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Message from the GLAO President
Dr. Jerry Hickman
 I want to thank everyone in the GLAO for the opportunity to serve as your President this current year. I have the honor of following the “Good Brothers” whom have both done an outstanding job of leading our organization the past two years. We had a fantastic meeting in Palm Beach with Ron as our President and have recently completed Bob’s meeting in Pittsburgh which was also extremely successful. Both meetings were in partnership with the Mid Atlantic Society of Orthodontists. The Good Brothers have certainly done a great job of leading our organization --- a tough act to follow.
This coming year is certainly going to be special for the Great Lakes Association of Orthodontists. At the AAO Annual Session this next May, John Buzzatto, our former Trustee and currently the Vice President of the American Association of Orthodontists will be inducted as our AAO President. As President his meeting will be in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania during May of 2013. Also, at the Philadelphia meeting our own Scott Jamieson will assume the Presidency of the American Board of Orthodontists. I do not know of two more deserving people to assume these roles representing the Great Lakes Association of Orthodontists.
I would be remiss in also not recognizing Steve Hershey who is serving his final year on the Board of the American Association of Orthodontists Foundation as the current President. Indiana’s own Gene Roberts has been elected as the succeeding Director of the AAOF representing the GLAO. Knowing Gene personally he will do an outstanding job of representing the GLAO serving the Foundation. Also, it is amazing how our Executive Director, Debbie Nunner and her Assistant Karla Dunbar, do not miss a beat with their organizational skills representing the GLAO.
I am looking forward to next year’s Great Lakes Association of Orthodontists Annual Meeting. The meeting will be held in Indianapolis, Indiana at the Hyatt Hotel which is centrally located downtown, surrounded by a number of outstanding restaurants and next to the Circle Center Mall. The highlight Saturday evening will be the social event held at the NCAA Hall of Champions which should be a great venue for the meeting. Outstanding doctor and staff programs have been developed jointly by Chip Rigsbee, a former GLAO President, and Tony Puntillo the current Indiana Director and member of the AAO Committee on Information Technology. Aron Dellinger, our current GLAO Secretary/Treasurer and son of Gene Dellinger, a former GLAO President, is in charge of exhibits and sponsorship.
The theme for the meeting is “Race to the Future” and the program will draw heavily from GLAO members as speakers with special emphasis on technology and how it can be incorporated into you practice. The meeting, along with a strong doctor program, will have an outstanding staff program emphasizing team building, social networking for your practice and professional liability issues that might arise in your practice.
If you have any questions during the year relating to the GLAO, please do not hesitate to contact myself or Debbie Nunner. I am looking forward to a great year and serving you as members of the Great Lakes Association of Orthodontists.
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