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.<\/p>\n
Nominees for terms beginning in 2026 are listed below.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
AAE Executive Committee<\/strong> Foundation for Endodontics Board of Trustees<\/strong> American Board of Endodontics<\/strong> 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.<\/p>\n District I 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.<\/p>\n Members will approve the nominees by casting their votes at the General Assembly in Salt Lake City, Utah on April 17, 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" 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,…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"content-type":"","_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[216],"tags":[],"feature":[202],"class_list":["post-30030","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-governance","feature-communique"],"yoast_head":"\n
\nPresident Dr. W. Craig Noblett*
\nPresident-Elect Dr. Elizabeth Shin Perry*
\nVice President Dr. Bradley H. Gettleman
\nSecretary Dr. Kenneth Tittle
\nTreasurer Dr. Mark B. Desrosiers
\nImmediate Past President Dr. Steven J. Katz*
\n*Automatic, the president-elect automatically succeeds to president and the vice president to president-elect.<\/p>\n
\nTrustees
\nDr. Hossein Moosavi
\nNew Practitioner Trustee
\nDr. Morgan Celistan
\nTrustees, Public Sector
\nMr. Jack Burlison
\nMs. Amy Warren-Kimbro
\nMs. Judith Forsythe<\/p>\n
\nDirectors
\nDr. Emanouela Carlson
\nDr. Qian Xie<\/p>\n
\nNominee: Dr. Tadros M. Tadros, Hudson, New Hampshire
\nNominating Committee Chair: Dr. Garry L. Myers, Midlothian, Virginia
\nDistrict II
\nNominees: Dr. Adrienne Korkosz, Schenectady, New York
\nNominating Committee Chair: Dr. Lorel E. Burns, New York, New York
\nDistrict III
\nNominee: Dr. Christopher Walker Cain, Nashville, Tennessee
\nNominating Committee Chair: Dr. Robert W. Heydrich, Spring Hill, Florida
\nDistrict VI
\nNominee: Dr. Callee Clark, Grand Junction, Colorado
\nNominating Committee Chair: Dr. Alejandro Aguirre, Plymouth, Minnesota
\nDistrict VII
\nNominee: Dr. Mike Sabeti, Irvine, California
\nNominating Committee Chair: Dr. Yaara Berdan, Calabasas, California<\/p>\n