About us

Global Dental Brigades (GDB) is a secular, international network of volunteers who provide preventative and urgent dental care to communities in developing countries.  Our current emphasis is in Honduras with our sister organization, Global Medical Brigades, where in 2008 we served more than 40,000 patients in remote villages without access to health care otherwise.

Global Dental Brigades is a program of Global Brigades, Inc., the world's largest student-led international relief organization.  As a secular, California-based 501c3 nonprofit organization, our mission is to empower students and professionals to provide communities in developing nations with sustainable solutions that improve quality of life while respecting local culture.  Currently more than 1,500 volunteers from 50 of our university clubs travel annually to provide health care, microenterprise development, and clean water systems to more than 50,000 beneficiaries in Central America, Ghana, India and Vietnam.  For more information, visit: www.globalbrigades.org.

“Be the change that you want to see in the world”
-Mahatma Gandhi

Leadership Team

 

Kate Leeming, Dental Brigades Program Director 

Dr. Shital Chauhan, Chief Executive Officer, Health Brigades

Steve Atamian , Chief Empowerment Officer

Catherine Markman, Chief Executive Officer, Development Brigades

Quique Rodriquez, Exec Director, Honduras Operations

Pablo Garron, Director, Panama Operations

Kate Leeming, Dental Brigades

Diane Dunn, Law Brigades Director, Panama

Adriana Piñeiro, Business Brigades

Orion Haas, Water Brigades

Joy Bittner, Public Health Brigades

John Cunningham, Architecture Brigades

Merrilee Chapin, Microfinance Brigades

Michelle Menclewicz  , USA Director, Student Advisory Counsel (Panama)

Chris Ha, USA Director, Student Advisory Counsel (Honduras)

Oison O'Connor, USA, Chief Transformation Officer 

Kim Hanson, GB Travel Coordinator

Danielle Starry, GB Travel Advisor