2005 Community Service Award
Kathleen Schleif Roth
Dental School Class of 1974

Dr. Kathy Roth earned her dental degree from Marquette University School of Dentistry in 1974. She has maintained a general practice in West Bend, Wis., since 1974 and was on the part-time faculty at the school from 1974 to 1975 and 1976 to 1977.

Accomplishments

Kathy served as an officer in the Washington-Ozaukee Dental Society, including a term as president in 1990. She was a Wisconsin Dental Association trustee for three years and served as president in 1998.

At the national level, Kathy is currently the 9th district trustee to the American Dental Association. She has served on the ADA’s strategic planning, information technology and diversity committees. She serves on the Presidential Taskforce on International Accreditation and is currently running for office to be president-elect of the American Dental Association.

Kathy has taken a leadership role in the state, chairing the Workforce Study for Dentistry and the WDA-Milwaukee Brewers Fifth Grade Smokeless Tobacco Education Program. She is vice chairman of the National Foundation of Dentistry for the Handicapped — Wisconsin Donated Dental Services Program.

Kathy is also very involved with Marquette, serving on the School of Dentistry Dean’s Advisory Council, Dean’s Search Committee and Building Committee. Since 1996, she has also been involved with the mentorship program that pairs dental students with practicing dentists.