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. Christine Ellis

Dallas, Texas

President

Dr. Preston Miller

Jackson, Tennessee

President-Elect

Dr. Donald Balhoff

Lafayette, Louisiana

Secretary-Treasurer

Dr. Kyle Shannon

Tulsa, Oklahoma

Senior Director

Dr. Jeremy Albert

Trinity, Florida

Junior Director

Dr. Edward Snyder

Martinsville, Virginia

AAO Trustees

Dr. India Collier

Trustee at Large

Atlanta, Georgia

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. Jay Joshi

Overland Park, Kansas

Director, Kentucky

Open Position

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Director, Louisiana

Dr Celeste Block

Metairie, Louisiana

Director, Mississippi

Dr. Jason Vassar

Jackson, Mississippi

Director, North Carolina

Dr. Kelly Goeckner

Wilson, North Carolina

Director, Oklahoma

Ryan Theobald

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Director, South Carolina

Dr. David Trecy Watson

Greenville, South Carolina

Director, Tennessee

Dr. Tyler Allen

Sweetwater, Tennessee

Director, Texas

Dr. Andrea Font Rytzner

San Antonio, Texas

Director, Virginia

Dr. Daniel Robb

Arlington, Virginia

Director, West Virginia

Dr. Lance Pittman

Martinsburg, West Virginia

SAO Delegates to the AAO

  • Alabama
     Dr. William Bates, Hoover, AL
  • Florida
    Dr. John Beattie, Orlando, FL
  • Florida
    Dr. Jim Wortham, Clermont, FL
  • Georgia
    Dr. Tyler Rathburn, Atlanta, 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. Eser Tufekci, Richmond, VA
  • West Virginia
    Dr. Daniel Joseph, Wheeling, WV​
  • New & Young Delegate
    Dr. Kyla Swearingen, Knoxville, TN
  • Alternate Delegate
    Dr. Angela McNeight
  • Alternate Delegate
    Dr. Donald Balhoff, Lafayette, LA
  • Alternate Delegate
    Dr. Preston Miller, Jackson, TN

SWSO Delegates to the AAO

  • Arkansas
    Dr. Brittany Stroope, Springdale, AR
  • Kansas
    Dr. Joe Moon, Overland Park, KS
  • Oklahoma
    Dr. Scott Hubbard, Woodward, OK
  • Oklahoma
    Dr. Justin Power, Edmond, OK
  • Texas
    Dr. Matthew Ng, The Woodlands, TX
  • Texas
    Dr. Mike Ragan, Dallas, TX
  • Texas
    Dr. John Wise, Fairview, TX
  • Alternate Delegate
    Dr. Darshit Shah, San Antonio, TX
  • Alternate Delegate
    Christien Ellis, Dallas, TX
  • Alternate Delegate
    Chris Cramer, Denton, TX

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