Nominating Committees Announce New Leadership Slate
Nominations for a new slate of leadership to take office in 2023 have been proposed by the AAE and ABE Nominating Committees. AAE Nominating Committee members, Keith V. Krell, chair, Alan S. Law, immediate past president, Alan H. Gluskin, past president, together with District Directors Bradley H. Gettleman and Kenneth W. Tittle, met to recommend new leaders for the AAE and the Foundation for Endodontics. The ABE Board of Directors also met this fall to recommend new leaders for the ABE. Nominees for terms beginning in 2023 are listed below.
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, Steven J. Katz, care of AAE Headquarters, no later than April 5, 2023.
AAE Executive Committee
President Craig S. Hirschberg*
President-Elect Natasha M. Flake*
Vice President Steven J. Katz
Secretary Elizabeth Shin Perry
Treasurer W. Craig Noblett
Immediate Past President Stefan I. Zweig*
*Automatic, the president-elect automatically succeeds to president and the vice president to president-elect.
Foundation for Endodontics Board of Trustees
Trustees
Dr. Carla Y. Falcon
Dr. Moein Sadrkhani
Dr. Robert S. Roda
Dr. Alejandro M. Aguirre
Dr. Bruce C. Justman
Public Sector Representatives
Ms. Barbara Nordquist
Mr. Tom von Sydow
Mr. Blake Brownell
ABE Board of Directors
Officers
Dr. Bradford Johnson, President
Dr. Avina Paranjpe, Vice President
Dr. Meetu Kohli, Secretary
Dr. Neville McDonald, Treasurer
Directors
Dr. Anibal Diogenes (Second term)
Dr. Scott Doyle
Dr. Frank Portell
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 2023. The period in which a petition may be submitted to nominate an alternate candidate for District Director positions expired as of October 15, 2022.
District I
Nominee: Harold J. Martinez, D.D.S., Henrico, VA
Nominating Committee Contact: Robert B. Amato, Bedford, MA
District II
Nominee: Lorel E. Burns, D.D.S., New York, NY
Nominating Committee Chair: Marcus D. Johnson, New York, NY
District III
Nominee: Robert W. Heydrich, D.M.D., M.S., Springfield, FL
Nominating Committee Chair: Theodore D. Ravenel, Charleston, SC
District VI
Nominees: Lauren E. Jensen, D.D.S., M.S., Colorado Springs, CO
Nominating Committee Chair: Ammon L. Anderson, Sioux City, IA
District VII
Nominee: Bryan F. Mansour, D.D.S., Salinas, CA
Nominating Committee Chair: Yaara Y. Berdan, Calabasas, CA
The AAE thanks the following directors who are completing their terms on the Board of Directors in April 2023: Drs. Elizabeth Shin Perry, District I; Marcus D. Johnson, District II; Theodore D. Ravenel, District III; Scott L. Doyle, District VI; and Kenneth W. Tittle, District VII.
Members will approve the nominees by casting their votes at the 2023 General Assembly in Chicago, on Friday, May 5, 2023.