Nominating Committees Announce New Leadership Slate
Nominations for a new slate of leadership to take office in 2024 have been proposed by the AAE and ABE Nominating Committees. AAE Nominating Committee members, Alan H. Gluskin, chair, Alan S. Law, past president, Stefan I. Zweig, immediate past president, together with District Directors Mark B. Desrosiers and Anne W. Williamson, 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 2024 are listed below.
The 2024 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, Elizabeth Shin Perry, care of AAE Headquarters, no later than March 20, 2024.
AAE Executive Committee
President Dr. Natasha M. Flake*
President-Elect Dr. Steven J. Katz*
Vice President Dr. W. Craig Noblett
Secretary Dr. Bradley H. Gettleman
Treasurer Dr. Elizabeth Shin Perry
Immediate Past President Dr. Craig S. Hirschberg*
*Automatic, the president-elect automatically succeeds to president and the vice president to president-elect.
Foundation for Endodontics Board of Trustees
Officers
President Dr. Patricia Tordik*
President-elect Dr. Clara M. Spatafore
Treasurer Dr. Anthony T. Borgia
Secretary Dr. Bruce C. Justman
*Automatic, the president-elect automatically succeeds to president
Trustee
Dr. Stefan I. Zweig
New Practitioner Trustee
Dr. Morgan Celistan
Trustees, Public Sector
Mr. Jack Burlison
Mr. Tom von Sydow
Ms. Amy Kimbro
American Board of Endodontics
Officers
President Dr. Avina Paranjpe
Vice-President Dr. Meetu R. Kohli
Secretary Dr. Joseph M. Dutner
Treasurer Dr. Garry L. Myers
Directors
Dr. Paul A. Falcon
Dr. Keith R. Boyer
Dr. Meetu R. Kohli (Second term)
Dr. Sami M.A. Chogle (Second term)
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 2024. The period in which a petition may be submitted to nominate an alternate candidate for District Director positions expired as of October 15, 2023.
District I
Nominee: Dr. Fiza Singh, Brookline, MA
Nominating Committee Chair: Dr. Margot T. Kusienski, Lititz, PA
District III
Nominee: Dr. Brian E. Bergeron, Evans, GA
Nominating Committee Chair: Dr. Bruce Manne, Ormond Beach, FL
District IV
Nominees: Dr. Alfred H. Wiemann, Lexington, KY
Nominating Committee Chair: Dr. Michael J. Mintz, Dyer, IN
District V
Nominee: Dr. David W. Clanton, Sr., Homewood, AL
Nominating Committee Chair: Dr. Moein Sadrkhani, Dallas, TX
District VII
Nominee: Dr. Nadia Chugal, Los Angeles, CA
Nominating Committee Chair: Dr. Janice C. Chou, Newport Beach, CA
The AAE thanks the following directors who are completing their terms on the Board of Directors in April 2024: Drs. Ali Behnia, District I; William D. Stanley, District III; Susan B. Paurazas, District IV; Bradley H. Gettleman, District V; and Janice C. Chou, District VII.
Members will approve the nominees by casting their votes at the General Assembly in Los Angeles on April 19, 2024.