Dental Assisting Professional Certificate
Meet the Faculty

Donna Clougherty, RDH, MEd.

Donna is the Department Head for Dental Auxiliaries, she is a graduate of The Forsyth School For Dental Hygienist. She earned a BA from Notre Dame college and a Masters Degree in Education from Plymouth State University. She has experience in private practice dental hygiene and in public health.

Catherine Brock, RDH, BS, Program Coordinator Dental Assisting

Catherine is a graduate of the NHTI's Dental Hygiene program. She went on to the College for Lifelong Learning to earn a BS in Education and a M.Ed. from Plymouth State University. She is currently pursuing a Master's Degree. She has fifteen years as a dental assistant and ten years as a hygienist in private practice. She worked six years as an adjunct professor before taking on a full-time position working with both Dental Hygiene and Dental Assisting students at NHTI.

Lisa Scott, CDA, RDH, BS

Lisa became a certified dental assistant in 1987. She graduated from the dental hygiene program at NHTI in 1994 with an Associate's Degree. In 2005 she graduated from Granite State College with a BS in Applied Technology in Education and Training. She is currently enrolled in the M.Ed. program at Plymouth State College for Health Education.

Roderic Caron Jr., DMD.

Roderic is a graduate of St. Anselm's College and holds a DMD from Tufts University School of Dental Medicine. He Has practiced in both private practice and public health settings since his graduation from Tufts in 1983. He has held faculty appointments at Tufts University School of Dental Medicine, and Boston University Goldman School of Graduate Dentistry. He has been associated with NHTI since 1988 (outside clinical rotation preceptor), and has been on faculty full-time at NHTI since 1998 as Professor and Supervising Dentist in both the Dental Hygiene and Dental Assisting Programs.

Marissa Gilligan, Program Coordinator (Full Time)

Marissa joined the Allied Dental Education Programs in 2005. She graduated from Rutland Business School and previously worked as an International Claims Representative for YBP Library Services.

Adjunct Faculty

Lynn Noonan, RDH

Lynn graduated from the NHTI in 1976 with an Associate's Degree. She works as an adjunct in the Dental Assisting program and works in private practice.