NBCE Board of Directors – Archive

The following NBCE board members ensured professional competency in the chiropractic profession through the excellence in testing. Click on the following link to review current NBCE board members and their responsibilities.

 

George W. Arvidson, D.C.

  • At-Large Director: 1992
  • FCLB Appointed Director: 1987-1991

Jerome E. Auerbach, D.C.

  • FCLB Appointed Director: 1979-1982
  • At-Large Director: 1982-1987

James J. Badge, D.C.

  • District IV Director: 1987-2005
    • President: 2004-2005
    • Vice President: 2000-2004
    • Secretary: 1999-2000

Devere E. Biser, D.C.

  • NBCE Director: 1963-1966

Jerry D. Blanchard, D.C.

  • District I Director: 1995-2007
    • Vice President: 2006-2007
    • Secretary: 2004-2005
    • Treasurer: 2000-2004

Karlos Boghosian, D.C.

  • FCLB Appointed Director: 2019-2021
  • NBCE President: 2022-present
  • Current work

David E. Brown, D.C.

  • FCLB Appointed Director: 1997-2000; 2001-2002

James Buchanan, D.C., M.S.

  • District I Director: 2022-present

M.E. Calhoun, D.C.

  • At-Large Director: 1980-1981

Richard E. Carnival, D.C.

  • NBCE Director: 1982-1994
    • Secretary: 1992-1994

Richard L. Cole, D.C.

  • FCLB Appointed Director: 2002-2005
  • At-Large Director: 2007-2011
    • Secretary: 2009-2010

Margaret R. Colucci, D.C.

  • FCLB Appointed Director: 2015-2018

Roger E. Combs, D.C.

  • District I Director: 1989-1995

Steven R. Conway, D.C., J.D.

  • At-Large Director: 2012-2020
    • Secretary: 2013-2016
    • Vice President: 2016-2019

Daniel M. Côté, D.C.

  • District I Director: 2013-2022
    • Secretary: 2016-2017, 2018-2019
    • President: 2019-2022

Donna L. Craft, D.C.

  • At-Large Director: 2003-2007
  • District II Director: 2007-2016
    • President: 2014-2016
    • Vice President: 2012-2014
    • Secretary: 2005-2006
    • Treasurer: 2010-2011

Robert Daschner, D.C.

  • FCLB Appointed Director: 2022-present

M. B. DeJarnette, D.C.

  • NBCE Director: 1962-1965

Gary DiBenedetto, D.C.

  • District III Director: 2022-present

Kimberly Driggers, J.D.

  • At-Large Director: 2019-2022

Michael Fedorczyk, D.C.

  • District III Director: 2018 – 2022
    • Secretary: 2019-2021
    • Treasurer: 2021-2022

L. Howard Fenton, D.C.

  • FCLB Appointed Director: 1965-1968
    • Secretary-Treasurer: 1965-1966

Peter D. Ferguson, D.C.

  • At-Large Director: 1999-2006
    • President: 2000-2004, 2005-2006
    • Chairman of the Board: 2004-2005

Jacob A. Fischman, D.C.

  • NBCE Director: 1962-1966
    • Secretary-Treasurer: 1963-1965

Margaret Freihaut, D.C.

  • At-Large Director: 2020-present
  • NBCE Treasurer: 2022-present

Lawrence M. Gerstein, D.C.

  • FCLB Appointed Director: 1995-1999
  • At-Large Director: 1999-2003

Arnold M. Goldschmidt, D.C.

  • FCLB Appointed Director: 1982-1987
  • At-Large Director: 1987-1989

Vincent E. Greco, D.C.

  • District III Director: 1994-2000
    • Vice President: 1998-2000

Farrel I. Grossman, D.C.

  • FCLB Appointed Director: 2013-2017
  • At-Large Director: 2017-2021
    • Treasurer: 2020-2021

C. Robert Hastings, D.C.

  • NBCE Director: 1969-1982
    • President: 1971-1973

Danita Thomas Heagy, D.C.

  • District V Director: 2022-present

Frank G. Hideg, D.C.

  • FCLB Appointed Director: 1978-1980
  • District II Director: 1981-2007
    • Chairman of the Board: 1999-2004, 2005-2006
    • President: 1992-1998
    • Vice President: 1988-1992
    • Secretary: 1986-1988

Gordon L. Holman, D.C.

  • NBCE Director: 1963-1982
    • President: 1965-1966
    • Secretary-Treasurer: 1966-1981

H. W. Hulteen, D.C.

  • At-Large Director: 2015-2017

Jason Jaeger, D.C.

  • District IV  Director: 2020-present
  • NBCE Secretary: 2022-present

William W. Kalas, D.C.

  • NBCE Director: 1963-1981
    • President: 1968-1969, 1973-1975, 1977-1979
    • Vice President: 1967-1968, 1972-1973, 1976-1977, 1979-1981

Salvatore D. LaRusso, D.C.

  • At-Large Director: 2008-2009, 2010-2019
    • Treasurer: 2014-2017
    • President: 2017-2019

Louis P. Latimer, D.C.

  • District III Director: 1988-1994
  • At-Large Director: 1994-1999
    • President: 1998-1999
    • Vice President: 1994-1998
    • Treasurer: 1992-1994
    • Secretary: 1989-1992

Martin I. Lawrence, D.C.

  • FCLB Appointed Director: 1977-1978

Robin R. Lecy, D.C.

  • District I Director: 2007-2013

Gary G. LeDoux, D.C.

  • At-Large Director: 1979-1982
    • Vice President: 1981-1982

Frank S. Lizzio, D.C.

  • At-Large Director: 2005-2007

Kenneth L. Luedtke, D.C.

  • FCLB Appointed Director: 1980-1981

Benjamin S. Lurie , D.C.

  • District IV Director: 2017-2018

Charles C. Lynch, D.C.

  • NBCE Director: 1962-1972
    • President: 1966-1967
    • Vice President: 1963-1965, 1970-1971

Donna Mannello, D.C.

  • At-Large Director: 2022-2023

Victor L. Marty, D.C.

  • NBCE Director: 1968-1974
    • Vice President: 1971-1972

Julia R. S. McDaniel, D.C.

  • At-Large Director: 2002-2003

John R. McGinnis, D.C.

  • District V Director: 2017-2022
  • Secretary: 2021-2022

Donald L. McKelvey, D.C.

  • At-Large Director: 1982-1987

James A. Mertz, D.C.

  • At-Large Director: 1974-1976
  • FCLB Appointed Director: 1976-1977

Paul N. Morin, D.C.

  • District III Director: 2009-2018
    • President: 2016-2017
    • Vice President: 2014-2016
    • Secretary: 2010-2011, 2017-2018
    • Treasurer: 2011-2014

Rick C. Murphree, D.C.

  • District V Director: 2000-2006
    • Vice President: 2004-2006
    • Secretary: 2002-2004

John C. Nab, D.C

  • At-Large Director: 2016-2020
    • Treasurer: 2017-2020

Lawrence O’Connor, D.C

  • FCLB Appointed Director: 2009-2013
  • At-Large Director: 2013-2015

S. N. Olson, D.C.

  • NBCE Director: 1968-1970
    • Vice President: 1969-1970

LeRoy F. Otto, D.C.

  • FCLB Appointed Director: 2011-2015
  • At-Large Director: 2015-2016
  • District II Director: 2016-2024
    • Vice President 2019-2023
  • District II Director: 2016-2024
  • Recipient, 2017 Tullio Award, NBCE
  • Recipient, 2025 NBCE Lifetime Achievement Award

Norman E. Ouzts, Jr., D.C.

  • NBCE Chief Executive Officer: 2017-present
  • District V Director: 2007-2017
    • President: 2012-2014
    • Vice President: 2010-2012

D. Brent Owens, D.C.

  • FCLB Appointed Director: 1989-1993
  • At-Large Director: 1993-1997, 2000-2002
    • Treasurer: 1994-1997

Kenneth W. Padgett, D.C.

  • At-Large Director: 2001-2006
    • Treasurer: 2004-2006

Gary R. Pennebaker, D.C.

  • At-Large Director: 2014

Jay H. Perreten, D.C.

  • At-Large Director: 1982-1985, 1989-1991,1992-1993
  • FCLB Appointed Director: 1985-1989

James C. Ploch, D.C.

  • At-Large Director: 1972-1973

Titus Plomaritis, D.C.

  • District III Director: 1982-1988
  • At-Large Director: 1988-2001
    • President: 1986-1992
    • Secretary: 1994-1999

Mary Ellen Rada, D.C.

  • District III Director: 2006-2009
    • Secretary: 2006-2009

Joe N. Riggs, D.C.

  • District II Director: 1972-1980
    • President: 1975-1977
    • Vice President: 1973-1975

Steven C. Roberts, J.D., LL.M

  • At-Large Director: 2022-present

Donald D. Ross, D.C.

  • District V Director: 1981-1994
    • Vice President: 1992-1994
    • Secretary: 1988-1989
    • Treasurer: 1989-1992

Robert I. Runnells, Sr., D.C.

  • NBCE Director: 1963-1967
    • Vice President: 1965-1966

Daniel Saint-Germain, D.C.

  • FCLB Appointed Director: 2007-2011
  • At-Large Director: 2011-2014

Edward M. Saunders, D.C.

  • NBCE Director: 1963-1972
  • District V Director: 1972-1982
    • President: 1963-1965

Theodore J. Scott, D.C.

  • District IV Director: 2005-2011
    • President: 2010-2011
    • Treasurer: 2006-2010

S. H. Shick, D.C.

  • District I Director: 1977-1980

Kirk J. Shilts, D.C.

  • FCLB Appointed Director: 2017-2019

Oliver R. Smith, Jr., D.C.

  • FCLB Appointed Director: 2005-2009
  • At-Large Director: 2009-2013
    • Secretary: 2011-2013

Cynthia L. Tays, D.C.

  • District IV Director: 2018-2020

Lewis S. Tawney, D.C.

  • District III Director: 1971-1976
    • Vice President: 1975-1976

Vernon R. Temple, D.C.

  • District III Director: 2000-2006
  • At-Large Director: 2006-2010
    • President: 2006-2010
    • Secretary: 2000-2002

John T. Tierney, D.C.

  • District V Director: 1994-2000
    • Treasurer: 1997-2000

Ronald B. Tripp, Jr., D.C.

  • District IV Director: 2011-2017

Paul M. Tullio, D.C.

  • At-Large Director: 1981-2000
    • President: 1998-2000
    • Chairman of the Board: 1988-1999
    • Vice President: 1982-1987

Keita Vanterpool, D.C.

  • FCLB Appointed Director: 2021-2022

Robert M. Vaughn, D.C.

  • FCLB Appointed Director: 1993-1997
  • At-Large Director: 1997-1999

Richard E. Vincent, D.C.

  • FCLB Appointed Director: 1973-1975
  • District III Director: 1976-1982
    • President: 1979-1982
    • Vice President: 1977-1979

Paul Vogel, D.C.

  • NBCE Director: 1973-1975

N. Edwin Weathersby, D.C.

  • FCLB Appointed Director: 2003-2007
  • At-Large Director: 2007-2012
    • President: 2011-2012
    • Vice President: 2007-2010

Vern R. Webster, D.C.

  • FCLB Appointed Director: 1975-1977
  • At-Large Director: 1977-1979
  • District IV Director: 1981-1987
    • President: 1982-1986

Henry G. West, D.C.

  • NBCE Director: 1965-1976
  • District I Director: 1972-1977
  • President: 1969-1971
    • Vice President: 1968-1968

Earl L. Wiley, D.C., M.A.

  • At-Large Director: 2006-2007
    • Chairman of the Board: 2007

Steven M. Willen, D.C.

  • District V Director: 2006-2007
    • Chairman of the Board: 2006-2007

Carol J. Winkler, D.C.

Carroll H. Winkler, D.C.

  • FCLB Appointed Director: 1991-1995

Wayne C. Wolfson, D.C.

  • FCLB Appointed Director: 1999-2003
  • At-Large Director: 2003-2005

Tom L. Workman, D.C.

  • District I Director: 1980-1989
    • Secretary-Treasurer: 1981-1986
    • Treasurer: 1986-1989

Rex A. Wright, D.C.

  • NBCE Director: 1965-1972
    • President: 1966-1967
    • Vice President: 1967-1968

Jason Young, D.C.

  • At-Large Director: 2020-2022