Committees
Dedicated CDS members play a crucial role in our work by serving on our committees. These are divided into two categories: Midwinter Meeting Committees and Standing Committees. For more information on our committees, view our committee descriptions.
For additional information on committees, logged-in members may also view our constitution and bylaws.
Questions? Please email Joanne Girardi. Revised Oct. 5, 2022.
Midwinter Meeting Committees | Standing Committees
Midwinter Meeting Committees for 2023
Exhibits
- John Bonaguro, chair, 2023
- Douglas Kay, vice chair, 2024
- Gary Alder, secretary, 2025
- Scott Smoron, 2023
- Michael Biasiello, 2024
- Michelle Jennings, 2025
General Arrangements
- Ronald Waryjas, chair, 2023
- James Bryniarski, vice chair, 2024
- Kimberley Bolden, secretary, 2025
- Joseph Unger, Englewood, 2025
- Yetta McCullom, Kenwood/Hyde Park, 2023
- Janet Kuhn, North Side, 2024
- tba, North Suburban, 2025
- Paul Muhr, Northwest Side, 2024
- Michelle Knebelsberger, Northwest Suburban, 2025
- W. Brent Stanford, South Suburban, 2023
- Susan Zelazo-Smith, West Side, 2023
- Oleksandr Grechko, West Suburban, 2024
Registration & Credentials
- Shafa Amirsoltani, chair, 2023
- James Discipio, vice chair, 2024
- Josephine Puleo, secretary, 2025
- Peggy Richardson, 2023
- Sharon Perlman, 2023
- Donald Kipper, 2024
- Kevin Ryan, 2024
- Joy Poskozim, 2025
- Karen Kasinski Benedetto, 2025
- Juliana Parry, 2025
DENTAL MEETINGS COMMITTEE (DMC)
CDS Officer Sub-Committee
- Michael Durbin, chair, 2023
- David Lewis Jr., 2024
- Denise Hale, 2025
- Philip Schefke, 2026
- Victoria Ursitti, 2027
Scientific Program Sub-Committee
- John Moore, co-chair, 2023
- Kevin Patterson, co-chair, 2023
- Mary Starsiak, senior consultant, 2023
- David Williams, co-vice chair, 2024
- Yendis Gibson, co-vice chair, 2024
- Robert Rada, co-secretary, 2025
- William Hamel III, co-secretary, 2025
- William Simon, officer, 2026
Scientific Program Management
- Jamie Robinson, officer, 2023
- Joanne Oppenheim, officer, 2023
- Danny Hanna, officer, 2023
- Salvatore Storniolo, officer, 2024
- Gregory Matke, officer, 2024
- Gary Balas, officer, 2024
- Michael Cascio, officer, 2025
- Andrew Browar, officer, 2025
- Gerald Ciebien, officer, 2025
Scientific Program Support
- Peter Toussaint, Englewood, 2025
- F. Michael Sheehan, Englewood, 2024
- Nichol Houston, Kenwood/Hyde Park, 2024
- Lori Lightfoot, Kenwood/Hyde Park, 2025
- Jeffrey Kramer, North Side, 2024
- Kirk Kollmann, North Side, 2025
- Jason Rogers, North Suburban, 2024
- Dorothy Anasinski, North Suburban, 2025
- Joseph Thornhill, Northwest Side, 2025
- Spencer Bloom, Northwest Side, 2024
- Jacqueline Niro-Kraemer, Northwest Suburban, 2024
- Steven Kraemer, Northwest Suburban, 2025
- Benjamin Hoekstra, South Suburban, 2024
- William Earley, South Suburban, 2025
- Richard Kohn, West Side, 2025
- Delis Ogando, West Side, 2024
- Bryce Larson, West Suburban, 2024
- Daniela Brzozowski, West Suburban, 2025
Clinician's Lounge Committee
- Philip Schefke, chair, 2023
- Terri Tiersky
- Dean Nicholas
- Thomas Schneider Jr.
Standing Committees for 2023
Communications
- Astrid Schroetter, chair, 2023
- Bita Mehdinejad Fayz, vice chair, 2024
- Melanie Watson, secretary, 2025
- Ingrid Schroetter, 2023
- Alice Boghosian, 2023
- Natalie Tomas, 2024
- Erika Wood, 2024
- Shellie Harden, 2025
- Anastasia Kozal, 2025
Government Affairs and Access Advocacy
- Henry Lotsof, chair, 2023
- Cheryl Watson-Lowry, vice chair, 2023
- Gary Alder, 2023
- Charles Czerepak, 2023
- Esther Lopez, 2023
- James Maragos, 2023
- Terri Tiersky, 2023
- Sodabeh Etminan, 2023
- Genaro Romo Jr., 2023
- Brian Homann, 2023
- Melanie Watson, 2023
- D. Spencer Pope, CDS Foundation liaison, 2023
Mediation / Peer Review
- David Behm, Mediation, chair, 2023
- Sharon Szeszycki, Peer Review, chair, 2023
Membership
- Michael Tauber, chair, 2022
- George Barsa, 2024
- Ashley Kaufman, 2025
- Samantha Sodini, new dentist, 2023
- Danielle Duarte, new dentist, 2024
- Maame Ama Antwi, new dentist, 2025
- Jun Lim, director, third year, 2023
- D. Spencer Pope, director, second year, 2024
- Neil Singh, director, first year, 2025
- Paul DiFranco, Englewood, 2025
- tba, Kenwood/Hyde Park, 2024
- Alina Catana Macovei, North Side, 2025
- Chander Gupta, North Suburban, 2023
- Spencer Bloom, Northwest Side, 2024
Jason Guerrero , Northwest Suburban, 2023- Ronald Waryjas, South Suburban, 2025
- Brian Caraba, West Side, 2023
- Anna Orland, West Suburban, 2024