Leadership

The Arizona State Board of Dental Examiners consists of (6) licensed dentists, (2) licensed dental hygienists, (2) public members and (1) business entity member. All members are appointed by the Governor to serve a term of four years to begin and end on January 1. Each member may apply to be reappointed to serve one additional four-year term. Many times, the sitting member will still be an active member while waiting for their application to be reviewed and reappointed or while waiting for another applicant to be appointed.

Are you interested in serving as a member of the Board? If so, please follow this link to the Governor's Office of Boards and Commissions to apply. Thank you in advance for your willingness to serve the Great State of Arizona!

Board Members

Dr. Herro

Anthony Herro, DDS

President and Licensed Dentist Member
Lisa B. Bienstock, DMD

Lisa B. Bienstock, DMD

Vice-President and Licensed Dentist Member
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Edward H. Christensen, DDS

Licensed Dentist Member
Dynar

Aditya Dynar, Esq.

Public Member
Dr. El-Gendy

Tamer El-Gendy, DMD, BDS, MS

Licensed Dentist Member
Mr. Goodman

Nick Goodman

Public Member
Karmo

Jaselyn Karmo, RDH

Licensed Hygienist Member
Morrow

Russell Jeffrey Morrow, D.D.S., F.A.G.D., B.S.

Licensed Dentist Member
Vicki B. Penna

Vicki B. Penna, RDH

Licensed Hygienist Member
Mary Rossi

Mary T. Rossi

Business Entity Member
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Leslie D. Seaman, DDS

Licensed Dentist Member

Contract Investigators

Dr. Dovgan

John Dovgan, DDS

Chief Investigator
Dr. Berschler

Benjamin Berschler, DMD

Deputy Chief Investigator
Dr. Collins

Mark A. Collins, DDS

Deputy Chief Investigator
Dr. Cutler

Julie Cutler, DMD

Deputy Chief Investigator
Foulk

Bryan R. Foulk, DMD

Deputy Chief Investigator

Staff Members

Selena Acuna

Licensing Specialist

Jill Barenbaum

Administrative Assistant

Sherrie Biggs

Assistant Deputy Director

Yazmin Bustamante

Executive Assistant

Ryan Edmonson

Executive Director

Nancy Elia

Licensing Administrator

Mary Ford

Compliance Officer

Kristina Gomez

Deputy Director

Mercedes Meza

Compliance Officer

Andro Mladosich

Administrative Assistant II

April Romero

Chief Compliance Officer

Lisa Schmelling

Program Specialist

Jessica Solis

Compliance Officer