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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.


2025 - 2026 Board of Trustees


Patricia Tordik, D.M.D.
President
Bethesda, Maryland


Clara Spatafore, D.D.S., M.S.
President-elect
Morgantown, WV


Robert S. Roda, D.D.S., M.S.
Treasurer
Scottsdale, Arizona


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


Amy Warren-Kimbro
Public Sector Trustee
Raleigh, North Carolina


Jack Burlison
Public Sector Trustee
Prosper, Texas


Judith Forsythe
Public Sector Trustee
Irvine, California


Morgan Celistan, D.M.D.
New Practitioner Trustee
Boston, MA


Poppy Blaseio, M.A., D.D.S.
Trustee
Franklin, Tennessee


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


Stefan Zweig, D.D.S.
Trustee
Pacific Palisades, California


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


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


Steven J. Katz, D.D.S., M.S.
AAE President
Beachwood, OH


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

AAE President-elect
Minneapolis, MN


Elizabeth S. Perry, D.M.D.
AAE Vice President
Minneapolis, MN


Natasha M. Flake, D.D.S., Ph.D., M.S.D.
AAE Immediate Past President
Seattle, Washington

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