Committees
GENERAL CHARGES TO ALL COMMITTEES
- To ensure that Committee Chairs and members are rotated in accordance with DCDS policy.
- To recommend candidates to the DCDS Awards and Nominating Committee for new members.
- To ensure appropriate communication among its members and with the Board.
- To learn and share knowledge of DCDS’s history, mission, policies and procedures and to help ensure that activities are congruent with the Society’s mission, the continuity of its programs and the maintenance of its policies and procedures.
- To work under the direction of the Board and in partnership with staff.
- To ensure compliance with the DCDS budget, policies and timelines.
- To establish yearly goals and objectives, to review them periodically and to report progress and activities to the Board regularly.
Awards & Nominating Committee
Committee Members
Dr. Ioana Bettios, Chair (2025)Dr. Hillary Abel (2025)
Dr. Kim Menhinick (2025)
Dr. Alan Singer (2024)
Dr. Steven Guttenberg (2024)
Constitution and Bylaws Committee
Committee Members
Dr. Margot Cullotta-Norton, Chair (2024)
Dr. Isabelle Lass, Immediate Past-Chair (2024)
Dr. Patrick Grogan (2024)
Dr. Olga Spivak (2023)
Dr. Aliya Kassam (2024)
DC Delegation to the ADA House of Delegates
As the legislative and governing body, the House of Delegates is the supreme authority in the American Dental Association. As such, it speaks for the 158,000 dentist members of the Association and for the dental profession in the United States.
Delegates
Dr. Angela Noguera (2025)Dr. Kathryn "Katie" Clark (2024)
Alternates
Dr. Patrick M. Grogan (2025)Dr. Clare McGorry (2024)
Dr. Sally Cram, Secretary (2025)
Mr. Kurt Gallagher, Executive Director
Education Committee
Committee Members
Dr. Luke Schwartz (2024)
Dr. Caroline Berman (2024)
Dr. Dan Jones (2025)
Dr. Babak Noohi (2024)
Dr. Jamie Progebin (2024)
Finance Committee
Committee Members
Dr. Chris Loukaitis, Chair (2024)Dr. Steven Guttenberg (2025)
Dr. Ladan Basiri (2026)
Dr. Pierre Cartier (2024)
Dr. Ioana Bettios (2025)
Membership Committee
Membership Committee
Dr. Clare McGorry, Chair (2024)
Dr. Kathryn Clark, Immediate Past Chair (2024)
Dr. Catherine Pulse (2024)
Dr. Allen Robinson (2024)
New Dentist Subcommittee
Dr. Nina Latifi, Chair (2024)
Dr. Austin Harbison (2024)
Dr. Eric Bradshaw (2024)
Symposium Committee
This committee develops the program for the Society’s biannual Symposium for Licensure.
Committee Members
Dr. Kim Menhinick, Chair (2024)
Dr. Matt Gialanella (2024)
Dr. Jenny Kye (2024)
Dr. Isabelle Lass (2024)
Dr. Olga Spivak (2024)
Professional Standards Committee
Committee Members
Dr. Jill Bruno, Chair (2024)
Dr. Kaz Fotoohi (2024)
Dr. Steven Guttenberg (2025)
Dr. Kim Menhinick (2024)
Dr. Pirooz Zia (2024)
Public Policy Committee
The Public Policy Committee shall investigate proposed legislation and all matters of public policy, local or national, affecting the profession.
Public Policy Committee
Dr. Jessica Rubin, Chair (2024)
Dr. Dereje Bereded (2025)
Dr. Jill Bruno (2024)
Dr. Pierre Cartier (2025)
Dr. Albert Coombs (2025)
Dr. Urwashi Dubey (2024)
Dr. Austin Harbison (2025)
Dr. Chad Jones (2024)
Dr. Takeisha Presson (2025)
Dr. Bruk Taeme (2025)
Medicaid Subcommittee
Dr. Cheryle Baptiste (2025)
Dr. Dereje Bereded (2025)
Dr. Pierre Cartier (2025)
Dr. Albert Coombs (2025)
Dr. Chad Jones (2025)
Dr. Takeisha Presson (2025)
Dr. Bruk Taeme (2025)
Strategic Planning Committee
Committee Members
Dr. Ioana Bettios (2024)
Dr. Eric Bradshaw (2024)
Dr. Sally Cram (2024)
Dr. Charles Coulter (2024)
Dr. Eugene Giannini (2024)
Dr. Hillary Hochman (2024)
Dr. Dan Jones (2024)
Dr. Aliya Kassam (2024)
Dr. Lucciola Lambruschini (2024)
Dr. Chris Loukaitis (2024)
Dr. Clare McGorry (2024)