Cathy’s Corner

HappySeptember!!

By Cathy B. Levering

SDDS Executive Director

Summer’s over, our planning for the fall is complete and we are ready to go! General meetings will be awesome, CE courses start the end of September and will be IN PERSON and back in the SDDS Classroom, CPR in September, licensure renewal in October is open to our members and their team members, and our Business Forums cover many topics – all requested by our members. What’s a Business Forum? Some are in person, others noontime webinars and all presenting business information that may help you as a business owner or an associate in a practice. In September / October we will offer three forums: • September 14 – evening and in person; FINANCING ISSUES AND

OPTIONS (our Vendor Member banks and lending institutions will be on hand to answer questions and offer options for your practice, your personal life, your blended needs) • September 21 – noon webinar; INSURANCE NEEDS - do you have the right insurance for your practice? (thank you TDIC for presenting this important information) • September 28 – evening and in person; RETIREMENT - now and in the future (thank you Elizabeth Clark and CA. Dentists’ Guild for presenting this program) • October 26 – evening and in person; ASSOCIATES, PARTNERS OR

SOLO PRACTICE and your WORKLIFE BALANCE (thanks to Adams

Consulting and our member panel for your participation) So you can see we’re “all for our members!” Our goal is to bring you information and education right here in your own backyard! Finally, it’s time for MidWinter Convention! Included in this issue of the Nugget is the prospectus and we are so excited for this annual February event at the Sacramento Convention Center. Plan to attend with your team – there are programs for everyone! Our speakers are amazing, the topics are excellent, our Expo Hall is already sold out with 75 vendors and we are planning for a sell out this year. Won’t you please bring your team and sign up early! For those members who have not attended before, it’s a great way to bond with your team and earn lots of CE at the same time (and we feed you – no need to go out for lunch!) Happy fall, y’all!

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 Sofia Gutierrez | Foundation Projects / CPR Anne Rogerson | Office Manager Jessica Luther | Graphic Designer Katie Marshall | Adminstrative Assistant

SDDS STAFF

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