Nominating Committees Announce New Leadership Slate
Nominations for a new slate of leadership to take office in 2025 have been proposed by the AAE, the Foundation for Endodontics and ABE Nominating Committees. AAE Nominating Committee members, Drs. Alan S. Law, chair, Stefan I. Zweig, past president, Craig S. Hirschberg, immediate past president, together with District Directors Lorel E. Burns and Bryan F. Mansour, met to recommend new Officers for the AAE and Trustees for the Foundation for Endodontics. The ABE Board of Directors and Foundation for Endodontics Board of Trustees also met to recommend new leadership for their respective organizations. Nominees for terms beginning in 2025 are listed below.
The 2025 General Assembly will vote to approve nominees for AAE Officers and Directors, Foundation Trustees and Public Sector Representatives, and ABE Directors. Officers of the Foundation for Endodontics and American Board of Endodontics are elected by their respective Boards.
Additional nominations for AAE Officers, Foundation for Endodontics Trustees and Public Sector Representatives, or ABE Directors may be made in writing by Active, Educator and Life members. Such nominations much be accompanied by a petition that includes the printed names and signatures of 50 voting members, and must be received by AAE Secretary, Bradley H. Gettleman, care of AAE Headquarters, no later than March 5, 2025.
AAE Executive Committee
President: Dr. Steven J. Katz*
President-Elect: Dr. W. Craig Noblett*
Vice President: Dr. Elizabeth Shin Perry
Secretary: Dr. Mark B. Desrosiers
Treasurer: Dr. Bradley H. Gettleman
Immediate Past President: Dr. Natasha M. Flake*
*Automatic, the president-elect automatically succeeds to president and the vice president to president-elect.
Foundation for Endodontics Board of Trustees
Trustees
Dr. Dustin Reynolds
Dr. Rene Chu
Trustees, Public Sector
Mr. Jack Burlison
Ms. Amy Warren-Kimbro
Ms. Judith Forsythe
American Board of Endodontics
Officers
President: Dr. Meetu R. Kohli
Vice President: Dr. Joseph M. Dutner
Secretary: Dr. Garry L. Myers
Treasurer: Dr. Scott Doyle
Directors
Dr. Amir Azarpazhooh
Dr. Terry D. Webb
In addition, the following members were nominated by their respective districts to serve on the AAE Board of Directors for three-year terms beginning in 2025. The period in which a petition may be submitted to nominate an alternate candidate for District Director positions expired as of October 15, 2024.
District II
Nominee: Dr. Carla Falcon, Basking Ridge, NJ
Nominating Committee Chair: Dr. Mark B. Desrosiers, Columbia, CT
District IV
Nominees: Dr. John Nusstein, Dublin, OH
Nominating Committee Chair: Dr. Najia Usman, Medina, OH
District V
Nominee: Dr. Tracy Clark, Katy, TX
Nominating Committee Chair: Dr. Ane Poly, Dallas, TX
District VI
Nominee: Dr. Katherine Divine, Rochester, MN
Nominating Committee Chair: Dr. Kimberly A. D. Lindquist, Hermantown, MN
The AAE thanks the following directors who are completing their terms on the Board of Directors in April 2025: Drs. Mark B. Desrosiers, District II; Qian Xie, District IV; Mbachan Okwen, District V; and Anne E. Williamson, District VI.
Members will approve the nominees by casting their votes at the General Assembly in Boston on April 4, 2025.