Board of Trustees
The Board of Trustees consists of up to twenty voting members including ten active or life members, one of whom is a new practitioner and has been in practice less than five years at the time of nomination; up to three trustees from the public sector, four officers of the AAE, the president and president-elect of the Foundation, and the Executive Director.
The trustees are elected by the General Assembly. Members serve a four-year term and are eligible for a successive term. Public sector trustees serve for one year and are eligible for re-election to a maximum of three consecutive one-year terms (a total of four years).
To learn more about the trustees and terms, the Foundation Bylaws are available for download.
2023 - 2024 Board of Trustees
Margot T. Kusienski D.M.D.
President
Lititz, Pennsylvania
Patricia Tordik, D.M.D.
President-Elect
Bethesda, Maryland
Anthony T. Borgia, D.D.S., M.H.A.
Treasurer
Plymouth, Massachusetts
Fiza Singh, D.D.S., M.M.Sc.
Secretary
Brookline, Massachusetts
Barbara Nordquist
Public Sector Trustee
Nordquist Advisors
Wilton, Connecticut
Tom von Sydow
Public Sector Trustee
Irvine, California
Blake Brownell
Public Sector Trustee
Broken Arrow, Oklahoma
Katherine A. Divine, D.D.S., M.S.
New Practitioner Trustee
Boise, Idaho
Poppy Blaseio, M.A., D.D.S.
Trustee
Franklin, Tennessee
Ryan B. McMahan, D.D.S.
Trustee
Gaylord, Michigan
Carla Y. Falcon, D.M.D., M.D.S.
Trustee
Basking Ridge, New Jersey
Moein Sadrkhani, D.D.S., M.Sc.
Trustee
Dallas, Texas
Robert S. Roda, D.D.S., M.S.
Trustee
Scottsdale, Arizona
Alejandro M. Aquirre, D.D.S., M.S., M.B.A.
Trustee
Plymouth, Minnesota
Bruce C. Justman, D.D.S.
Trustee
Dubuque, Iowa
Craig S. Hirschberg, D.D.S.
AAE President
Newark, New Jersey
Natasha M. Flake, D.D.S., Ph.D., M.S.D.
AAE President-elect
Seattle, Washington
Steven J. Katz, D.D.S., M.S.
AAE Vice President
Beachwood, OH
Stefan I. Zweig, D.D.S.
AAE Immediate
Past President
Pacific Palisades, California
Kenneth J. Widelka, CAE, FACHE, CPA
Executive Director
Trustee
Chicago, Illinois