MEET OUR EXECUTIVE CABINET
ADRIANA ZELAYA
Executive Board Position: Co-President
Year: Class of 2025
Hometown: Pheonix, Arizona
Favorite Quote: ""You could be the king, but watch the Queen conquer" -Nicki Minaj
Favorite Dental School Memory: Every single ASDA Conference! I can't possibly pick just one because I have so many crazy, fun, unbelievable memories from my time in ASDA! (Especially when my co-president did a split in the middle of the dance floor at Annual Session)!
PRIDHVI GADIRAJU
Executive Board Position: Co-President
Year: Class of 2025
Hometown: Cary, NC
Favorite Quote: "LISTEN and SILENT are spelled with the same letters. Coincidence? I think not."
Favorite Dental School Memory: D1 Class Thanksgiving! It was so wholesome 🥹
ELMIRA HEZARKHANI
Executive Board Position: Co-Vice President (NCDS Liaison)
Year: Class of 2026
Hometown: Chicago
Favorite Quote: “Success is only meaningful and enjoyable if it feels like your own.” — Michelle Obama.
Favorite Dental School Memory: Dent Ball!!
YSABELLA GALLO
Executive Board Position: Co-Vice President (Treasurer)
Year: Class of 2026
Hometown: Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Favorite Quote: “I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.” -Maya Angelou
Favorite Dental School Memory: Dentball D1 year!
ANDREW NAGUIB
Executive Board Position: D1 Representative
Year: Class of 2027
Hometown: Charlotte, NC
Favorite Quote: “People won't remember what you say but how you made them feel."
Favorite Dental School Memory: Game Nights with my classmates
MEET THE REST OF OUR ASDA BOARD
DRAKE IMHOFF
Committee Chair Position: Advocacy
Year: Class of 2026
Hometown: Barrington, IL
Favorite Quote: “Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent." ― Calvin Coolidge
Favorite Dental School Memory: Dentball
KATIE HOEG
Committee Chair Position: Communications -Social Media
Year: Class of 2025
Hometown: Mattituck, NY
Favorite Quote: My favorite saying is “20 seconds of courage.” It’s a great reminder to stay composed under pressure and have self-belief while aiming to exhaust your potential.
Favorite Dental School Memory: Getting to be a provider for my first patient
JORDAN ROGERS
Committee Chair Position: Communications - Webmaster
Year: Class of 2025
Hometown: Lindenhurst, NY
Favorite Quote: "Happiness can be found, even in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light."
Favorite Dental School Memory: Being selected as a SHAC coordinator. Serving patients in need every Wednesday evening has been such a privilege and highlight of my dental school memories. 🙂
BREE SMITH
Committee Chair Position: Communications - Publisher
Year: Class of 2025
Hometown: Wake Forest, NC
Favorite Quote: “You can do hard things."
Favorite ASDA Memory: My favorite memory while in dental school is volunteering at outreach clinics and being able to provide free care to people who really need it.
CATHERINE BINGHAM
Committee Chair Position: Community Outreach
Year: Class of 2026
Hometown: Virginia Beach, VA
Favorite Quote: “No one cares how much you know until they know how much you care” -Theodore Roosevelt.
Favorite Dental School Memory: Dent Ball with all of my best friends was by far one of my favorite memories!
ANGELA CHEN
Committee Chair Position: Community Outreach
Year: Class of 2026
Hometown: Wilson, NC
Favorite Quote: "Asking for help is a sign of strength."
Favorite Dental School Memory: Halloween Party last year seeing everyone dress up was so cute!
BERNARD SILVERSTEIN
Committee Chair Position: Diversity & Inclusion
Year: Class of 2025
Hometown: Queens, New York
Favorite Quote: "If you want something you have never had, you must be willing to do something you have never done."
Favorite Dental School Memory: Annual class Thanksgiving potlucks 🙂
GRACE XU
Committee Chair Position: Diversity & Inclusion
Year: Class of 2026
Hometown: Augusta, Georgia
Favorite Quote: "Don't let perfection be the enemy of good."
Favorite Dental School Memory: Eating out with my big and the rest of our family.
KARLEIGH BULLARD
Committee Chair Position: Events
Year: Class of 2025
Hometown: Greensboro, NC
Favorite Quote: Be comfortable with being uncomfortable, because that is how you positively progress to making your dreams become a reality! "If you keep on believing the dreams that you wish will come true!"
Favorite Dental School Memory GKAS 2023! Got to spread magic, pixie dust, and smiles to all of the precious pediatric patients while being the Tar Heel Tooth Fairy! <3
BAILEY PETERSON
Committee Chair Position: Events
Year: Class of 2026
Hometown: Cary, NC
Favorite Quote: "If you ain’t first, you’re last."
Favorite Dental School Memory: Going to a Pitbull concert with a group of my classmates
MADDY DINKINS
Committee Chair Position: Fundraising
Year: Class of 2025
Hometown: Schertz, TX
Favorite Quote: “Be somebody that makes everybody feel like a somebody.” 🙂
Favorite Dental School Memory: My favorite memory so far is our white coat ceremony. It was so special to see all my classmates reach an incredible milestone!
KATHY ZHOU
Committee Chair Position: Fundraising
Year: Class of 2026
Hometown: Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Favorite Quote: "Hang in there, tomorrow is a new day."
Favorite Dental School Memory: Meeting my closest friends and spending time with them!
JEANIE CHUNG
Committee Chair Position: Pre-Dental Outreach
Year: Class of 2025
Hometown: South Korea
Favorite Quote: "The Lord bless you and keep you"-Numbers 6:24
Favorite Dental School Memory: Getting to start UNC ASoD's first Mobile Dental Clinic, SMILE Mobile Clinic!
TRACE GLOVER
Committee Chair Positon: Pre-Dental Outreach
Year: Class of 2026
Hometown: Star, NC
Favorite Quote: "If it was easy, everyone would be doing it."
Favorite Dental School Memory: Giving local anesthetic injections to my classmates
SHELLY GUO
Committee Chair Position: Vendor
Year: Class of 2025
Hometown: Roanoke rapids, NC
Favorite Quote:
Favorite Dental School Memory: Celebrating white coat and family day with friends, classmates, and family was an amazing memory!
AARON JOHNSON
Committee Chair Position: Vendor
Year: Class of 2025
Hometown: Wilmington, NC
Favorite Quote: “Education is not the learning of facts, but the training of the mind to think.” - Albert Einstein
Favorite Dental School Memory: Attending the ASDA D4 District Conference in 2024. It was a great learning and networking experience, and it really energized me about my future in dentistry!
KYLA AUGUSTINE
Committee Chair Position: Wellness
Year: Class of 2026
Hometown: St. Charles, Illinois
Favorite Quote: "Everything is as good or bad as you make it"
Favorite Dental School Memory: I really liked seeing everyone all dressed up and having fun at the halloween party!
RACHEL LOCKLEAR
Committee Chair Position: Wellness
Year: Class of 2025
Hometown: Wilmington, NC
Favorite Quote: "Choose people who lift you up. Find people who will make you better." - Michelle Obama
Favorite Dental School Memory: Beating Duke in the Final Four my first year of dental school and rushing Franklin Street with everyone!! Having attended UNC for undergrad, it was so special to share this Carolina tradition with my new dental school friends.