AAP Foundation Committees

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

NOMINATING COMMITTEE

• John R. Herrin, Chair
• Joan Otomo-Corgel
• Lisa Masters
• Christopher Richardson

Finance Committee

• Christopher Richardson
• Joan Otomo-Corgel
• John Herrin
• Robert A. Vitas
• Lisa B. Masters
• Bryan Frantz
• Walter E. Colon

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
• Yi-Chu Wu
• Carlos Parra
• Flavia Pirih

D. WALTER COHEN AWARD COMMITTEE

• Irina Florentina Dragan, Chair
• D. Ryan Clagett
• Anuja Doshi
• David Meister

PATTY & PAUL LEVI RESEARCH AWARD SELECTION COMMITTEE

• Kent G. Palcanis, Chair
• Patty Levi
• Orlando J. Abreu
• Juhi Uttamani

KRAMER SCHOLARSHIP SELECTION COMMITTEE

• Joan Otomo-Corgel, Chair
• Yousuf Al-Aboosi
• Darron Alvord
• Glenn Fujinaka
• Adam E. Saltz

FINLEY AWARD SELECTION COMMITTEE

• Yvonne Kapila, Chair
• Vanchit John
• Vrushali P. Abhyankar

AAP EDUCATOR SCHOLARSHIP SELECTION COMMITTEE

• Ahmed El-Awady, Chair
• David Carbonaro
• Fatemeh Momen-Heravi
• Jeffrey Rossman
• Satish Kumar
• David Wu

AAP TEACHING FELLOWSHIP SELECTION COMMITTEE

• Vivek Thumbigere-Math, Chair
• Georgios A. Kotsakis
• Chun-Teh Lee
• Sukirth M. Ganesan
• Matthew R. Mason
• Sivaraman Prakasam
• Praveen Gajendrareddy

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

• Mark Reynolds, Chair
• Paul Luepke
• James Fine

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

• Guo-Hao Lin, Chair
• Yusuke Hamada
• Beatriz Bezerra
• Ann Decker