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Board of Directors

The AAE Board of Directors is the policy-making body of the Association and has responsibility for strategic and budgetary matters concerning the Association. It is composed of six officers and two directors from each of the seven districts; all are elected by the membership. The Executive Director and Journal of Endodontics Editor also serve as ex-officio members without a vote. The AAE Foundation President serves as an ex-officio member with a vote.

Officers


Natasha M. Flake, DDS, PhD, MSD
President
Seattle, WA

Steven J. Katz, D.D.S., M.S.
Steven J. Katz, DDS, MS
President-Elect
Beachwood, OH


W. Craig Noblett, DDS, MS
Vice President
Minneapolis, MN


Bradley H. Gettleman, DDS, MS
Secretary
Paradise Valley, AZ


Elizabeth S. Perry, DMD
Treasurer
Westfield, MA


Craig S. Hirschberg, DDS
Immediate Past President
Newark, NJ


Ex-Officio


Kenneth M. Hargreaves, DDS, PhD
Journal of Endodontics Editor
San Antonio, TX


Patricia Tordik, DMD

Foundation for Endodontics, President
Bethesda, MD


Kenneth J. Widelka, CAE, FACHE, CPA
AAE Executive Director
Chicago, IL


Directors

District I

Delaware, District of Columbia, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, Vermont and Virginia

Elizabeth Perry
Harold Martinez, DDS
Henrico, VA


Fiza Singh, DDS, MMSc
Brookline, MA


District II

Connecticut, New Jersey, New York and Rhode Island


Mark B. Desrosiers, DMD
Columbia, CT


Lorel E. Burns, DDS
New York, NY


District III

Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee


Robert W. Heydrich, DMD, MS
Spring Hill, FL


Brian E. Bergeron, DDS
Evans, GA


District IV

Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, West Virginia and Wisconsin


Qian Xie, DDS, PhD
Chicago, IL

Dr. Paurazas
Alfred H. Weimann, DDS, MS
Lexington, KY


District V

Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Public Health, Puerto Rico, Texas, U.S. Air Force, U.S. Army, U.S. Navy and the Veterans Administration


Mbachan C. Okwen, DDS, MBA, MSD
The Woodlands, TX


David W. Clanton, Sr., DMD
Homewood, AL


District VI

Alaska, Colorado, Guam, Hawaii, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, North Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota, Utah, Washington and Wyoming


Anne E. Williamson, DDS, MS
Lincoln, NE

Scott Doyle
Lauren E. Jensen, DDS, MS
Colorado Springs, CO


District VII

California


Bryan F. Mansour, DDS
Salinas, CA


Nadia Chugal, DDS, MS
Los Angeles, CA


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