Governance
The Governance of the NYSAGD consists of an Executive Council (current officers) and a Board of Trustees (Officers, Committee Chairs). Meetings are held 4 times during the year.
2025 Board of Trustees and Executive Council Meeting Dates
| Board of Trustees | Executive Council |
| Thursday, February 20, 2025 - Zoom | Thursday, February 13, 2025 |
| Thursday, May 29, 2025 | Thursday, May 22, 2025 |
| Thursday, November 6, 2025 | Thursday, October 30, 2025 |
| Thursday, December 11, 2025 - Zoom | Thursday, December 4, 2025 |
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President
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Analia Veitz-Keenan, DDS, FAGD
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Brooklyn, NY
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President-Elect
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James Keenan, DDS, MAGD
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Brooklyn, NY
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Treasurer
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Joseph DiDonato III, DDS, MBA, FAGD
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Rochester, NY
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Secretary
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Katayoon Noroozi-Leibowitz, DDS
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Glen Cove, NY
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Editor
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Janice Pliszczak, DDS, MB, MAGD |
Syracuse, NY
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National Trustee
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Ira Levine, DDS, MAGD
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Scarsdale, NY
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Regional Director
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Seung-Hee Rhee, DDS, MAGD
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New York, NY
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Immediate Past President
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Shahram Shekib, DDS, JD, FAGD, FICD, FAADS, FPFA, FACD
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Brooklyn, NY
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Executive Director
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Paula Bostick |
Per our Bylaws: "The President is to act as advisor and ex-officio member of all Committees and Councils, other than the Nominating and Audit Committees".
| 2025 NYSAGD Committees | |
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Audit
Dr. James Keenan
Dr. Abe Dyzenhaus
Dr. Joseph DiDonato, Consultant
Budget & Finance
Dr. Joseph DiDonato, Chair
Dr. James Keenan
Dr. Analia Veitz-Keenan
Dr. Stephen Akseizer
Dr. Shahram Shekib
Dr. Berry Stahl
Dr. Seung-Hee Rhee
Award Committee
Dr. Seung-Hee Rhee, Chair
Dr. Binod Verma
Dr. Ira Levine
Dr. Janice Pliszczak
Dr. Nathan Hershkowitz
Bylaws
Dr. Robert Margolin, Chair
Dr. Nathan Hershkowitz
Dr. Maria Madonna
Dr. Ira Levine
Dr. James Keenan, Ex Officio
Dr. Abe Dyzenhaus, Ex Officio
Communications
Dr. Janice Pliszczak, Editor
Dr. Analia Veitz-Keenan, Co-Chair
Dr. Lucretia DePaola-Cefola
Dr. Debra Ferraiolo
Dr. Maria Madonna
Dr. Angela De Bartolo
Dr. Binod Verma, PIO
Dr. Katayoon Noroozi-Leibowitz, Ex Officio
Dr. James Keenan, Ex Officio
Mrs. Paula Bostick, Business Manager
Credentials
Dr. Lucretia DePaola-Cefola, Chair
Dr. Binod Verma
Dr. Lawrence Bailey
Dr. James Keenan
Dr. Nathan Hershkowitz
Dr. Katayoon Noroozi-Leibowitz, Ex-Officio
Dental Care & Governmental Affairs
Dr. Lorna Flamer-Caldera, Chair
Dr. Collen Watson, Co-Chair
Dr. Ira Levine
Dr. Stephen Akseizer
Dr. Nathan Hershkowitz
Dr. Brian Ciporin
Dental Education
Dr. Debra Ferraiolo, Chair
Dr. Lorna Flamer-Caldera, Co-Chair
Dr. Nathan Hershkowitz
Dr. Lawrence Bailey
Dr. Binod Verma
Dr. Angela DeBartolo
Dr. Kathryn Rothas
Dr. Geri Robin
Dr. Marie Devore
Dr. B. Jason Kyles
Dr. Joseph DiDonato, Ex Officio
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Empire State MasterTrack
Dr. Ira Levine, Co-Chair
Dr. James Keenan, Co-Chair
Group Benefits
Dr. Angela De Bartolo, Chair
Dr. Abe Dyzenhaus
Dr. Stephen Akseizer
Dr. Maria Madonna
Dr. B. Jason Kyles
Marketing Committee
Dr. Joseph DiDonato, Chair
Dr. Debra Ferraiolo
Dr. Abe Dyzenhaus
Dr. Angela De Bartolo
Membership Dr. James Keenan, Chair
Dr. Lucretia DePaola-Cefola, Co-Chair
Dr. Karthilde Appolon
Dr. Nathan Hershkowitz
Dr. Seung-Hee Rhee
Dr. Samuel Lin
Dr. Diana Kim
New Dentist
Dr. Diana Kim, Chair
Dr. Sheida Takmil, Co-Chair
Dr. Samuel Lin
Dr. Seung-Hee Rhee
Dr. Kathryn Rothas
Dr. Lydia Turchioe
Dr. Monica Bebawy
Dr. Asra Sabir
PACE
Dr. Nathan Hershkowitz, Chair
Dr. James Keenan
Dr. Brian Ciporin
Dr. Debra Ferraiolo
Parliamentarian
Dr. Abe Dyzenhaus
Public Information Officer
Dr. Binod Verma, Officer
Public Information Committee
Dr. Binod Verma, Chair
Dr. Maria Madonna
Dr. Samuel Lin
Dr. Teresa Skalyo
Dr. Analia Veitz-Keenan, Ex Officio
Strategic Planning
Dr. James Keenan, Chair
Dr. Abe Dyzenhaus
Dr. Ira Levine
Dr. Collen Watson
Dr. Lydia Turchioe
Ad-hoc Marketing
Joseph DiDonato, Chair
Debra Ferraiolo
Abe Dyzenhaus
Angela De Bartolo
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