Advisory Board (Oral Health Advisor)

Connect and inspire with the COHA Advisory Board

We are happy to announce that the COHA Advisory Board is back!  If you or a fellow COHA member are interested in making a difference in products and services Colgate provides, consider applying  to the COHA Advisory Board.  As a member of the board you will have the opportunity to join other COHAs from across the nation during a 2 day event at Colgate’s Global Technology Center in Piscataway, New Jersey. This year’s board meeting will be held October 2-3.  Members sit on the board for a 12 month period following the meeting.

Applications are closed for the 2023 Advisory Board.




Members of the 2019 COHA Advisory Board

L-R Front Row:
Beronica Cruz Hamill, RDH; BS Stacey Kenny, RDH
L-R Second Row:

Ann Eshenaur Spolarich, RDH, PhD,FSCDH; Tess Black, RDH,BS-COHA Host
L-R Third Row:

Anna Orzol, RDH, BS; Michelle Florin, RDH,BS
L-R Fourth Row:

Shanda Hammond, RDH,BS; Debbi Viger, RDH,BHS; Maricela Mendez, RDH, BS; Toroda Stanley, RDH
L-R Fifth Row:
Ryan Rutar, RDH, MAM; Amber Beck, RDH, BS

The Experience of a COHA Advisory Board Member

Day 1
1. Welcome and Introductions
2. Colgate—Who We Are
3. Clinical Research Process
4. Toothbrush Research Tour
5. Toothbrushes Discussion
6. Facility Tour With Demos
7. Gingivitis Mini-clinic
8. Colgate and COHA Group Dinner

Day 2
1. Fluorides Mini-clinic
2. Sensitivity Mini-clinic
3. Optimizing Support of the Hygiene Profession
4. Partnering to Inspire Better Oral Health
5. Good-byes and Departures