Committees

About NESO

NESO Committee on Meetings (COM)

The NESO COM is a NESO standing committee on meeting planning, including a chair who is the NESO Representative to the AAO CCOM (when available or appointed by the Executive Committee) and up to five members, including the CONYM representative for the length of their council term, NESO President, President-elect, Immediate Past President, One member appointed by the President.

  • Renee Pompei (Chair)
  • Sercan Akyalcin
  • Katie Klein
  • Sahar Mostafavi
  • Salvatore Manente

Audit Committee

The committee shall consist of not fewer than two (2) and not more than four (4) members of the board of directors. The members of the Audit Committee shall be designated by the board of directors for a period determined by the board, in accordance with the following requirements.

  • Renee Pompei
  • Jeff Blasius

Budget and Finance Committee

The committee will prepare a budget for the next fiscal year showing the estimated amounts of income and disbursements of the Society and shall review all fiscal matters of the Society and make recommendations to the Board of Directors and the Society in such matters.

  • Renee Pompei (Chair)
  • Katie Klein
  • Lauren Vitkus
  • Christopher Murphy
  • Kenneth Webb
  • Zach Librizzi

Policy & Bylaws Committee

The committee will review the Bylaws in order to keep them consistent with the policies of the Society and prepare recommended revisions to the Board of Directors for consideration prior to presentation to the Society membership for a vote.

  • Renee Pompei (P-E and Chair)
  • Christopher Murphy
  • Thikriat Al-Jewair

Communications Committee

The committee will promote lay and general education in orthodontics, foster cooperation between the Society and other organizations in dentistry, encourage and promote high standards of professional quality and keep the Society informed on matters affecting the specialty of orthodontics.

  • Aseel Ismail (Chair)
  • Dana Dobrowski
  • Kyler Hayes
  • Manuela Hrit
  • Guillaume Isabel
  • Jeff Lowenstein
  • Corinne Nicolas
  • Yuna Park
  • Lake Seymour

Executive Committee

The committee shall be a subcommittee of the Board and will act on behalf of the Board of Directors on matters arising between sessions of the Board.

  • Sercan Akyalcin, President
  • Renee Pompei, President-Elect (Chair)
  • Lauren Vitkus, Secretary
  • Christopher Murphy, Treasurer
  • Kenneth Webb, Trustee
  • Katie Klein, Immediate Past President
  • Salvatore Manente, Additional Past President

Investment Committee

The committee will oversee all investments including the general and reserve funds and issue a financial report to the Board of Directors at the ad-interim meeting and annual session.

  • Kenneth Webb (Chair)
  • Renee Pompei
  • Lauren Vitkus
  • Jeff Blasius

Inclusion and Engagement Committee

The Committee shall be composed of the Committee Chair who is appointed by the President. Up to eight additional members will be included on the committee upon application from the NESO membership. The Chair will serve a two-year term. Committee members will serve a two-year term, with option for renewal up to three terms. An additional NESO board member will be appointed by the President as a committee liaison.

  • June Harewood (Chair)
  • Bianca Frederick
  • Ashish Gurav    
  • Aseel Ismail
  • Emilio Hernandez
  • Raluca-Stefania Georgescu
  • Rachyl Adams

Leadership Development Committee

The committee will identify and solicit future leaders and provide the necessary leadership tools to the identified future leaders.

  • Sahar Mostafavi (Chair)
  • Lauren Vitkus
  • Carrie Melita
  • Shawheen Saffari
  • Andre Weissheimer

Management Relations Committee

The committee will supervise persons employed by the Society for the administration of its affairs and be responsible for reviewing contract renewals and making contract recommendations to the Board of Directors.

  • Katie Klein (Chair)
  • Renee Pompei
  • Lauren Vitkus
  • Christopher Murphy
  • Mariana Haughey

Nominating Committee

The committee will receive, review and present nominations for the officers of the Society, for the positions of delegates and alternate delegates, and for NESO, AAO, ABO, AAOF and ADA awards.

  • Katie Klein (Chair)
  • Sercan Akyalcin
  • Renee Pompei
  • Lauren Vitkus
  • Christopher Murphy
  • Mariana Haughey
  • Lisa Howard

Resident Research Committee

The committee will evaluate research funding applications from residents and award grants per the Resident Research Program guidelines.

  • Thikriat Al-Jewair (Chair)
  • Jing Chen
  • Sercan Akyalcin
  • Emile Rossouw

Membership Committee

The Chair will be appointed by the President for a 3-year term and the Committee will include the Communications Committee Chair, representatives from COMEJC and CONYM and up to three additional members who will serve 2-year terms.

  • Chris Murphy (Chair/COMEJC)
  • Sahar Mostafavi (CONYM)
  • Aseel Ismail 
  • Brianna Tucker 
  • Dana Dobrowski
  • Nika Grigaitis
  • Madhur Upadhyay