Meet our Team

Foundation Team

photoTerrisa Singleton
Foundation Director
OKC Metro:  405-607-4772
Toll Free:  800-522-0188, Ext. 772
Fax:  405-607-4776
Email:  tsingleton@DeltaDentalOK.org

 

Terrisa Singleton has managed the Foundation since joining Delta Dental of Oklahoma in 2009. As Foundation Director, she works extensively with oral health safety net clinics and programs throughout the state. She also oversees the Foundation’s grant program and other initiatives.

She is past-chair of the Oklahoma Oral Health Coalition, past-chair of the Oklahoma Charitable Clinic Association, a steering committee member for the Oklahoma Mission of Mercy, and served on the Commission to Transform the Health Care Safety Net in Oklahoma County. In 2020 and 2022, she was named as a 50 Making a Difference honoree by the Journal Record Woman of the Year program.

Terrisa has a Master of Arts in Human and Health Services Administration from the University of Oklahoma, where she participated as a Graduate Student Research Fellow in the Center for Social Justice. She has a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration and more than 25 years of communications and marketing experience, including on the staffs of Jordan Associates Advertising and the Oklahoma Restaurant Association. She has received Nonprofit Management Certification from the Oklahoma Center for Nonprofits.


Teri Bachhofer
Education and Operations Administrator
OKC Metro: 405-607-2138
Toll Free: 800-522-0188, Ext. 138
Fax: 405-607-4768
Email: tbachhofer@DeltaDentalOK.org

 

Teri Bachhofer holds a Bachelor of Science in Education from the University of Central Oklahoma and is certified in Early Childhood and Elementary Education.  Before joining the Foundation in 2016, she spent eleven years teaching first, third, and fourth grades. Teri used this skill base to help develop the Foundation's own oral health education program, MouthScience. Teri handles daily operations and manages our Captain Supertooth, MouthScience, and other educational outreach programs. She also coordinates our higher education programs including our scholarship fund at the OU College of Dentistry and our pre-dental scholarship endowments at numerous state universities.


Angie Pulliam
Dental Care Navigator
OKC Metro: 405-607-4771
Toll Free: 800-522-0188, Ext. 771
Fax: 405-607-4768
Email: apulliam@DeltaDentalOK.org

Angie Pulliam is a dental assistant and worked in a private practice dental office for more than 15 years before joining the Foundation in 2018. As our Dental Care Navigator, Angie helps connect Oklahomans to dental care resources and handles our Urgent Care Fund. Angie also coordinates our Oral Wellness Screening events and assists with other programs and initiatives.


Nicki Largent
Grant Program Specialist
OKC Metro: 405-607-2119
Toll Free: 800-522-0188, Ext. 119
Fax: 405-607-4768
Email: nlargent@DeltaDentalOK.org

Nicki Largent is our Grant Program Specialist. Nicki assists applicants and grantees throughout the grant cycle and helps coordinate special projects. She has a Certificate in Nonprofit Management from the Oklahoma Center for Nonprofits and is currently on track to earn a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from the University of Oklahoma. Prior to joining the Foundation, Nicki served as Executive Director at Tree Bank Foundation.


Karina Avila
Manager, Mobile & Portable Dental Programs
OKC Metro: 405-607-4751
Toll Free: 800-522-0188, Ext. 751
Fax: 405-607-4768
Email: kavila@deltadentalok.org

Karina Avila manages our Mobile and Portable Dental Care Programs, including our School-Based Sealant Network. Prior to joining the Foundation in 2023, Karina served more than 13 years on the staff of Variety Care, a community health center in Oklahoma City, including eight years as the Dental Practice Supervisor. Karina is bilingual in English and Spanish.


 

Micah Lyon, RDH
Community Outreach Dental Hygienist
OKC Metro: 405-607-4725
Toll Free: 800-522-0188, Ext. 725
Fax: 405-607-4768
Email: mlyon@DeltaDentalOK.org

Micah Lyon, RDH, coordinates the Foundation’s School-Based Sealant Network and conducts sealant clinics and oral wellness screening educational outreach events. After earning her Bachelor’s in Dental Hygiene from the OU College of Dentistry in 2012, Micah worked in private practice until joining the Foundation in 2023.