2026 Leadership Team
Executive Board
Lyndsay Langston, DMD
President
James Granade, III, DMD
President-Elect
Ryan Vaughn, DMD
Secretary/Treasurer
Miles Mazzawi, DMD
Vice President
Kara Kramer, DMD
Immediate Past President
| At-Large Administrative Councilors (3yr) | Ken Berger, DDS |
| At-Large Administrative Councilors (3yr) | Praneetha Kumar, DMD |
| At-Large Administrative Councilors (3yr) | Hari Digumarthi, DMD, MD |
| At-Large Administrative Councilors (3yr) | Jordan Blankenship-Sniker, DMD |
| At-Large Administrative Councilors (3yr) | Zach Wilson, DDS |
| At-Large Administrative Councilors (3yr) | Karyl Patten, DDS, MPH, JM, FACD |
| Editor | Stephanie Jaipaul, DMD |
| GDA At-Large Trustee | Henry Benson, DDS |
| GDA At-Large Trustee | Heather McGee, DMD |
| GDA NDDS District Trustee | Ben Jernigan, DMD |
| President (GADF) | Matt Mazzawi, DMD |
| GDA Awards Council | Tom Jagor, DDS |
| GDA Constitution & Bylaws Chair | Sidney Tourial, DDS |
| GDA Education & Training Advisory Council | Steven Wingfield, DMD |
| GDA Finance, Benefits & Audit Committee | Amy Kuhmichel, DMD |
| GDA Governmental Affairs/PAC Committee Co-Chair | Ben Jernigan, DMD |
| GDA Task Force on Third Party Payors | Ryan Vaughn, DMD |
| GDA Medicaid Task Force | Mark Thebaut, DDS |
| GDA Medicaid Task Force | Abbey Elson, DMD |
| GDA Medicaid Task Force | Darryal McCullough, DDS |
| GDA Medicaid Task Force | Ryan Vaughn, DMD |
| GDA Membership Services Committee | Carlos Griswald, DMD |
| GDA Nominating Committee | Henry Benson, DDS |
| GDA Peer Review & Ethics | Amy Kuhmichel, DMD |
| GDA Peer Review & Ethics Chair | Roy McDonald, DDS, PC |
| GDA Public Relations/IT - Chair | Ken Berger, DDS |
| GDIS Board Rep (GDA Insurance Services) | James Grenade, Jr. , DMD |
| Caring Chair | Nancy Myerson, DMD |
| Continuing Ed/Program Chair | Daren Becker, DMD |
| Gala For Smiles Chair | Stephanie Jaipaul, DMD |
| Gala For Smiles Chair | Caroline Glessner, DMD |
| Nominating/Long-range Planning Chair | Heather McGee, DMD |
| President (GADF) | Matt Mazzawi, DMD |
| Vice President (GADF) | Jordan Blankenship, DMD |
| Secretary/Treasurer(GADF) | Beau Upshaw, DMD |
| At-Large Trustee (GADF) | Sidney Tourial, DDS |
| At-Large Trustee (GADF) | David Marion, DDS |
| Trustee (GADF) - GADF Past President | Amy Kuhmichel, DMD |
| Trustee (GADF) - Gala Chair | Stephanie Jaipaul, DMD |
| Trustee (GADF) - NDDS President | Lyndsay Langston, DMD |
| ADA Alternate Delegate | Heather McGee, DMD |
| ADA Alternate Delegate | Ryan Vaughn, DMD |
| ADA Alternate Delegate | Henry Benson, DDS |
| ADA At-Large Alternate Delegate | Amy Kuhmichel, DMD |
| ADA Delegate | Thomas Jagor, DDS |
| ADA Delegate | Ben Jernigan, DMD |
