Governance
OREF is led by a Board of Trustees comprising orthopaedic surgeons representing multiple sub specialties and geographic regions, as well as key members of the business community including representatives of the financial community and the orthopaedic industry.
The Board oversees the activities of the OREF leadership team including its Chief Executive Officer and Vice Presidents of Individual Development, Business Development and Grants.
2019 Board of Trustees
Officers
President
Michael L. Parks, MD
New York, NY
President-Elect
Richard F. Kyle, MD
Long Lake, MN
Treasurer
Joshua J. Jacobs
Chicago, IL
Past President
David G. Lewallen, MD
Rochester, MN
Trustees
Jeffrey S. Abrams, MD
Princeton, NJ
Chair, Corporate Development
Christopher R. Adams, MD
Naples, FL
Annunziato Amendola, MD
Durham, NC
Jeremie M. Axe, MD
Newark, DE
B. Sonny Bal, MD, JD, MBA
Jefferson City, MO
Daniel J. Berry, MD
Rochester, MN
Nicholas M. Bernthal, MD
Santa Monica, CA
Matthew B. Dobbs, MD
St. Louis, MO
Chair, Grants Committee
Eric V. Dremel
Chicago, IL
David C. Dvorak, JD
Fort Wayne, IN
Vice Chair, Corporate Development
Letha Y. Griffin, MD, PhD
Atlanta, GA
Chair, Communications Committee
Karen L. Hackett
Amelia Island, FL
Mary Lloyd Ireland, MD
Lexington, KY
Chair, Annual Giving
Lawrence G. Lenke, MD
New York, NY
Vice Chair, Corporate Development
Timothy J. Luchetti, MD
Chicago, IL
Andrew N. Pollak, MD
Baltimore, MD
Thomas P. Sculco, MD
New York, NY
Richard F. Santore, MD
San Diego, CA
Emeritus
Chair, Ind. Development