Patricia Frese, AS, BS, MEd combines her role of educator, researcher, volunteer, and practitioner with one aim in mind: to advance the field of dental hygiene. She has chaired the Raymond Walters College's Dental Hygiene Department, is a researcher on such diverse topics as animal dentistry and smokeless tobacco, an advocate for school and community dental education, and one of 14 national dental hygiene speakers to serve as a consultant to Procter & Gamble.