DELTA DENTAL PLANS ASSOCIATION NAMES BOARD OF DIRECTORS AT ANNUAL MEETING

PARSIPPANY, NJ (June 27, 2003) – Officers of the board of directors for Delta Dental Plans Association (DDPA) were selected during the organization's annual meeting in June.

Mr. Walter VanBrunt, president and CEO of Delta Dental Plan of New Jersey, was re-elected as chairman. Re-elected to the position of vice chairman and also named chair-elect was George Levicki, DDS, president and CEO of Delta Dental Plan of Virginia. Robert Gootee, DDS, president and CEO of ODS Health Plan of Oregon, was re-elected as secretary/treasurer.

Delta Dental Plan of New Jersey, Inc., is New Jersey’s and Connecticut's leading dental benefits carrier, providing coverage to more than one million people through contracts with employers in New Jersey and Connecticut. The Delta Dental Plan system is a national network of independently operated, not-for-profit dental service corporations specializing in providing dental benefits programs for employee groups throughout the country. For more information visit us on the Web at www.deltadentalnj.com.