BACKGROUND
- Undergraduate work at University of Texas (Austin)
- DDS from University of Texas Health Science Center, Dental Branch, Houston (“UTDB”) 1975
- General Practice Residency at USAF Hospital, March AFB, California 1975-1976; 2 additional years as general dentist at Malmstrom AFB, Montana 1976-1978
- General dental practice in Abilene, TX since 1978
- Member of the Texas Dental Association (TDA) House of Delegates as a delegate or alternate since 1984
- Served on various reference committees as member or chair, TDA House of Delegates
- Member and Chair of TDA Council on Dental Care Programs – a standing committee of the Texas Dental Association (1990-1994, Chair ’93 & ’94)
- TDA Board member from Northwest Division 1997 – 2000 as a Director and as Speaker of the House of Delegates 2000 – 2012
- Elected Speaker of the TDA House of Delegates 2000 – 2012
- Member of the American Dental Association (ADA) House of Delegates as delegate or alternate (most years 1988 – 2012); served as Parliamentarian for the XV Trustee District Caucus (2003)
- Member of a Reference Committee of the ADA House of Delegates (2001)
- Member of ADA Council on Dental Benefit Programs – a standing committee of the American Dental Association (2001 – 2005); Chair 2005
- Member ADA CDT Code Revision Committee- a subcommittee of the ADA Council on Dental Benefit Programs (2000-2006). This subcommittee negotiates with members of the dental benefits industry to determine the codes and descriptors used on dental insurance claim forms.
- Member Screening Committee for Executive Director for ADA 2008
- Elected Speaker of the House of Delegates for the American Dental Association 2012 – 2019
- Parliamentarian for the Board of Trustees of the American Dental Association 2012-2019
PARLIAMENTARY EXPERIENCE
- Member and Chair of various dental associaiton committees as mentioned above
- Speaker of the House of Delegates of the Texas Dental Assocation 2000 – 2012 as mentioned above
- Speaker of the House of Delegates of the American Dental Association 2012 – 2019 as mentioned above
- Parliamentarian for the Board of Trustees of the American Dental Assocation 2012 – 2019 as mentioned above
- Member AIP since 1998(?)
- Certified Parliamentarian 2012 (2011?)
- Certified Parliamentarian – Teacher 2020
- AIP Parliamentarian 2018-2020
- Parliamentarian, Texas Dental Association 2020
TEACHING PARLIAMENTARY PROCEDURE
- Teaching Paliamentary Procedure – at various AIP Practica and Annaual Sessions
- Team teaching presiding exercises – at various AIP Practica and Annual Sessions
- Basic Parliamentary Procedure taught – at each American Dental Association Annual Session
- Introduction to Parliamentary Procedure (4 hour classroom) – Dallas County Dental Association, Colorado Dental Association, and Georgia Dental Association
- Resolution Writing – ADA Staff