Nominating Committees Announce New Leadership Slate
Nominations for a new slate of leadership to take office in 2026 have been proposed by the AAE, the Foundation for Endodontics and ABE Nominating Committees. AAE Nominating Committee members, Drs. Stefan I. Zweig, past president; Craig S. Hirschberg, past president; Natasha M. Flake, immediate past president, together with District Directors Fiza Singh and Harold J. Martinez, 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 2026 are listed below.
The 2026 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, Mark B. Desrosiers, care of AAE Headquarters, no later than March 18, 2026.
AAE Executive Committee
President Dr. W. Craig Noblett*
President-Elect Dr. Elizabeth Shin Perry*
Vice President Dr. Bradley H. Gettleman
Secretary Dr. Kenneth Tittle
Treasurer Dr. Mark B. Desrosiers
Immediate Past President Dr. Steven J. Katz*
*Automatic, the president-elect automatically succeeds to president and the vice president to president-elect.
Foundation for Endodontics Board of Trustees
Trustees
Dr. Hossein Moosavi
New Practitioner Trustee
Dr. Morgan Celistan
Trustees, Public Sector
Mr. Jack Burlison
Ms. Amy Warren-Kimbro
Ms. Judith Forsythe
American Board of Endodontics
Directors
Dr. Emanouela Carlson
Dr. Qian Xie
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 2026. The period in which a petition may be submitted to nominate an alternate candidate for District Director positions expired as of October 15, 2025.
District I
Nominee: Dr. Tadros M. Tadros, Hudson, New Hampshire
Nominating Committee Chair: Dr. Garry L. Myers, Midlothian, Virginia
District II
Nominees: Dr. Adrienne Korkosz, Schenectady, New York
Nominating Committee Chair: Dr. Lorel E. Burns, New York, New York
District III
Nominee: Dr. Christopher Walker Cain, Nashville, Tennessee
Nominating Committee Chair: Dr. Robert W. Heydrich, Spring Hill, Florida
District VI
Nominee: Dr. Callee Clark, Grand Junction, Colorado
Nominating Committee Chair: Dr. Alejandro Aguirre, Plymouth, Minnesota
District VII
Nominee: Dr. Mike Sabeti, Irvine, California
Nominating Committee Chair: Dr. Yaara Berdan, Calabasas, California
The AAE thanks the following directors who are completing their terms on the Board of Directors in April 2026: Drs. Harold J. Martinez, District I; Lorel E. Burns, District II; Robert Heydrich, District III; Lauren E. Jensen, District VI; and Bryan F. Mansour, District VII.
Members will approve the nominees by casting their votes at the General Assembly in Salt Lake City, Utah on April 17, 2026.