Leadership
Meet Our Leadership Teams
SSO Leadership
Your Executive Committee meets twice a year to oversee operations, invest the society’s reserve fund, and review the issues that are of concern to SSO members.
Executive Committee
President
Dr. Eric Nease
Spartanburg, South Carolina
President
Dr. Matthew Ng
The Woodlands, Texas
President-Elect
Dr. Christine Ellis
Dallas, Texas
President-Elect
Dr. Preston Miller
Jackson, Tennessee
Secretary-Treasurer
Dr. Donald Balhoff
Lafayette, Louisiana
Senior Director
Dr. Kyle Shannon
Tulsa, Oklahoma
Junior Director
Dr. Jeremy Albert
Trinity, Florida
AAO Trustees
Dr. Enrique Cruz,
Trustee at Large
Austin, Texas
Dr. Steve Robirds,
SWSO Trustee
Austin, Texas
Dr. Richard Williams,
SAO Trustee
Southaven, Mississippi
SSO Executive Director Team
Executive
Director
Ms. Lissette Zuknick
lzuknick@ssortho.org
Financial Affairs, Operations and Membership Director
Ms. Kelsey Bulnes
kbulnes@ssortho.org
Marketing and
Communication Director
Ms. Jaclyn Whiddon
jwhiddon@ssortho.org
SSO Board of Directors
Director, Alabama
Dr. Paige Whitt
Hoover, Alabama
Director, Arkansas
Dr. Matthew Davis
Rogers, Arkansas
Director, Florida
Dr. TJ Albert
Naples, Florida
Director, Georgia
Dr. Christian Johnson
Kennesaw, Georgia
Director, Kansas
Dr. J.K. Dillehay
Wichita, Kansas
Director, Kentucky
Dr. Thomas Baldwin
Elizabethtown, Kentucky
Director, Louisiana
Dr. Celeste Block
Metairie, Louisiana
Director, Mississippi
Dr. Jason Vassar
Jackson, Mississippi
Director, North Carolina
Dr. Robert Selden
Huntersville, North Carolina
Director, Oklahoma
Ryan Theobald
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Director, South Carolina
Dr. Brian Hamby
Greenville, South Carolina
Director, Tennessee
Dr. Tyler Allen
Sweetwater, Tennessee
Director, Texas
Dr. Andrea Font Rytzner
San Antonio, Texas
Director, Virginia
Dr. George Sabal
Virginia Beach, Virginia
Director, West Virginia
Dr. Lance Pittman
Martinsburg, West Virginia
SAO Delegates to the AAO
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Alabama
Dr. Christy Savage, Trussville, AL -
Florida
Dr. John Beattie, Orlando, FL -
Florida
Dr. Jim Wortham, Clermont, FL -
Georgia
Dr. Jason Kaplan, Dunwoody, GA -
Kentucky
Dr. Greg Inman, Elizabethtown, KY -
Louisiana
Dr. Brent Benoit, Houma, LA -
Mississippi
Dr. Kevin Holman, Tupelo, MS -
North Carolina
Dr. Jeff Rickabaugh, Winston-Salem, NC -
South Carolina
Dr. Bryan Green, Boiling Springs, SC -
Tennessee
Dr. Candice Coleman, Springfield, TN -
Virginia
Dr. Edward “Chopper” Snyder, Martinsville, VA -
West Virginia
Dr. Daniel Joseph, Wheeling, WV
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New & Young Delegate
Dr. Kyla Swearingen, Knoxville, TN -
Alternate Delegate
Dr. Eric Nease, Spartanburg, SC -
Alternate Delegate
Dr. Donald Balhoff, Lafayette, LA -
Alternate Delegate
Dr. Preston Miller, Jackson, TN
SWSO Delegates to the AAO
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Arkansas
Dr. Brittany Stroope, Springdale, AR -
Kansas
Dr. Joe Moon, Overland Park, KS -
Oklahoma
Dr. Scott Hubbard, Woodward, OK -
Texas
Dr. Matthew Ng, The Woodlands, TX -
Texas
Dr. Mike Ragan, Dallas, TX -
Texas
Dr. John Wise, Fairview, TX
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Alternate Delegate
Dr. Darshit Shah, San Antonio, TX -
Alternate Delegate
Dr. Chris Cramer, Denton, TX
