Shavonne R. Healy, MSDH, RDH, is an award-winning dental hygienist, educator, international speaker, and recognized subject-matter expert in dental and dental hygiene ethics and law. With more than 20 years of experience spanning clinical practice, education, professional leadership, and health policy, she brings both academic and real-world perspectives to ethical and legal decision-making in oral healthcare.

Healy teaches dental hygiene ethics and regularly guest lectures on ethics and law for dental hygiene programs. She is a contributor to the **fourth edition of *Ethics and Law in Dental Hygiene*** and has presented extensively on ethics, professional responsibility, and related topics at national and international platforms.

Her expertise is further informed by years of legislative, regulatory, and professional advocacy. She has championed oral health legislation in Washington, D.C., and regularly engages in issues involving scope of practice, professional regulation, public protection, and workforce policy. As Founder and CEO of A Higher Learning, LLC , and founder of the Capital Coalition of Dental Hygienists & Dental Assistants, Healy works to advance ethical leadership, professional autonomy, and policies that strengthen both the oral health workforce and patient care.