The Dental Trade Alliance announced its 2026 Board of Directors following the election held during the Annual Meeting of Members on November 3, 2025, in Lost Pines, Texas. Scot Andersen of Ultradent Products, Inc. was selected as board chair.
Five officers were elected for the 2026 term. Scot Andersen will serve as chair; Katy Cohen, president of Benco Dental, will serve as chair elect; Marv Nelson, CEO of A-dec, Inc., will serve as first vice chair; Tom Richardson, president of Atlanta Dental Supply, will serve as treasurer; and Sandi Hirsch, president and CEO of Zyris, Inc., will serve as immediate past chair.
Five new at-large directors begin their first three-year terms: Linda Bellisario, chief revenue officer at Dental Advisor; Michael Couch, director of marketing, Dental Solutions at Midmark Dental; Steven Kizy, vice president and general manager US Dental at Henry Schein Dental; Jordan Lorenz, vice president of marketing and sales at Dental City; and Jinesh Patel, CEO and co-founder of UptimeHealth. Glen Kendrick, president of Planmeca, and Eric Wenzel, vice president for the United States and Canada at Solventum, were elected to second three-year terms.
Upon his election, Andersen said, “One of the benefits of being a member of the Dental Trade Alliance is how they connect individuals and companies to the information they need to be successful. Information arrives in our email, through texts, radio, and multiple channels through local stations and streaming. A focus for 2026 will include the aggregation of information as it pertains to the dental industry as a whole. The time spent going through various mediums can be better focused if we have information at our fingertips.”
Andersen is vice president of global business development at Ultradent Products, Inc., where he leads a team responsible for mergers and acquisitions, technology licensing and acquisition, and related negotiations. Before joining Ultradent, he was a founder and partner of Oratech LLC, a private label manufacturer of dental products that later became a wholly owned subsidiary of Ultradent. He holds eleven dental patents and earned a Bachelor of Science from Brigham Young University along with continuing education from Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management.
The 2026 DTA Board of Directors includes officers Scot Andersen, Katy Cohen, Marv Nelson, Tom Richardson and Sandi Hirsch; and directors at large Don Bell, vice president of product marketing, North America, at Ivoclar; Linda Bellisario; Matt Berns, general counsel and chief administrative officer at HuFriedyGroup; Michael Couch; Laura Dawson, chief revenue officer at Premier Dental Products Company; Steve Desautel, chief commercial officer at Dental Health Products, Inc.; Karim Khadr, CEO of Septodont; Glen Kendrick; Josh Killian, vice president of marketing at Patterson Dental; Steven Kizy; Jordan Lorenz; Jinesh Patel; Joseph Talanges, president and COO of GC America; Mark Trimmer, vice president of North American consumables at Dentsply Sirona; and Eric Wenzel.
The Dental Trade Alliance is a member-supported trade association of suppliers and service providers within the oral health industry. Its activities include business intelligence resources, education efforts and advocacy focused on operational conditions for companies in the oral care marketplace. The DTA Foundation provides grants and scholarships intended to support access and education.
