Chris Bogue (Carroll) was installed as the 161st IDA President on Wednesday, May 1, in Coralville. Dr. Linda Edgar, ADA President, swore in Dr. Bogue and his fellow IDA officers, IDA President-Elect Dr. Ryan Hajek (Council Bluffs) and IDA Vice President Dr. Shawn Hedlund (Iowa City), as well as the following members of the IDA Board of Trustees:

• Dr. Carolyn Larsen (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. Ammon Anderson (Northwest District)
• Dr. Nathan Heubner (Southeast District)
• Dr. Teddy Schaefer (Southwest District) 
• Dr. Scott Anderson (University District ) 
• Dr. Michael Stufflebeam (Waterloo District)
• Dr. Alyssa Darling (Ottumwa) (Co-Chair New Dentist Committee)
• Dr. James Larsen (Davenport) (IDA Immediate Past President)
  

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

• Dr. Sara Stuefen (Vinton), University District Dental Society Trustee, who is concluding her term on the Board to take on the role as ADA 10th District Trustee, beginning in October. Dr. Stuefen will succeed Dr. Scott Morrison (Nebraska) in the role of ADA Trustee, and the Board would like to thank him for his work on behalf of Iowa dentists. 
• Dr. Cary Jackson (Council Bluffs), Southwest District Dental Society Trustee. 
• Dr. Lauren Daufeldt (DeWitt) New Dentist Committee Co-Chair on the Board. Under her leadership, the committee doubled in size and implemented a fall social in Iowa City. 
• IDA Past President, Dr. John Arend (Independence), who is concluding a decade of service on the IDA Board of Trustees. He was the Waterloo District Dental Society Trustee from 2014 to 2020, and an officer from 2020 to 2024. 

 Please join us in celebrating the current and past IDA leadership for their work on behalf of dentistry in Iowa!