use of infection prevention guidelines, and responds to public inquiries. Mr. Holder is recognized as an insightful, engaging public speaker, and serves as a docent at the David J. Sencer CDC Museum, volunteering his time to act as an ambassador for CDC to students, public health professionals, and the public by providing tours to guests on the history and current activities of the CDC. He earned a Master of Public Health in Analysis and Management with a focus in infectious disease epidemiology from East Carolina University in Greenville, NC, and a Bachelor of Political Science focusing on constitutional law from Piedmont College in Demorest, GA.

Kimberly Grensavitch, MJ, BA, RDH

Kim Grensavitch is a Registered Dental Hygienist with a master’s degree in Health Care Law and has been in the dental field since 1999. She also earned the OSAP-DALE Foundation Dental Infection Prevention and Control Certificate™. She served as a Quality Assurance leader for a large accredited dental organization in WI prior to her current role as the Director of Client Learning with the AAAHC. She is passionate about patient safety and has spoken, and been published, nationally on infection control in dentistry. She is dedicated to public health and helped start a free dental clinic in her community in 2015 and continues to serve on their Board of Directors. Kim also enjoys promoting patient safety in the dental infection control industry through publications, speaking engagements, and serving on the Organization for Safety, Asepsis, and Prevention (OSAP) Board of Directors.

Disclosures: No relevant financial relationships to disclose.

Michele Neuburger, DDS, MPH

Dr. Neuburger is a dental officer in CDC’s Division of Oral Health. Dr. Neuburger joined the division in February 2015, where she focuses on issues related to infection prevention and control and dental public health. She holds a Doctor of Dental Surgery degree from the University of Michigan School of Dentistry and a Master of Public Health degree from the Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University located in Atlanta, Georgia. In addition, she completed a dental public health residency and a research fellowship at CDC and is a Diplomate of the American Board of Dental Public Health.

Michelle Strange, MSDH, RDH, CDIPC

Michelle Strange has more than two decades of dental expertise, beginning as a dental assistant and completing a bachelor’s degree in health science from the Medical University of South Carolina and a master’s in dental hygiene education from the University of Bridgeport. She continues to invest in ongoing education, earning the OSAP-DALE Foundation Dental Infection Prevention and Control Certificate™ and the Certified in Dental Infection Prevention and Control certification. Her community and global endeavors demonstrate her passion for dentistry, from volunteer work to worldwide missions. She is the owner of Level Up Infection Prevention, MichelleStrangeRDH, a practicing dental hygienist, and was the co-founder of A Tale of Two Hygienists podcast.