Dr. Ryan Hajek (Council Bluffs) was installed as the 162nd IDA President on Wednesday, May 7 in Des Moines. Dr. Brett Kessler, ADA President, swore in Dr. Hajek and his fellow IDA officers, IDA President-Elect Dr. Shawn Hedlund (Iowa City) and IDA Vice President Dr. Ammon Anderson (Sioux City), as well as the following members of the IDA Board of Trustees:

• Dr. Brian Kim (Davenport District) 
• Dr. Kevin Baker (Des Moines District)
• Dr. Joe Zuccaro (Dubuque District)
• Dr. Shaun O'Neill (Fort Dodge District)
• Dr. Scott Wilson (North Central District)
• Dr. Tim DeStigter (Northwest District)
• Dr. William Wever (Southeast District)
• Dr. Teddy Schaefer (Southwest District)
• Dr. Scott Anderson (University District)
• Dr. Michael Stufflebeam (Waterloo District)
• Dr. Zach Johnson (Co-Chair New Dentist Committee)
• Dr. Chris Bogue (IDA Immediate Past President)

IDA leadership would like to recognize the IDA members concluding their terms on the IDA Board of Trustees:

• Dr. Carolyn Larsen (Bettendorf), Davenport District Dental Society Trustee 2019-2025. 
• Dr. Nathan Heubner (Burlington), Southeast District Dental Society Trustee 2019-2025. 
• Dr. Alyssa Darling (Ottumwa), New Dentist Committee Co-Chair 2024-2025 
• Dr. James Larsen (Bettendorf), IDA Past President. Dr. Larsen is concluding over a decade of service on the IDA Board of Trustees. He was the Davenport District Dental Society Trustee from 2011-2019, and an officer from 2021-2025.

Please join us in celebrating the current and past IDA leadership for their commitment to improving dentistry in Iowa!