Leadership
HSDM Dean
William V. Giannobile
William_Giannobile@hsdm.harvard.edu
Leadership team
Magda Feres
Magda_Feres@hsdm.harvard.edu
German Gallucci
german_gallucci@hsdm.harvard.edu
Francesca Gori
Francesca_Gori@hsdm.harvard.edu
Catherine Hayes
catherine_hayes@hsdm.harvard.edu
April Isaac Jefferson
April_isaacjefferson@hsdm.harvard.edu
Sang E. Park
sang_park@hsdm.harvard.edu
Mina Paul
Zachary S. Peacock
zpeacock@partners.org
Vicki Rosen
vicki_rosen@hsdm.harvard.edu
Brittany Seymour
brittany_seymour@hsdm.harvard.edu
Lisa Simon
Carrie Sylven
Carrie_Sylven@hsdm.harvard.edu
Mutsumi Yoshida
mutsumi_yoshida@hsdm.harvard.edu
HSDM leadership boards
Board members serve as ambassadors and advisors to the School:
The Board of Fellows is a group of trusted advisors selected by the Dean to shape and implement HSDM’s strategic direction in education, research, and clinical care. The Board advises the Dean and acts as ambassadors for HSDM, focusing on strategic matters related to academic-private partnerships in global education, research, and clinical innovation.
Robert Faiella, MMSc85, PD85
Board of Fellows, Chair
Chair Advisor
Overjet
Nick Alexos
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Univar Solutions, Inc.
Patrick Assioun, MMSc01
Owner & Chief Executive Officer
Passion Dental
Grant Bester
Executive Vice President, North America
Straumann Group
Zerita Buchanan, MPH23
President — Health Equity, Innovation & HBCU Engagement
BlueSKY Collaborative Partners
Gus Dehni, DMD97, MMSc00
Periodontist
Center for Advanced Periodontics and Implant Dentistry
Gene Dorff
Chief Executive Officer
Solmetex
Dai Feng, AB97
Co-Founder and Managing Director
CareCapital Advisors Limited
Diego Gabathuler
Chief Executive Officer
Geistlich Pharma AG
Alfred Griffin, MMSc17
Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder
LightForce Orthodontics
Bill Harrison, MBA13
Vice President, Strategic Accounts
Henry Schein
Mayumi Kaneda
Director
Sunstar Foundation
Melissa Marlin
Director Institutional Accounts, North America
Bien-Air
Gerard Moufflet
Founder and CEO
Acceleration International
Linda Niessen, DMD77, MPH77, MPP82, PD82
Vice Provost Oral Health Affairs, Founding Dean
Kansas City University College of Dental Medicine
Cindy Roark, SM15
SVP and Chief Clinical Officer
Sage Dental Management
Joanna Rodgers
Chief Administrative Officer and SVP, People
PDS Health
Dave Sproat
Board Chair
Carestream Dental
Tony Susino
Chief Executive Officer
Keystone Dental
George Tysowsky
SVP Technology & Professional Relations
Ivoclar Vivadent, Inc.
Robert Zou
Founder and CEO
Arrail Dental Group
The Special Advisory Group serves as ambassadors for HSDM, providing counsel on academic-private partnerships in global education, research, and clinical innovation. Members come from diverse professions, including business, technology, medicine, public health, and dentistry, and are committed to integrating dentistry and medicine to improve human health. They support HSDM with their expertise, guidance, and advocacy.
Allen Ali Nasseh, DDS, MMSc97, PD97
Special Advisory Group Chair
Lecturer on Restorative Dentistry and Biomaterials Sciences
Harvard School of Dental Medicine
President and Founder
MicroSurgical Endodontics
Jeanne Ambruster, PhD
CEO and Founder
The Avenues Company
Samuel Lynch, DMD, DMSc89, PD89
Member, Board of Directors
Vanderbilt Medical Center
Founder, CEO, and Chairman
Lynch Biologics, LLC
Lonnie Norris, DMD76, MPH77
Dean Emeritus and Professor of Oral Maxillofacial Surgery
Tufts School of Dental Medicine
Peter Polverini, DDS, DMSc77, PD77
Jonathan Taft Distinguished University Professor of Dentistry
Department of Oral Medicine/Pathology and Oncology
University of Michigan School of Medicine
Maria Ryan, DDS, PhD
Vice President and Chief Dental Officer
Colgate-Palmolive Company
Richard W. Valachovic, DMD, MPH, ScM
Clinical Professor, Founding Director
Center for Oral Policy Management
President Emeritus
American Dental Education Association (ADEA)
The Clinical Innovation Advisory Board includes leaders in oral medicine, dental education, clinical research, and industry. They provide expertise, strategic guidance, and advocacy to help shape HSDM’s clinical vision—advancing innovation in care delivery, dental education, workforce development, and research.
Chris Bonebreak Jackson, DMD14 (Chair)
Director of Clinical Affairs
LightForce Orthodontics
Natalia Chalmers
Chief Dental Officer
Center for Medicare and Medicaid
Mostafa Khairzada
Vice President of Emerging Technologies
Pacific Dental Services
Marta Revilla-León
Director of Research and Digital Dentistry
KOIS Center
Amir Mansouri
Co-Founder and CEO
SprintRay
Allen Ali Nasseh, DDS, MMSc97, PD97
Lecturer on Restorative Dentistry and Biomaterials Sciences
Harvard School of Dental Medicine
President and Founder
MicroSurgical Endodontics
Michael Newman, PD74
Professor Emeritus
UCLA School of Dentistry
Founding Board Member
McGuire Institute
Victoria Sampson
Founder
THS Labs
Miguel Stanley
Founder and Clinical Director
White Clinic
Hom-Lay Wang
Collegiate Professor of Periodontics and Director of Graduate Periodontics
University of Michigan
Edward Zuckerberg
Chief Dental Advisor
Viome
Chief Dental Advisor
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