2025-2026 STANDING COMMITTEES

Executive Committee

Nestor Schejtman - President
Effrat Habsha - President-Elect
Maryse Manasse - Vice President
Jonathan Esquivel - Treasurer
Konstantinos Chochlidakis - Secretary
Evangelos Rossopoulos  - Executive Director
Carlo Poggio - Immediate Past President
Christina Frenton, Staff Liaison
 

Auditing & Finance Committee

Alon Preiskel -Chair
Steve Sadowsky
Jim Hudson 
Todd Fridrich
Evangelos Rossopoulos - Executive Director
Christina Frenton, Staff Liaison
 

Bylaws Committee

Todd Fridrich - Chair
Alon Preiskel
David Reisberg
Arun Sharma
Christina Frenton, Staff Liaison
 

Membership Committee

Jordan Zaner - Chair
Sergio Florencio 
Todd Fridrich
Carolina Vera
Federico Amoroso
Ambika Parti
Sun Lim
Mahmood Abu Ruja

Annual Meeting & Continuing Education Committee

Jonathan Esquivel - Program Chair 2026
Effrat Habsha- President Elect
Nestor Schejtman - President 
Vincenzo Castellano - Poster Program Chair 
Sindhu Kanikicharia - Poster Program Co-Chair
Sergio Florencio - Graduate Prosthodontic Program Chair
Anvita Maharishi - Graduate Prosthodontic Program Co-Chair
Kostas Chochlidakis - Professional Relations Chair 
Evangelos Rossopoulos - Executive Director
Kirsten Friedli, Director of Meetings/Education
Nicole Bengtsson, Director of Meetings
 

Communications Committee

Jonathan Esquivel - Chair
Jorge Garaicoa Co-Chair
Elahe Behrooz
Thomas Graber
Effrat Habsha
Ettore Palmeri
Carlo Poggio
Alon Preiskel
Nestor Schejtman
Dennis Stiles
Minh Tran
Jordan Zaner

Professional Awards Committee

Effie Habsha - Co-Chair
Dennis Stiles - Co-Chair
Nestor Schejtman
Carlo Poggio
Evangelos Rossopoulos
Christina Frenton, Staff Liaison

2025-2026 APPOINTED COMMITTEES

Nominating Committee

Carlo Poggio - Chair
Nestor Schejtman
Alon Preiskel 
Dennis Stiles 
Evangelos Rossopoulos
Christina Frenton Staff Liaison
 

Professional Relations Committee

Effrat Habsha - Chair
Kostas Chochlidakis - Co Chair
Antonio Bello
Izchak Barzilay
Todd Fridrich
Thomas Graber
Frank Lamar
Sergio Florencio
Carlo Poggio
Evangelos Rossopoulos 
Nestor Schejtman 
Ettore Palmeri, Advisor
Nicole Bengtsson, Meeting Coordinator
Kirsten Friedli, Meeting Coordinator

2025-2026 AD HOC COMMITTEES

Senior Advisory Committee

Evangelos  Rossopoulos - Chair
Izchak Barzilay
Todd Fridrich
James Hudson
Steve Sadowsky
Arun Sharma
Francisco Cortes

Webinar Committee

Kostas  Chochlidakis - Chair
Carlo Poggio
Effrat Habsha
Nestor Schejtman
Loren Geneti

2025-2026 AD HOC NEW COMMITTEES

AD HOC International Outreach

Thomas Graber - Chair
Izchak Barzilay
Alon Preiskel
Paco Cortez
Jorge Garaicoa

AD HOC APS History Exhibit

Paco Cortes - Chair
Carlo Poggio
Alon Preiskel
Thomas Graber