Dr. Renee Arace President
Dr. Elisa Velazquez President-Elect
Dr. Amit Vora Vice President
Dr. Antoinette Tauk Treasurer
Dr. Andrew Dietz Secretary
Dr. Ed Tirpack Speaker of the House
Dr. Peter DeSciscio Immediate Past President
Dr. Harvey Nisselson Editor
Dr. Robert Tarby Atlantic-Cape May
Dr. M. George Ayad Bergen
Dr. Steven Greenbaum Central
Dr. George Athansios Essex
Dr. Ivette Dauhajre Hudson
Dr. Janhavi Rane Mercer
Dr. Devang Modi Middlesex
Dr. Jocelyn Jeffries-Bruno Monmouth-Ocean
Dr. Maria Ambrosio Passaic
George Soliman Student
Dr. Lisa Gallucci Southern
Dr. Scott Ruvo Tri-County
Dr. Brett Handsman Union
Joseph Basilicato, DMD The council is responsible for the overall coordination of the program of events for the NJDA Annual Session. It recommends programs of events to the NJDA Board of Trustees and supervises the arrangements for the NJDA Annual Session.
Janhavi Rane, DDS The Council conducts studies of membership issues and formulates programs to maintaining and increasing the membership.
Peter DeSciscio, DMD This council meets annually in January to recommend members to fill officer positions.
Michael Saba, DMD The Council protects and furthers the interests of the public and the dental profession in matters of legislation and regulation. It makes recommendations to the NJDA Board of Trustees on matters of legislation and regulation.
John Fahsbender, DMD The council manages and administers the process of Peer Review by upholding the highest standards of professional care and conduct as established by the ADA Principles of Ethics and the NJDA Code of Ethics.
This committee conducts annual reviews of preliminary estimates of income, expenditures and additions to reserve. It also examines annual budget requests with a view of making specific recommendations to the Board of Trustees.
Renee Arace, DMD This committee recommends rules for governing the organization and procedures of the Board of Trustees, and the rules to nominate chair and members to committees of the Board of Trustees.
Amit Vora, DDS This committee reviews and makes recommendations to the Board of Trustees regarding healthcare and other benefits received by NJDA staff.
Renee Arace, DMD
Elisa Velazquez, DMD This committee develops strategic plans of the New Jersey Dental Association.
Jacqueline Reid, DMD This committee develops and routinely reviews criteria for membership on the NJ Disaster Victim Identification Team. It liases with state officials regarding involvement in Mass Disaster Emergency Response as well as developing and implementing training programs for team members.
Meha Sheth, DMD This committee develops and implements membership recruitment and retention strategies targeted at New Jersey Licensed practitioners out of dental school less than 10 years.
Renee Arace, DMD, Co-Chair Antoinette Tauk, DDS, Co-Chair Reviews current endorsed programs every five years for renewal, and meets with prospective endorsed companies to make recommendations to the Board for endorsement.
Mark Vitale, DMD NJDPAC is the political action committee for dentists in the state of New Jersey. It helps to raise funds to support those who support oral health and the dental profession.
Sidney Whitman, DDS This committee monitors Medicare and Medicaid and gives input to the appropriate NJ state department as required.