Current Location: Delta Dental Home Page > Public Benefit Program > Foundation Board
July 29, 2010
Delta Dental of Iowa Foundation Board of Directors

The Delta Dental of Iowa Foundation Board of Directors has nine members representing various oral health stakeholders. The Board meets two times per year and has an annual planning retreat. Board members serve three-year terms and are eligible to be elected to four terms.

Current Delta Dental of Iowa Foundation Board of Directors include:
Foundation Chair: John Kearns, DDS, is a practicing dentist at Fleur Dentistry in Des Moines. He received both his Bachelors of Science and his Doctor of Dental Surgery degree from the University of Iowa. He holds an MBA from the University of Chicago. Foundation Vice Chair: Kathy Bradley  has served as the Executive Director and President of Mid-Iowa Health Foundation in Des Moines since it began operations in 1984. 
Foundation President: Donn Hutchins is the President & CEO of Delta Dental of Iowa. Donn received his Bachelor of Arts from the University of Vermont and his MBA from the University of Virginia. Donn has been with Delta Dental of Iowa since 1999.

Executive Director: Suzanne Heckenlaible is the Director of Government & Community Relations of Delta Dental of Iowa.  Suzanne has a Bachelor's Degree from Augustana College (Rock Island, IL) and Masters in Public Administration from Drake University. She has been with Delta Dental of Iowa since 2006

Foundation Treasurer/Secretary: Cheryl Harding is Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Delta Dental of Iowa. Cheryl is a graduate of The Ohio State University. Cheryl joined Delta Dental in 2007.
 Steve Hedlund, DDS is currently retired from his dental practice in Iowa City.  Dr. Hedlund received his Bachelor of Science degree from Iowa Wesleyan and Doctor of Dental Surgery degree from the University of Iowa.
David Johnsen, DDS, MS, has been the Dean of the University of Iowa College of Dentistry since 1995. Dr. Johnson received his Doctor of Dental Surgery degree from the University of Michigan and his Master of Science degree in Pediatric Dentistry from the University of Iowa. Jennifer Lightbody is the Executive Director of People's Community Health Clinic in Waterloo.  She received her Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Northern Iowa and her Master of Arts in Hospital and Health Administration from the University of Iowa.
Jeff Plagge is the Chairman, CEO and President of Midwest Heritage Bank and an officer of Hy-Vee, Inc. Jeff received his Bachelor of Science degree from Iowa State University and completed graduate school in banking in Colorado. He is also the Chairman of Delta Dental of Iowa. Robert Russell, DDS, MPH, is the Dental Director for the Iowa Department of Public Health in Des Moines. Dr. Russell received his Bachelor of Science degree from Grand Valley State University, his Doctor of Dental Surgery at Loyola University (Chicago, IL), and his Masters of Public Health from the University of Michigan.

Ed Schooley, DDS, MHA, is the Vice President & Dental Director at Delta Dental of Iowa.  He received his Doctor of Dental Surgery degree from the University of Iowa and Masters in Health Administration from the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center.