AAP Foundation Committees

Members of the committees that implement the programs and projects of the AAP Foundation.

NOMINATING COMMITTEE

• Joan Otomo-Corgel, Chair
• Flavia Pirih
• Diego Velasquez
• John Herrin

FINANCE COMMITTEE

• Lisa Masters, Chair
• Joan Otomo-Corgel
• John Herrin
• Robert Vitas
• Stephen Bass
• Jose Mellado

INDUSTRY ADVISORY COUNCIL

• Edward Shellard, Carestream Dental, chair
• Jaclyn Schiller, A. Titan Instruments, Inc.
• Dan Perkins, AEGIS Dental Network
• Steve Boggan, BioHorizons
• Tom Raish, SUNSTAR Americas, Inc.

BUD & LINDA TARRSON FELLOWSHIP SELECTION COMMITTEE

• Abhiram Maddi, Chair
• David Jolkovsky
• Kevin Wanxin Luan
• Carlos Parra
• Flavia Pirih

D. WALTER COHEN AWARD COMMITTEE

• Yau-Hua Yu, Chair
• D. Ryan Clagett
• Irina Dragan
• David Meister

PATTY & PAUL LEVI RESEARCH AWARD SELECTION COMMITTEE

• Kevin Guze, Chair
• Samuel Koo
• Patty Levi
• Kent Palcanis
• Leena Palomo

KRAMER SCHOLARSHIP SELECTION COMMITTEE

• Satish Kumar, chair
• Yousuf Al-Aboosi
• Darron Alvord
• Glenn Fujinaka
• Joan Otomo-Corgel

FINLEY AWARD SELECTION COMMITTEE

• David Paquette, Chair
• James Burke Fine
• Vanchit John
• Yvonne Kapila
• Purnima Kumar

AAP EDUCATOR SCHOLARSHIP SELECTION COMMITTEE

• Roger Arce, Chair
• Ahmed El-Awady
• David Carbonaro
• Fatemeh Momen-Heravi
• Jeffrey Rossman

AAP TEACHING FELLOWSHIP SELECTION COMMITTEE

• Satheesh Elangovan, Chair
• Sukirth Ganesan
• Georgios Kotsakis
• Chun-Teh Lee
• Matthew Mason
• Sivaraman Prakasam
• Vivek Thumbigere-Math

NEVINS TEACHING AND CLINICAL RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP & NEVINS BIOHORIZONS FELLOWSHIP SELECTION COMMITTEE

• Sangeetha Chandrasekaran, Chair
• Joseph Gian-Grasso
• Yusuke Hamada
• Purnima Kumar
• Marc Nevins
• Hanae Saito

DR. JAMES T. MELLONIG REGENERATION RESEARCH AWARD SELECTION COMMITTEE

• Bruce Doll, Chair
• Paul Luepke
• Mark Reynolds
• Francis Serio

ROBERT S. SCHOOR RESEARCH AWARD SELECTION COMMITTEE

• Sejal Thacker, Chair
• Yong-Hee Patricia Chun
• Pilar Valderrama
• D. Ryan Clagett

DR. MARK K. SETTER LEADERSHIP IN PERIODONTOLOGY AND DENTAL IMPLANTOLOGY AWARD SELECTION COMMITTEE

• Jason Souyias, Chair
• Frank Feuille
• Jill Bresler

DR. COLIN RICHMAN AND FAMILY PERIO-ORTHO INTERFACE AWARD SELECTION COMMITTEE

• Colin Richman, Chair
• Jacob Kobi Stern
• George Mandelaris
• Drew McDonald
• Zheng Zhou

 AAP FOUNDATION FELLOWSHIP TO THE INSTITUTE FOR TEACHING & LEARNING IN THE HEALTH PROFESSIONS SELECTION COMMITTEE

• Beatriz Bezerra
• Yusuke Hamada
• Alex Lin
• Ann Decker