2010 Event Co-Chairs
- Kevin Dillon, MBA, CPA
- Executive Vice President, Chief Operating and Financial Officer
- UTHealth
Kevin Dillon currently serves as the Executive Vice President, Chief Operating and Financial Officer of UTHealth.
Kevin has worked for UTHealth since 1996, during which time he has served in a number of financial, administrative and operational roles. He currently has ultimate responsibility for virtually all of the non-academic operational areas (including facilities, information technology, finance, budgeting, human resources, strategic planning, practice plan business operations and auxiliary enterprises). He has a direct reporting relationship with all of the chief administrative officers in the university’s six schools.
Prior to working at UTHealth, Kevin worked for Pennzoil Quaker State and Ernst & Young in a variety of accounting and financial roles. He is a CPA and obtained the Certified Internal Auditor and Certified Management Accountant Professional designations.
Kevin graduated from UT-Austin with Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in business administration.
He is married to another CPA, Sulyn Thomas Dillon (an Aggie) and they have three young children. They live in west Houston.
- John A. Valenza, D.D.S.
- Interim Dean
- UTHealth Dental Branch
John A. Valenza, D.D.S., is interim dean and professor in the Department of Diagnostic Sciences at UTHealth Dental Branch. He is a 1981 graduate of the Dental Branch and completed a residency in general practice at The University of Tennessee Memorial Hospital in Tennessee.
Dr. Valenza has served as interim dean since May 2009. He is an active member of UT Dentists, the school’s faculty practice, teaches both undergraduate and graduate students, and conducts clinical research, primarily in dental informatics and clinical care. He has made numerous national presentations on clinical education, dental informatics and the use of technology in patient care, authored/co-authored numerous papers, chapters and reports, and received grants totaling more than $1.5 million.
Dr. Valenza is a member of the American Dental Association, Texas Dental Association, Greater Houston Dental Society, Academy of General Dentistry, American Dental Education Association, American Association of Hospital Dentists, and The University of Texas Academy of Health Science Education. He is a fellow of the Academy of General Dentistry, the American College of Dentists and the International College of Dentists.