Illinois AGD Officers and Board of Directors for 2025
Officers:
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- President: Spencer Bloom, DDS, FAGD
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- President-Elect: Jessica Gibbs, DDS, MAGD
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- Treasurer: Mark Heiss, DDS
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- Shruti Pore, DMD
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- Editor: Sue Bishop, DMD, MAGD
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- Immediate Past-President: Bethel Buerk, DMD
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- Jana West, Constituent Executive
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- Executive Assistant: Maureen Kugel
Board:
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- President: Joseph Akhikar, DMD
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- Irbad Chowdrey, DMD
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- Judy Fan-Hsu, DDS, FAGD
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- Mary Joyce Gomez, DDS
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- William Lawley, DDS, MAGD
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- Curtis Mitchem, DDS
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- Stephen Petras, DDS, MAGD
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- Shruti Pore, DMD
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- James Reichle, DDS, MAGD
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- Mahtab Sadrameli, DMD, MAGD
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- Ivan Valcarenghi, DDS, FAGD, D.ABDSM
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- Rosemary Villa, DDS
National Trustee & Regional Director:
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- Regional Director: Brenden Moon, DDS, MAGD
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- Regional Director: Larry Wiliams, DDS, MAGD, ABGD
PROPOSED OFFICERS
ILLINOIS ACADEMY OF GENERAL DENTISTRY
2026 BOARD OF DIRECTORS
PRESIDENT: Dr. Jessica Gibbs
PRESIDENT-ELECT: Dr. Ivan Valcarenghi
SECRETARY: Dr. Shruti Pore
TREASURER: Dr. Mark Heiss
EDITOR: Dr. Sue Bishop
IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT: Dr. Spencer Bloom
REGIONAL DIRECTOR: Dr. Brenden Moon
NATIONAL TRUSTEE: Dr. Larry Williams
TERM EXPIRING 12-2026:
Dr. Mary Joyce Gomez
Dr. Mahtab Sadrameli
Dr. Robert Kozelka
TERM EXPIRING 12- 2027:
Dr. Rosemary Villa
Dr. Jim Reichle
Dr. Irbad Chowdrey
TERM EXPIRING 12- 2028:
Dr. Joseph Akhiker
Dr. Michael Levi
Proposed changes:
2024 Change of the Illinois AGD Constitution & Bylaws
Motion passed at the 4-21-23 lLAGD board meeting.
lLAGD Emeritus members can fill a vacant board position in the event every option has
been exhausted to fill the position with a current member that has not previously served.
It will be a top priority of the search committee to find new members to fill vacant board
seats.
The lLAGD Board of Directors will be reduced from 21 members to 17 members.
The lIAGD Board position of Vice-President will be eliminated.
The ILAGD general board members will be reduced from 12 members to 9 members.