Our Organization

Executive Committee

• PRESIDENT: Volki Felahy, DDS
• PRESIDENT-ELECT / TREASURER: Wesley Yee, DDS
• SECRETARY: Lisa Dobak, DDS
• IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT: Carl Hillendahl, DDS

Board Members

• Sacramento: Kart Raghuraman, DDS
• Sacramento: Craig Alpha, DDS
• El Dorado: Craig Alpha, DDS
• Amador: Hana Rashid, DDS
• Placer: Kevin Keating, DDS, MS
• Placer: Dean Ahmad, DDS
• Yolo: Brock Hinton, DDS
• Yolo: Nima Aflatooni, DDS

Ex-Officio Board Members

• Executive Director: Cathy Levering
• Nugget Editor-in-Chief: Ash Vasanthan, DDS, MS
• Trustee: Viren Patel, DDS
• Trustee: Wallace Bellamy, DMD

Delegates to the CDA House

• Bryan Judd, DDS
• Volki Felahy, DDS
• Carl Hillendahl, DDS
• Wesley Yee, DDS
• Stephanie Sandretti, DDS
• Hana Rashid, DDS
• Viren Patel, DDS

Standing Committees

• • • • CPR Committee – Committee Chair: Margaret Delmore, MD, DDS

    Purpose of the committee is to train members to be instructors to teach CPR courses for SDDS members; 1 calibration and 2 courses/year

  • Nominating/Leadership Development Committee – Committee Chair: Carl Hillendahl, DDS

Purpose is to develop leaders, nominate for positions in SDDS, Foundation and CDA; 3-4 meetings/year

Task Forces

• • Member Benefits and Services – Committee Chair: Chirag Vaid, DDS
  • Mediation Task Force – Committee Chairs: Lisa Dobak, DDS and Morton Rosenberg, DDS

   
  Provides oversight, clinical review of peer review complaints of both patient and member doctor; forwards recommendations to CDA; meets as needed
  Advisory Committees

  • • Budget and Finance Advisory – Committee Chair: Wesley Yee, DDS
    • Bylaws Advisory – Committee Chair: Carl Hillendahl, DDS

  Reviews options and suggestions for programs, speakers, MidWinter, Lunch and Learns, CE days/events, and Business Forums; 2 meetings/year

  • Mass Disaster / Forensics Advisory – Committee Chair: Mark Porco, DDS

   

  Provides training to members for disaster identification; members must agree to mobilize if a disaster occurs; 2 meetings/year

  • Nugget Editorial Advisory – Committee Chair: Ash Vasanthan, DDS, MS

   

  Committee members serve as the guest editors for Nugget topics and issues (must be able to write and/or know people who do!); 2-3 meetings/year

  • Strategic Planning Advisory – Committee Chairs: Wesley Yee, DDS and Lisa Dobak, DDS

   

  Special Event / Other Committees

  • SacPAC – Committee Chair: Matthew Campbell, DDS
  • Golf Tournament Committee
  • Smiles for Big Kids Committee
  • Smiles for Kids Committee