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Board of Trustees

The composition of the Board of Trustees is delineated in the Foundation’s bylaws, which were amended and approved in 2025 – 2026. The structure of the Board will change over the course of two years with the final composition realized at the conclusion of the annual session 2028.

At the conclusion of the annual session in 2026 there shall be 19 total trustees: eight voting members of the Association, a new practitioner, three trustees from the public sector, the president, president-elect and immediate past president of the Association, the president, president-elect and immediate past president of the Foundation, and the executive director of the Association. The voting eligibility of the executive director will cease at that time

2026 - 2027 Board of Trustees

Officers


Craig S. Hirshberg, D.D.S.
President
Newark, New Jersey


Stefan I. Zweig, D.D.S.
President-elect
Los Angeles, California


Robert S. Roda, DDS, MS
Treasurer
Scottsdale, Arizona


Bruce C. Justman, D.D.S.
Secretary
Dubuque, Iowa


Patricia Tordik, D.M.D.
Immediate Past President
Baltimore, Maryland

Trustees


Carla Y. Falcon, D.M.D., M.D.S. 
Trustee
Basking Ridge, New Jersey


Moein Sadrkhani, D.D.S., M.Sc. 
Trustee
Dallas, Texas


Alejandro M. Aquirre, D.D.S., M.S., M.B.A.
Trustee
Plymouth, Minnesota


Hossein Moosavi, D.D.S.
Trustee
New York, New York


Rene Chu, D.M.D.
Trustee
Vancouver, British Columbia


Dustin Reynolds, D.D.S., M.S.
Trustee
Lynchburg, Virginia

New Practitioner Trustee


Morgan Celistan, D.M.D., M.M.Sc.
New Practitioner Trustee
Boston, Maryland

Public Sector Trustees


Amy Warren-Kimbro
Public Sector Trustee
Raleigh, North Carolina


Jack Burlison
Public Sector Trustee
Prosper, Texas


Judith Forsythe
Public Sector Trustee
Nashville, Tennessee

Ex-Officio


W. Craig Noblett, D.D.S.,
M.S.

AAE President
Minneapolis, Minnesota


Elizabeth S. Perry, D.M.D.
AAE President Elect
Westfield, Maryland


Steven J. Katz, D.D.S., M.S.
AAE Immediate Past President
Beachwood, Ohio

Ken Wildelka
Kenneth J. Widelka, CAE, FACHE, CPA
Executive Director
Trustee
Chicago, Illinois