National SPEA Board

The National SPEA Board, under the guidance of the three directors, is a team of dental students dedicated to the organization’s mission. The officers are responsible for guiding, mentoring, and developing all SPEA chapters as well as organizing regional and national events. Each year, the national team sets goals to increase SPEA's effectiveness and influence in communicating its mission across the country.

Please feel free to contact any of us or through speadental@gmail.com.

DIRECTORS

 
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Dr. Mike Meru

Founder

Dr. Erik Klintmalm

Co-Director

Dr. Rebecca Long

Co-Director

Dr. Daniel Carney

Co-Director


EXECUTIVE OFFICERS

 

Amber Alak

Executive Chair

Boston University, 2025

aalak@bu.edu

Dr. Kjeld Nelson

Immediate Past Executive Chair

University of Colorado, 2024

kjeld.nelson@cuanschutz.edu

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VICE CHAIRS

 

Sonya Livitz

Vice Chair

Tufts University, 2025

sonya.livitz@tufts.edu

Nicholas Seago

Vice Chair

University of Colorado, 2026

nicholas.seago@cuanschutz.edu


INFORMATION OFFICERS

 

Joany Xue

Chief Information Officer

University of California San Francisco, 2024

joany.xue@ucsf.edu

Josh Crane

Chief Information Officer

University of Colorado, 2026

joshua.crane@cuanschutz.edu

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REGENTS

 

Sam Arora

Regency 1

Tufts University, 2025

samuel.arora@tufts.edu

Jonathan Kumar

Regency 5

Indiana University, 2025

jskumar@iu.edu

Areej Idrees

Regency 2

University of Western Ontario, 2025

aidrees3@uwo.ca

Gage Gregory

Regency 6

University of Tennessee, 2025

kgrego18@uthsc.edu

Arun Sandhu

Regency 3

University of North Carolina, 2025

asandhu@live.unc.edu

Ryan Utsey

Regency 7

University of Colorado, 2025

ryan.utsey@cuanschutz.edu

Stephanie Marnic

Regency 4

West Virginia University, 2025

sgm0008@mix.wvu.edu