Interdisciplinary Affairs Committee

Composition

The Interdisciplinary Affairs Committee shall be composed of the president who shall serve as chair, a general practitioner member-at-large who shall be appointed by the president, and the presidents of the recognized specialty groups or their designees. When one or more organizations exist representing the same specialty group, the organizations will select one representative to serve. All such individuals must be members in good standing. The executive directors of these specialty groups, if any, shall serve as ex officio members of the committee, without the right to vote.

Duties

This committee shall be advisory only and shall perform the following duties:

(a) To make recommendations to various councils regarding any issue which is directly relevant to the collective or an individual specialty group.
(b) To provide opportunity for specialty group representatives to seek information from the association regarding present association positions on various issues and for CDA to enlist the aid of specialty groups where there are issues of mutual concern.

Current Committee Members Specialty Group
Carol G. Summerhays, DDS, Chair San Diego County DS
Elizabeth Clark  
Pamela Congdon  
Edward Cronin  
Tony Daher, DDS, MSEd, FACP Tri-County DS
Janice P. Handlers, DDS Los Angeles DS
John Jawad Jaber, DDS Southern Alameda County DS
Yolanda Mayre Mangrum, DDS Redwood Empire DS
Ned L. Nix, DDS Santa Clara County DS
Jill Nowak  
Laura Purcell  
Lindsey A. Robinson, DDS Butte-Sierra District DS
Steven E Schonfeld, DDS Humboldt-Del Norte DS
Ray E. Stewart, DMD Monterey Bay DS
John H. Trotter, DDS Western Los Angeles DS
Staff Support:
Diane Schaubach, Grassroots Administrator
916.554.4996
diane.schaubach@cda.org