
Usama Hamdan MD, FICS
Board President
President & Co-Founder, Global Smile Foundation
Founder, Comprehensive Cleft Care Workshop

Krishna G. Patel MD, PhD
Board Secretary
- Professor, Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, Director of Facial Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery,
& Co-Director of MUSC Craniofacial Anomalies Cleft Lip and Palate Team, Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC)

Jay Schnitzer MD, PhD
- Vice President & Chief Technology Officer, Mitre Corporation
- Former Director, Defense Sciences Office, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)
- Former Chief Medical Officer & Senior Vice President, Boston Scientific Corporation

Tripp Amdur
- Group President of Medline Industries
- Medline Director in Europe, Asia, and Australia

Talal Ali Ahmad
Board Treasurer
Director of Information Technology (Volunteer)
- Founder & CEO, Predictive Healthcare
- Former President, Entrada Communications

Navil Sethna MD, FAAP
- Professor of Anesthesia, Harvard Medical School
- Clinical Director, Mayo Family Pediatric Pain Rehabilitation Center, Department of Anesthesia, Boston Children’s Hospital

Serena Kassam DMD
Presurgical & Dental Director (Volunteer)
- Assistant Clinical Professor, Department of Pediatric Dentistry, New York University College of Dentistry
- Clinical Assistant Professor, Division of Pediatric Dentistry, Faculty of Dentistry, University of British Columbia
- Clinical Attending, Department of Pediatric Dentistry, BC Children’s Hospital
Advisory Board
Babak Azizzadeh MD, FACS
- Chairman & Director of the CENTER for Advanced Facial Plastic Surgery
- Co-Director, Facial Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery Fellowship Program, Keck School of Medicine
- Associate Clinical Professor of Surgery, UCLA
George Blaser
- President, Coast to Coast Medical
Raymond Ciccolo
- President, Village Automotive Group
- Founder & President, Ciccolo Family Foundation
Paul Cody
- Corporate Operations Specialist, Prospect Airport Service
Chuck Cohen
- Managing Director & Owner of Benco Dental Company
- Managing Director & Owner of Clarion Financial
RG Conlee
Director of EMR (Volunteer)
- President and CEO, Tylark Corporation
- Former Chief Innovation Officer, Xerox Services
Joe Daher
- President, Kai Capital Management
Randa El-Sayed Haffar
- Private Wealth Advisor, Morgan Stanley
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International Client Advisor, Morgan Stanley
Denise Carolina Franco Mera Esq, MBA
- President, Fundacion Global Smile-Ecuador
Stephen Harris MD, FACS
- Harris Plastic Surgery
- Chief of Plastic Surgery at Good Samaritan Hospital
- Staff Surgeon, former Chief of Plastic Surgery, NSLIJ – Southside Hospital
Eric R. Kaufman AB, LL.B
- Partner, Kaufman & Kaufman, Attorneys
James Liau MD, FACS
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- Associate Professor Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, University of Kentucky College of Medicine
- Section Chief Craniofacial and Pediatric, University of Kentucky College of Medicine
- UK Chandler Hospital Senior Inpatient Medical Director, University of Kentucky College of Medicine
Khatmeh Osseiran-Hanna
Executive Vice President for Strategic Advancement (Volunteer)
Kenneth Pellegrino CEBT
- Manager, Clinical Engineering
- Chairman, Laser Committee, Massachusetts Eye & Ear Infirmary
Raj Vyas, MD
Director of Research (Volunteer)
Director of Fellowship (Volunteer)
- Professor and Vice-Chairman, UC Irvine Department of Plastic Surgery
- Chief of Pediatric Plastic Surgery, CHOC Children’s Hospital
- Co-Chair, CCCW Curriculum Committee 2023, 2022
Honorary Board
Kristine Marcy
- Member, Board of Directors, National Academy of Public Administration
- Former Associate Director, United States Marshals Service
- Former Associate Deputy Attorney General, Department of Justice
Maryann Boyle Murray MBA, MPH
- Principle, MBM Development Communications
Christopher Hughes DMD, PhD
- Former Chair, Pediatric Dentistry and Community Oral Health, University of Mississippi Medical Center