Call for Volunteers

You can make a difference by joining our volunteer team.

 

The Chicago Dental Society is currently seeking energetic, enthusiastic, and dedicated individuals to join us in our mission to make a positive impact in our profession. Volunteering with us will allow you to contribute to our initiatives' success and provide you with valuable networking opportunities and professional development.

Your passion, strengths, and goals are crucial in shaping the future of our society. Please review the available opportunities below and apply for a position that best suits these qualities, empowering you to make a meaningful contribution.

Describe how you can contribute to the success of each committee for which you are volunteering in the text box following each committee’s criteria:

  • Diversity and Inclusion Committee (D&I)
  • New Dentist Committee

Application Requirements:

  • CDS membership
  • Contact information
  • Completion of all required fields
  • Statement describing your reasons for interest in the selected committee(s)
  • Print full name

Contact Information

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Committees

NEW DENTIST COMMITTEE 

Seeking two (2) volunteers

 

Join our pioneering team of member volunteers on a New Dentist Committee. This dynamic group will play a crucial role in developing ideas and resources that resonate with New Dentists and driving forward strategic initiatives and outcomes. This committee was developed by our recent and past New Dentist Directors who sit on the CDS Board of Directors.

 

Be a part of this newly established committee, where you will contribute to crafting plans, tackling unique challenges, and setting ambitious, yet achievable outcomes. The committee will assist in developing training, tools and resources for new dentists to rise into leadership and provide educational opportunities.

 

The committee’s charges will focus on projects such as developing and supporting a mentor program, enhancing outreach efforts for new dentists, increasing event engagement for new dentists throughout the year, and networking with new dentists at the Midwinter Meeting. Add your voice and make a lasting impact for New Dentists at CDS. 

 

Time commitment: Quarterly Meetings, with mandatory attendance at two meetings (in-person and via Zoom). Committee terms are one-year in length.

INTERESTED APPLICANTS SHOULD RESPOND TO THESE QUESTIONS: 

  1. Why are you interested in being a part of this committee?
  2. What background and/or experiences have you had that would bring value to this committee?
  3. What do you feel is most important for CDS to provide for New Dentist members?
  4. What are your thoughts on CDS educational programs that are missing for New Dentists? 

 

DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION (D&I) COMMITTEE

Seeking seven (7) volunteers


  • Join this inaugural group of member volunteers coming together to develop practices and policies that will encourage, mentor, and support a diverse community and provide tools and educational resources to thrive in our profession. This committee will be charged with strategic outcomes to assist advancement into CDS  leadership and help build a diverse culture through inclusion initiatives, including developing strategies, identifying unique challenges, and setting realistic targets.
  • The committee’s mandates include developing a mentoring program, outreach to various diverse organizations, developing a way to collect demographic data, and facilitating focus groups during the Midwinter Meeting (MWM).
  • Time commitment: Quarterly Meetings, with mandatory attendance at two meetings (in-person and via Zoom). Committee terms (rolling commitment) are four one-year terms and three two-year terms.
    • Time commitment preference

    INTERESTED APPLICANTS SHOULD RESPOND TO THESE QUESTIONS:

    1.         Why are you interested in being a part of this committee?
    2.         What does diversity, equity, and inclusion mean to you?
    3.         What is your background related to DEI as a discipline?
    4.         How will you support the “core values” (diversity, inclusion, leadership)?
    5.         Are you currently involved in an organization with a DEI program?