Leadership

Board of Directors

Deidre Callanan, DC, RDH, MPH, (ex officio), CU School of Dental Medicine

At the University of Colorado School of Dental Medicine,  Dr. Callanan teaches courses that center on understanding the cultural and social determinants of health, implicit bias, and  health equity and equality to pre-doctoral students with the goal of graduating more compassionate and culturally-minded doctors who care for all populations.

In the classroom, Deidre’s goal is to teach in a way that inspires and connects. Learning also takes place outside of the classroom through experiential learning  sessions. In these off-campus site visits, students go into communities to form relationships and understand at the most basic level, the barriers, successes, and issues that populations have in accessing and receiving health care.

Patty Braun, MD, MSPH

Dr. Braun completed her pediatric residency at Yale New Haven Hospital and has been practicing general pediatrics in Colorado for the past 18 years where she serves a largely Hispanic population and teaches residents and students on a daily basis.  She is an Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Family Medicine at the CU Anschutz School of Medicine and a Clinical Associate Professor at the CU School of Dental Medicine.  She conducts oral health disparity research with support from NIH/ NIDCR and various Colorado foundations through the Children’s Outcomes Research and Colorado Native Oral Health Research Programs at the CU Anschutz Medical Center and the Colorado School of Public Health.  She is an active member of the American Academy of Pediatrics Section on Oral Health and the Region 8 and Colorado’s Oral Health Advocate.

Lynn R. Borup

Ms. Borup is the Executive Director of Tri-County Health Network in Telluride.  Tri-County Health Network is a not-for-profit vertical network of healthcare providers within a three county area of west-central Colorado committed to improving the quality and coordination of health and healthcare services by increasing healthcare access and integrative health services at lower costs.  Previous to Tri-County Health Network, Ms. Borup was Vice President of Development for Colorado Choice Health Plans.

Matthew Cassady, Esq. Board Co-Chair

Mr. Cassady has been the Compliance Director at Delta Dental of Colorado since 2013. Delta Dental of Colorado is a nonprofit dental benefits company from which more than half of what it earns goes back to the local community. Previous to Delta Dental of Colorado, Mr. Cassady was Vice President, General Counsel for Staybright Electric in Colorado Springs.

Greg Hill, Esq. Board Co-Chair

For the past year Mr. Hill has served as the Executive Director of the Colorado Dental Association. For the previous 15 years, he was the Assistant Executive Director of the Kansas Dental Association, where he also served for 10 years as the Executive Director of the Kansas Dental Charitable Foundation, the parent organization of KMOM.

Kristy Schmidt

Kristy is the Community Relations and Development Director for Marillac Clinic in Grand Junction and has more than 20 years’ experience in nonprofit health care management. Marillac Clinic is a federally qualified health center that provides wide-scope, quality primary care and dental care services to Mesa County residents.