Board trustees are asked to serve by example in their financial support of the ODA Foundation through involvement in foundation fundraising campaigns or events. Trustees serve a four-year term and can serve three consecutive terms on the Board. The Board meets four times a year.
Our Board of Trustees
Dr. Brett Pelok
Chair & Executive Committee Liaison
Dr. Joseph Baytosh
Vice Chair
Dr. Canise Bean
Trustee
Dr. John Bennet Jr.
Trustee
Dr. Kyle Bogan
Trustee
Dr. Manny Chopra
Trustee
Dr. Mara Cooperrider
Trustee
Dr. James Cottle
Trustee
Dr. Jennifer Jerome
Trustee
Dr. Harold Jeter
ODA President & Trustee
Dr. Jennifer Kale
Trustee
Dr. P. Michael Moore
Trustee
Dr. Steven Moore
Trustee
Dr. Manish Valiathan
Trustee
Dr. John Gerstenmaier Jr.
Trustee Emeritus
Dr. Kevin Laing
Trustee Emeritus
Dr. Ronald Occhionero
Trustee Emeritus
Dr. Ronald Stanich
Trustee Emeritus
Dr. David Rummel
Trustee Emeritus
ODA Staff
Criteria to serve on the ODA Foundation Board of Trustees
A willingness to volunteer and help the ODA Foundation continue to grow and help fund dental causes in Ohio is the primary criterion. The ODA also requires that a trustee be an active, life or retired member in good standing of the ODA and an active, life or retired member of one of the constituent societies of the trustee district that the trustee is elected to represent.
The ODA Foundation recommends that Board of Trustee candidates have served as one or more of the following:
- as a component dental society officer,
- as an ODA elected or appointed officer,
- as an ODA delegate or alternate,
- as an ADA delegate or alternate,
- on an ODA council, sub-council, committee, reference committee or task force.
