SAO Leadership

Leadership Executive Committee

Your Executive Committee meets twice a year to oversee operations, invest the association’s reserve fund, and review the issues that are of concern to SAO members.

President
Dr. Beth Faber
1790 Ball Street
Tappahannock, VA 22560
Phone: (804) 443-6419

President-Elect
Dr. Eric Nease
2455 East Main St.
Spartanburg, SC 29307
Phone: (864) 285-9112

Secretary-Treasurer
Dr. Preston Miller
190 Murray Guard Dr.
Jackson, TN 38305
Phone: (731) 668-2755

First Senior Director
Dr. Donald Balhoff
3909-E Ambassador Caffery Pkwy
Lafayette, LA 70503
Phone: (337) 340-9135

Second Senior Director
Dr. Jeremy Albert
1806 Short Branch Drive, Ste 102
Trinity, FL 34655
Phone: (727) 376-2770

Immediate Past President
Dr. Debbie Sema
415 W. Oxmoor Rd
Birmingham, AL 35209
Phone: (205) 942-2270

SAO Executive Director Team

SAO Central Office

P.O. Box 1154, Brandon, FL 33509
Phone: (800) or (404) 261-5528
Fax: (404) 261-6856
saoevents@saortho.org

The President, President-Elect, and First Senior Director serve as alternates to the AAO House of Delegates. 

AAO Entities

AAO Trustee
Dr. Richard Williams
399 Southcrest Ct Ste B
Southaven, MS 38671-4790
Phone: (662) 349-2196

American Association of Orthodontists Foundation
SAO Director
Dr. Wanda Claro
920 Madison Ave 
Memphis, TN 38103 
Phone: (901)448-2168

American Board of Orthodontics (ABO)
SAO Director, Dr. Timothy Trulove
4164 Carmichael Rd.
Montgomery, AL 36106
Phone: (334) 277-2980

AAOPAC
SAO Director, Dr. Ed Davis
143 Medical Circle
Columbia, SC 29169
Phone: (803) 739-1600

Component Directors

The Board of Directors, composed of a representative from each state and the Executive Committee, hear the recommendations of the Executive Committee and look at the big picture of orthodontics.

AAO Delegates/Alternates

The Delegates/Alternates work arduously at the AAO Annual Meeting to review resolutions to make the national organization responsive to your practice needs and the integrity of the specialty.