Leadership Development Program

Celebrating the 2025 Leadership Development Program

Empowering the Next Generation of Endodontic Leaders
The 2025 Leadership Development Program united emerging endodontic leaders for a transformative two-day experience focused on professional growth, leadership, and collaboration. Designed to prepare them for leadership roles within the specialty and broader dental community, the program provided essential skills in leadership, strategic communication, and personal development to support their journey within the AAE and beyond.

Program Highlights
Led by expert facilitators from the Academy for Advancing Leadership, the program featured interactive sessions focused on leading self, leading others with impact, and catalyzing personal leadership growth.

Honoring Our Emerging Leaders
We congratulate the eleven outstanding emerging leaders who participated in this year’s program: Hacer Aksel, Cyrous Ardalan, Priscilla Carpenter, Morgan Celistan, Callee Clark, Anh Do, Caley Mintz, Shreyas Oza, Abby Shannon, Dara Siegel, and William Walker. Their dedication to advancing their leadership capabilities reflects the bright future of our specialty.

Grateful Acknowledgment to Our Mentors and Supporters
We also extend our gratitude to our dedicated mentors—Drs. Katherine Divine, Robert Heydrich, Marcus Johnson, W. Craig Noblett, and Avina Paranjpe—for generously sharing their time and expertise, as well as to AAE President Natasha Flake and Foundation for Endodontics President Patricia Tordik for offering key insights into leadership opportunities within the AAE and Foundation.

Special thanks to Specialized Dental Partners for their generous support of this important program.

Looking Ahead
The next Leadership Development Program will take place in 2027, with more information coming in 2026. Stay tuned!