Senate Majority Policy Committee
Wednesday, June 18, 2025 | 1 p.m.
Lehigh Carbon Community College
Morgan Center
234 High Street
Tamaqua, PA
Agenda
1:00 p.m. Welcome and Opening Remarks
Senator David G. Argall, Chairman
Senate Majority Policy Committee
1:10 p.m. Panel One
Kaitlyn Goode, Data Visualization Specialist & Laura Dimino, Ph.D., Assistant Director – Testimony, Supporting Doc
Center for Rural Pennsylvania
Helen Hawkey, Executive Director – Testimony
PA Coalition for Oral Health
Jessica Brennan, BSDH, RDH, PHDHP, CDA – Testimony
Tamaqua Rural Health Clinic
Dr. Maria Taceloskey – Testimony
PA Dental Association
2:10 p.m. Panel Two
Karen Clark, MSN, RN, Director of Nursing – Testimony
Lehigh Carbon Community College
Karen B. Rainey, DMD, Director of Dental Health – Testimony
Luzerne County Community College
Michael C. Verber, DMD, FICOI, CEO & Chairman – Testimony, Supporting Doc
Verber Dental Group
3:10 p.m. Panel Three
Amid Ismail, BDS, MPH, MBA, DrPH – Testimony
Dean and Lura Carnell Professor
Temple University Kornberg School of Dentistry
Marnie Oakley, DMD, Dean & Jim Earle, EdD, MBA, Vice Dean of Operations
University of Pittsburgh School of Dental Medicine
Joan I. Gluch, Ph.D., PHDHP, RDH – Testimony
Professor, Clinical Community Oral Health
Division of Community Oral Health
Associate Dean of Academic Policies
University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine
4:00 p.m. Closing Remarks and Adjournment
Additional Testimonies
The Hospital and Healthsystem Association of Pennsylvania