Society Governance

The MDS Board of Trustees is composed of the Officers (President, President-Elect, Vice President, Secretary, Assistant Secretary, Treasurer, Assistant Treasurer, Speaker of the House, and Immediate Past President) and one Trustee from each of the 13 Massachusetts District Dental Societies. Staff is overseen by the Executive Director. 

Officers ¦ Trustees ¦ Guest Board Members ¦ Staff ¦ Vision, Mission and Strategic Goals

Officers (2010-2011)

Officers of the MDS are nominated by the Council on Nominations and elected by the House of Delegates at the Annual Session.

President John P. Fisher, DDS	President-Elect Charles L. Silvius, DDS	Vice President Paula K. Friedman, DDS
Speaker of the House Thomas P. Torrisi, DD1S	Secretary Anthony N. Giamberardino, DMD	Assistant Secretary Lisa Vouras, DMD
Treasurer Michel A. Jusseaume, DDS	Assistant Treasurer Howard M. Zolot, DMD	Immediate Past President David S. Samuels, DMD

 Trustees (2010-2011)

Each of the 13 District Dental Societies in the MDS elects one Trustee to the MDS Board for a three-year term that can be renewed once.

Berkshire Michael Wasserman, DDS	Cape Cod Richard D. Marchand, DMD	East Middlesex  Tofigh Raayai, DMD
Merrimack Valley Thomas A. Trowbridge, DDS, MD	Metropolitan John C. Owen, DMD	Middlesex Janis C. Moriarty, DMD
North Metropolitan David B. Becker, DMD	North Shore N. Peter Hjorth, DMD	Southeastern Raymond Martin, DDS
South Shore David P. Lustbader, DMD	Valley Edward J. Welch, DDS	Wachusett Stephen J. Shea, DDS
Worcester Edward Swiderski, DDS

Guest Board Members

The Guest Board Member Program was launched in February 2006 as a means to encourage the expansion of the diversity and multicultural demographics of the Board to better reflect the membership of the Society and to encourage involvement in the MDS and organized dentistry. Each governing year, four MDS members are selected to attend Board of Trustee meetings and participate in discussions in a nonvoting capacity.

Abol Massih Tehrani, DMD	Geraldine C. Garcia-Rogers, DMD
Debbie S. Eisen, DMD	Todd Belfbecker, DMD

Senior Staff

Below is a list of senior staff members.  A full staff list by department is found in the member-only area of the site.

Robert E. Boose, EdD Executive Director	Karen Rafeld Assistant Executive Director, Senior Policy Advisor	Kathleen M. Boyce, CPA Chief Financial Officer
Lois Holt Senior Director, Executive Office Operations	Scott G. Davis Chief Communications Officer	Marc Kaplan, CAE Director, Membership
Maryellen Geurtsen Director, Yankee Operations	Shannon McCarthy Director, Sales	Dorrey Powers Director, Continuing Education
David White Director, Governmental Affairs and Grassroots Advocacy	Alisa Ufland Director of Marketing	Jesse Mirenda Director, Information Technology Services