Cathy’s Corner

My Heart is Full!

By Cathy B. Levering

SDDS Executive Director

As you read through this issue of our Nugget and the Annual Report of our Foundation, I hope you realize how many fingers and hands AND HEARTS go into the “pot” of our wonderful Foundation, as well as our Society itself. In looking at our donors and our volunteers and all the lists of people who have put their heart and soul into supporting the Foundation, it goes without saying that we are blessed.

So. Very. Blessed.

All we can say – over and over – is THANK YOU! Through the generosity and kindness shown by everyone mentioned on these following pages, we are able to provide care, oral health education, donate materials and supplies to kids, the elderly, victims of the fires disasters last fall, help those who fall through the cracks of oral health care options, and much more.

This. Is. Our. Foundation.

When you are asked what does the SDDS Society’s Foundation do? Please read on. And we hope that each one of our own SDDS members will take the time to read what we do, and help us promote our Foundation’s good work – the work we have done in the past, presently, and what’s to come in the future.

You. Are. Our. Foundation! And We Thank you.

Are you a member of our Foundation?

It only costs $75 a year to be a member of our Foundation. The Foundation funds our Smiles for Kids and Smiles for Big Kids programs!

Will you join? Email us at sdds@sdds.org to become a member and make a difference. Thank you for supporting the Foundation!

LEADERSHIP

President: Wesley Yee, DDS Immediate Past President: Volki Felahy, DDS President Elect/Treasurer: Lisa Dobak, DDS Secretary: Ash Vasanthan, DDS, MS Editor-in-Chief: Nima Aflatooni, DDS Executive Director: Cathy Levering

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

Dean Ahmad, DDS Craig Alpha, DDS Brock Hinton, DDS Kevin Keating, DDS, MS Lisa Laptalo, DMD Viren Patel, DDS Kart Raghuraman, DDS Jeff Sue, DDS Guest of the Board: Chirag Vaid, DDS

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

CPR: Margaret Delmore, MD, DDS Nominating/Leadership Development: Volki Felahy, DDS

COMMITTEES

STANDING

Fun & Games: Andrea Cervantes, DDS GMC Elimination: Kevin Keating, DDS, MS New Member/New Dentist: Sarah Mathai, DDS Nonmember: Hana Rashid, DDS Practice Transitions: Hung Le, DDS Social Media: Ashleigh Areias, DDS Budget & Finance Advisory: Lisa Dobak, DDS Bylaws Advisory: Volki Felahy, DDS CE Advisory: Eric Wong, DDS Forensics Advisory: Mark Porco, DDS Oral Health: Kim E. Wallace, DDS Strategic Planning Advisory: Ash Vasanthan, DDS, MS/Lisa Dobak, DDS TASK FORCES ADVISORY COMMITTEES

Foundation: Viren Patel, DDS SacPAC: Gary Ackerman, DDS SPECIAL EVENTS OTHER

Cathy Levering | Executive Director Jen Jackson | Membership Sofia Gutierrez | Foundation Projects / CPR Anne Rogerson | Office Manager Jessica Luther | Graphic Designer Katie Marshall | Adminstrative Assistant

SDDS STAFF

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