Dr. Jack Dillenberg joins ATSU leaders at ADEA for Gies Award event

Dr. Jack Dillenberg joins the other 2014 Gies Award winners on stage in San Antonio during the Gies Award Gala.

ASDOH was selected as the 2014 William J. Gies Award recipient for the most innovative dental school in North America. ASDOH and ATSU leaders joined Dr. Jack Dillenberg at the Gies Award Gala to accept this prestigious award.

ASDOH staff and ATSU leaders celebrate at a pre-gala event.

After returning to Phoenix, Dr. Dillenberg went on to San Diego to evaluate potential dental clinic sites for the proposed ASDOH branch campus in San Diego County. Later in the week, he returned to Southern California to attend the Annenberg Foundation Alchemy Seminar for nonprofit organization board chairman and executive directors in his role as board chair for the Center for Oral Health.

"Leadership requires courage - for a turtle to go forward, he has to stick his neck out!" Dr. Jack Dillenberg