Board & Bios
ODDS Board of Directors
2011 - 2012 Members of the ODDS Board of Directors
- Joe Hurd, DDS - President beginning July 1, 2011
Orthodontist and Dentofacial Orthopedics
Joined Board July 1, 2010 as President-Elect
President's term begins July 1, 2011 and ends June 30, 2012
8900 South 84th Street
Papillion, NE 68046(402) 399-0506
Email jhgr8smile@earthlink.net
- John Thomas, DMD, MPA - President-Elect beginning July 1, 2011
Joined ODDS Board July 1, 2008 – June 30, 2010
Board Member
General Practice
Office: 8601 Harrison Street, La Vista, NE 68128-2935
Office phone: 331-9500
Office fax: 597-3228
Email: DrThomas@omahadistrictds.com -
Scott Morrison, DDS - Past PresidentJoined Board 1990 – current
Board Secretary (1990 – June 1, 2009)
President-Elect (July 1, 2009 –June 30, 2010)
Periodontist
Office: 624 N. 129th St, Omaha NE 68154
Office phone: 431-8688
Office fax: 492-9782
Email: DrMorrison@omahadistrictds.com - Gary Westerman, DDS -- Co-Treasurer
Joined ODDS Board 1988 – current
Board Treasurer (1988-current)
Pediatric Dentistry / Professor and Chair of the Department of Community and Preventive Dentistry.Creighton University
Office: 2500 California Street, Omaha NE 68178
Office phone: 280-5001
E-mail: DrWesternan@omahadistrictds.com -
Dennis Anderson, DDS -- Co-Treasurer EX OFFICIO Joined ODDS Board July 1, 2007.
Chairman, Intra-professional Advisory Committee (July 1, 2008 – current);
Co-Treasurer (July 1, 2009 – current).
Periodontist.
Office: 3635 N. 129 St, Omaha NE 68164
Office phone: 493-9439
Office Fax: 493-4746
Email: DrAnderson@omahadistrictds.com - Kathy DeFord DDS ---- Board Secretary
Joined Board July 1, 2010
Term expires July 1, 2012
General dentist - Taryn Chesire, DDS
Board term July 1, 2010 - June 30, 2012
General Practice
Veteran's Administration - Gene Gaspard, DDS
Board term July 1, 2011 - July 1, 2013
Board Member
General Dentist - Ben Hardy, DDS
Joined ODDS Board July 1, 2010 through June 30, 2012.
General Pracice
Email: DrHardy@omahadistrictds.com - Michael Hermsen, DDS
Board term July 1, 2010 - June 30, 2012
Endodontist - Ken Hermsen, DDS -- Ex Officio President of the Nebraska Dental Association
- Stephanie Lake, DDS
Term begins July 1, 2011
General Dentist
Fremont, NE -
Marty Matz, DDS - Ex Officio, Trustee to NDA BoardJoined Board July 1, 2006 – June 2009
ODDS President 2007-2008
Past-President (2008-2009)
Chairman, Community Dentistry Committee (2007-present)
Chairman, Bylaws Committee (2008-Present)
General Practice
Office: 10810 Prairie Hills Drive, Omaha NE 68124
Office phone: 397-8050
Office fax: 397-3566
Email: DrMatz@omahadistrictds.com - Stuart McNally, DDS -- Dental Representative on the Douglas County (NE) Board of Health
Joined Board July 1, 2009-June 30, 2010
Second Term July 1, 2010 - June 30, 2011
Third Term July 1, 2011 - June 30, 2012
Ex-Officio 2007-2009
Dentistry / Oral Health Representative, Douglas County Board of Health (2007-current)
General Practice.
Office: 14202 Y Street, Omaha NE 68137
Office phone: 895-2085
Email: DrMcNally@omahadistrictds.com - Diane Ochuba, DDS -- EX OFFICIO
Chairman of the Necrology Committee
Board Member (2007-2009)
Delegate to NDA House
