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

Finance Committee

• James Wilson, DMD, secretary-treasurer, chair
• Christopher R. Richardson, DMD, MS, president
• David H. Yu, DDS, MS, FICD, vice president
• Lisa B. Masters, DDS, MS, immediate past presdient
• Kyle Gorden, executive director
• Walter E. Colon, DMD, MS
• Colin Richman, DMD

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.

D. WALTER COHEN AWARD COMMITTEE

• Anuja Doshi, DDS, chair
• Monica Gibson, BDS, MS, PhD, FRCDC
• Yu-Cheng Chang, DDS, MS, DMD
• Sangeetha Chandrasekaran, BDS

AAP EDUCATOR SCHOLARSHIP SELECTION COMMITTEE

• Ahmed El-Awady, BDS, PhD, chair
• Satish S Kumar, DMD, MDSc, MS
• David T. Wu, DMD, DMSc
• Srinivas Rao Myneni Venkatasatya, BDS, PhD
• Amanda Finger Stadler, DDS

AAP TEACHING FELLOWSHIP SELECTION COMMITTEE

• Sukirth M. Ganesan, BDS, PhD, chair
• Sivaraman Prakasam, DDS, PhD
• Praveen Gajendrareddy, DDS, PhD
• Adam Leitzan, DMD, PhD
• Jennifer Bain, DMD, PhD

FINLEY AWARD SELECTION COMMITTEE

• Yvonne Kapila, DDS, PhD, chair
• Vanchit John, DDS
• Vrushali P. Abhyankar, MDS

KRAMER SCHOLARSHIP SELECTION COMMITTEE

• Yousuf A Al-Aboosi, DDS, MS, chair
• Adam E Saltz, DMD, MS
• Martinna Bertolini, DDS
• Amanda Morris, DMD
• Aly Kennedy, DDS, MS

PATTY & PAUL LEVI RESEARCH AWARD SELECTION COMMITTEE

• Joan Otomo-Corgel, DDS, MPH, chair
• Orlando J. Abreu, DDS, MS
• Juhi Uttamani, BDS, PhD
• William R Trahan, DMD
• Carlos Parra, DDS
• Patty Levi (ex-officio)

DR. JAMES T. MELLONIG REGENERATION RESEARCH AWARD SELECTION COMMITTEE

• Mark Reynolds, DDS, PhD, chair
• Paul Luepke, DDS, MS
• James Fine, DMD

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

• Purnima Kumar, DDS, PhD, chair
• Hanae Saito, DDS, MS, CCRC
• Yusuke Hamada, DDS, MSD
• Joseph Gian-Grasso, DMD
• Marc L Nevins, DMD, MMSc (ex-officio)

ROBERT S. SCHOOR RESEARCH AWARD SELECTION COMMITTEE

• Yong-Hee Patricia Chun, DDS, PhD, chair
• Pilar Valderrama, DDS, MS
• D Ryan Clagett, DMD
• Shayan Barotchi, DDS, MS

 BUD & LINDA TARRSON FELLOWSHIP SELECTION COMMITTEE

• Flavia Q Pirih, DDS, MS, PhD, chair
• David Jolkovsky, DMD
• Yi-Chu Wu, DDS, MS
• Vivek Thumbigere-Math, DDS, PhD

RICHMAN FAMILY foundation PERIO-ORTHO INTERFACE grant SELECTION COMMITTEE

• Jacob Kobi Stern, DMD, MSc, chair
• Colin Richman, DMD
• George Mandelaris, DDS, MS
• Drew McDonald, DDS, MS
• Zheng Zhou, DDS, PhD

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

• Jason G. Souyias, DDS, chair
• Frank Feuille V, DDS
• Jill Bresler, DMD
• Darron R Alvord, DMD

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

• Guo-Hao Lin, MS, DDS, chair
• Beatriz Bezerra, DDS, PhD
• Yusuke Hamada, DDS, MSD
• Ann M. Decker, DMD

AAP FOUNDATION International REsident Award Selection committee

• Georgios Kotsakis, DDS, MS, chair
• Irina Dragan, DMD, MS, MBA
• Erin Breen, DMD
• Rafael Siqueira, DDS, MS, PhD
• Sejal R Thacker, DDS, MDSc