If you are interested in serving on the AAP Board of Trustees or holding a position on the Officer Nominating Committee or with the American Board of Periodontology, contact your District Trustees or attend your District Forum at the Annual Meeting. For those who wish to run for an officer position in 2018, the required paperwork must be submitted to the AAP by Aug. 31, 2017. Please visit Nominations and Elections for more information.

Slate of Candidates for the 2017 Election Ballot

The members listed below will be candidates in the Academy’s 2017 election. This list is not an official ballot.

VOTING PROCEDURES

The candidate campaign period runs from January 1 through June 30, 2017.

The AAP elections began June 1. You may go to the AAP voting website https://www.directvote.net/AAPERIO/ and submit your ballot for the AAP 2017 Election. You will need to use your election passcode and your Member Number to vote online. Your passcode was sent to you via email and on the paper ballot mailed to you.

If you do not know your member number, please send an e-mail to support@directvote.net or call 952-974-2339. Your member number will be e-mailed to you. (It is the policy of the AAP not to provide Member Numbers over the telephone.)

All candidates’ Statements of Qualifications can be accessed online at https://www.directvote.net/AAPERIO/, or via the paper ballot package mailed to you. Additional information provided by the candidates is provided below.

For technical support (available Monday - Friday 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM Central Time, USA, excluding holidays), please call 952-974-2339 or e-mail support@directvote.net. The deadline to vote is June 30, 2017 – 11:59 p.m. CDT.

Thank you for participating in this year’s election.

 

Candidate Statements of Qualification

All candidate's statement and CVs are housed on AAP Connect in the Member Resource Library. Please login to view.

National Elections

Officers

Nominated by the AAP Officer Nominating Committee

President Elect Steven R. Daniel will succeed to the Presidency and Vice President Richard T. Kao to the office of President Elect.

Vice President
Bryan J. Frantz Candidate Statement | CV
Candidate Statement as published in Periospectives

Secretary/Treasurer
One to be elected

Stephen J. Meraw Candidate Statement | CV
Candidate Statement as published in Periospectives

James G. Wilson Candidate Statement | CV
Candidate Statement as published in Periospectives

American Board of Periodontology

Director
Two to be elected; one from each pairing

David E. Deas Candidate Statement | CV
Rodrigo E F Neiva Candidate Statement | CV

Arnold L. Freedman Candidate Statement 
Charles A. Powell Candidate Statement | CV

District Elections

Nominated by District Nominating Committee

District 1

No positions open

District 2

Officer Nominating Committee
One to be elected

Richard Cutler Candidate Statement
Mehrdad Favagehi Candidate Statement | CV

District 3

Board of Trustees
Two to be elected; one from each pairing

Christopher R. Richardson* Candidate Statement 
Mark A. Brunner Candidate Statement | CV

Robert B. Churney* Candidate Statement 
Cecil White, Jr. Candidate Statement | CV

District 4

Board of Trustees
One to be elected

Vanchit John Candidate Statement | CV
Kirk W. Noraian Candidate Statement | CV

District 5

Board of Trustees
One to be elected

William G. Reeves* Candidate Statement 
Kristi M. Soileau Candidate Statement 

Nominating Committee for the American Board of Periodontology
One to be elected

Rachel A. Schallhorn Candidate Statement | CV
Pilar Valderrama Candidate Statement | CV

Officer Nominating Committee
One to be elected

Brad Crump Candidate Statement | CV 
Jeanne Salcetti Candidate Statement | CV

District 6

Board of Trustees
Two to be elected

Nicholas Caplanis Candidate Statement | CV
Dean Ahmad Candidate Statement 

Debra Finney* (Nagy Vacancy) Candidate Statement 

Nominating Committee for the American Board of Periodontology
One to be elected

Perry Klokkevold* Candidate Statement 

District 7

Board of Trustees
One to be elected

Ana Becil Giglio Candidate Statement 

Nominating Committee for the American Board of Periodontology
One to be elected

Susan Karabin* Candidate Statement 

District 8

Nominating Committee for the American Board of Periodontology
One to be elected

COL. Kenneth J. Erley Candidate Statement 
COL Chol H. Chong Candidate Statement 

Officer Nominating Committee
One to be elected

COL Dan K. Wong Candidate Statement 
CDR Matthew B. B. Miller Candidate Statement 

*Incumbent