Third-year dental student Dusty Janssen was elected trustee of District 9 of the American Student Dental Association during the group’s annual session Aug. 29 - Sept. 2 in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.

Janssen will serve a one-year term, which began immediately following the annual session. As district trustee, Janssen will serve on the ASDA’s board of trustees along with the association’s president, two vice presidents, immediate past president, editor-and-chief, speaker of the house of delegates and executive director. District 9 represents the five dental schools in Texas, Oklahoma and Colorado.