AGpO MEMBERSHIP NEWS Dr. Joseph Fallin Becomes AGpO President During the recent Annual Meeting, Dr. Joseph Fallin of Nichols Hills, Oklahoma became the next President of the Academy of Gp Orthodontics. Dr. Fallin has been a member of the Academy for decades, serving as AGpO President in its early years. He has also served on several committees and boards in the past. Dr. Fallin is pictured with outgoing President Dr. Drew Ellenwood of Fort Smith, Arkansas. www.academygportho.com Academy of Gp Orthodontics 2018 Officers Joe Fallin, DDS President President Elect Scott Earp, DDS Vice President Ronald Cass, DDS Secretary -Treasurer Cynthia Bordelon Immediate Past-President Drew Ellenwood, DDS Board of Directors Steven Bradley, DDS Tam Issa-Abbas, DDS Tom Jacobsen, DDS Jon Logullo, DMD Humberto Nunez-Gil, DDS Anna Pelak, DDS Sydney Reyes, DDS Adrianne Williams, DDS Dr. Roy Holexa Receives Prestigious Award At the last Annual Meeting in Chicago, Dr. Roy Holexa received an award for his 30 years of contin-ued membership in the Academy of Gp Orthodontics. Dr. Holexa has been an instructor with the Academy for over 25 years. He is also a Past President. In September 1994, Dr. Holexa was acknowledged for his outstand-ing achievements as a clinician by becoming the first recipient of the Academy’s Charles D. Yates Distin-guished Service Award. Dr. Holexa is also a graduate of the American Dental Education Association (ADEA), the organization responsi-ble for all dental education in the United States. At ADEA, he had the opportunity to learn from the lead-ers of dental education in our coun-try. The training he received at the Institute has assisted him in contin-uing to be one of the leaders in dental education. Advisory Board Ron Austin, DDS Greg Cannizzo, DDS Roy Holexa, DDS Thomas Jacobsen, DDS Leslie Penley, DDS Bob Shirley, DDS Barry Sockel, DDS Walter L. Tippin, DDS Executive Director Adam Griswold Executive Director Emeritus Cynthia Bordelon The Academy of GP Orthodontics is proud to have Dr. Holexa as one of our clinical course instructors and a member of our organization for three decades! Dr. Holexa is pictured with his wife Debbie at the Chicago 2018 Annual Meeting. 38 Winter 2019 JAOS