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.
2024 - 2025 Board of Trustees
Patricia Tordik, D.M.D.
President
Bethesda, Maryland
Clara Spatafore, D.D.S., M.S.
President-elect
Morgantown, WV
Anthony T. Borgia, D.D.S., M.H.A.
Treasurer
Plymouth, Massachusetts
Bruce C. Justman, D.D.S.
Secretary
Dubuque, Iowa
Tom von Sydow
Public Sector Trustee
Irvine, California
Amy Warren-Kimbro
Public Sector Trustee
Jack Burlison
Public Sector Trustee
Morgan Celistan, D.M.D.
New Practitioner Trustee
Boston, MA
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
Stefan Zweig, D.D.S.
Trustee
Pacific Palisades, California
Natasha M. Flake, D.D.S., Ph.D., M.S.D.
AAE President
Seattle, Washington
Steven J. Katz, D.D.S., M.S.
AAE President-elect
Beachwood, OH
W. Craig Noblett, D.D.S.,
M.S.
AAE Vice President
Minneapolis, MN
Craig S. Hirschberg, D.D.S.
AAE Immediate Past
President
Newark, New Jersey
Kenneth J. Widelka, CAE, FACHE, CPA
Executive Director
Trustee
Chicago, Illinois