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Glendale Dentist Elected President of Arizona Dental Association
Scottsdale AZ, March 10, 2010: During its March 6, 2010 House of Delegates session at the Phoenix Convention Center, members of the Arizona Dental Association (AzDA) elected Mark B. Hughes, DDS to serve as President for 2010. Also elected were Vice President Gary O. Jones, DDS (Mesa); Treasurer Allison B. House, DMD (Phoenix); and Speaker of the House Lisa A. Lear, DDS (Tucson). Dr. Hughes was born in Highland, IL, a small rural town (pop. 9,400) located approximately 30 miles from St. Louis, MO. He earned his undergraduate degree from the University of Kansas and his DDS from the University of Missouri-Kansas City. He became licensed to practice dentistry in Arizona in 1984, the same year he opened his General Dentistry practice in Glendale (July 16). Dr. Hughes’ service to organized dentistry began when he joined the American Student Dental Association, which elected him National Vice President 1983-84. Since then he has served in many capacities including but not limited to President of the Central Arizona Dental Society, Alternate Delegate to the ADA, AzDA Board Liaison to Midwestern University School of Dental Medicine (Glendale, AZ), AzDA Council on Budget and Planning, AzDA Council on Nominations and Elections, and Board of Directors of AzDA Services, Inc., the wholly owned subsidiary of the Arizona Dental Association. Dr. Hughes and Mrs. Kris Hughes will celebrate their 33rd wedding anniversary in August 2010. The couple has raised four soccer champion daughters: Brooke (high school science teacher), Brean (salon owner), Lauren (3rd grade teacher), and Shannon (currently completing her accounting degree). The Hughes’ also have two grandsons, Mason (16 months) and Carson (5 months). As President of the Arizona Dental Association, Dr. Hughes will represent AzDA to government agencies and civic/professional organizations. He will serve on association councils and committees, appoint chairs to those groups, serve as a Delegate to the American Dental Association, and write columns for the association’s publication. Available for interviews, Dr. Hughes can be reached at (623) 776-1113. To request a photo of Dr. Hughes, email us here |