Physical/Mailing Address:
1003 High House Road
Suite 101
Cary, North Carolina 27513
Phone: (919) 460-7750
Fax: (919) 460-7715
Website: www.citaexam.com
Email: info@citaexam.com
Board of Directors
CITA's Board of Directors is composed of a President, Vice-President, Secretary, Treasurer and Immediate Past President. In addition to its officers, CITA has two (2) representatives from each Member State Board of Dentistry who have been elected by their Board members to represent their Board. Officers must be present or past State Board of Dentistry Members and are nominated and elected by the membership to serve a two (2) year term.
Officers
W. Stan Hardesty, DDS - President (Raleigh, NC)
Dr. Hardesty is a founding member and incorporator of the Council of Interstate Testing Agencies, Inc. Dr. Hardesty graduated from the University of North Carolina School of Dentistry in 1993 and subsequently began practicing general dentistry in his hometown of Rocky Mount, North Carolina. He relocated to Raleigh, North Carolina in 1994 where he currently practices comprehensive general dentistry. Dr. Hardesty was appointed as an adjunct clinical assistant professor in Diagnostic Sciences and General Dentistry at the UNC School of Dentistry and has served in that capacity since 1996. In 2004, Dr. Hardesty was elected to the North Carolina State Board of Dental Examiners where he served as Chairman of Examinations from 2005-2006, as Secretary-Treasurer for 2006-2007 and as President for 2007-2008. He is also a member of the Board of Directors for the North Carolina Caring Dental Professionals, the Raleigh/Wake County Dental Foundation and the UNC Dental Alumni Association and a member of the Dental Hygiene Advisory Committee for Wake Technical Community College. He currently serves on the Constitution and Bylaws Committee for the American Association of Dental Examiners and as Parliamentarian for Region 19 of the Academy of General Dentistry. Dr. Hardesty has served as President for the North Carolina Academy of General Dentistry, as a Peer Review Mediator for the Fourth District of the North Carolina Dental Society and as President of the Raleigh/Wake County Dental Society from 2002-2003. Dr. Hardesty is a former member of the Dental Assisting Advisory Board at Wake Technical Community College and a former member of the Board of Directors for Artspace. Dr. Hardesty was inducted as a Fellow in the Academy of General Dentistry in 2001 and a Fellow of the American College of Dentists in 2007. He is a member of White Memorial Presbyterian Church in Raleigh, North Carolina.
Samuel A. Trinca, DDS - Vice-President (Monroe, LA)
Dr. Samuel A. Trinca is a graduate of the the University of Arkansas. He received his Doctor of Dental Surgery degree from the University of Tennessee School of Dentistry in 1968. Dr. Trinica has practiced general dentistry in Monroe, Louisiana for the past 38 years. He is currently a member of the Louisiana State Board of Dental Examiners and was nominated in August, 2006 to serve as his boards representative on the Council of Interstate Testing Agencies Board of Directors. Dr. Trinca is also a member of the American Dental Association and is a current member of the Joint Commission on National Dental Examinations.
Robert L. Smith, DDS - Secretary (Hernando, MS)
Robert L. Smith, Jr., D.D.S. was appointed to the Board from Mississippi's second dental district on July 1, 2005 for a six-year term ending June 30, 2011. Born on January 25, 1953, Dr. Smith received his dental degree from the University of Tennessee in 1981. After receiving his dental degree, Dr. Smith began his private practice in Tupelo, Mississippi and subsequently moved to Hernando, Mississippi where he has been in private practice since 1982. Dr. Smith's professional memberships include the American Association of Dental Examiners, Southern Conference of Dental Deans and Examiners, American Dental Association, Academy of General Dentistry, Mississippi Dental Association, Mississippi Academy of General Dentistry, Pierre Fauchard Academy, Tri-Lakes Dental Study Club, and an associate membership in the Mississippi Dental Society.
Romell J. Madison - Treasurer (Gretna, LA)
Dr. Madison is the newly elected Treasurer on the CITA Board of Directors and is a current Board Member of the Louisiana State Board of Dental Examiners. In addition, he is currently on the Louisiana Supreme Court Judicial Oversight Committee, and is the President of Millennium Nursing Services, Inc. Past professional activities include President of the National Dental Association in 2003, Vice-Chairman of the Minority Health Affairs Commission from 1999-2004 and President of the New Orleans Dental Society from 1999-2000. Along with his work, Dr. Madison has also been consistently involved in community service projects and organizations, working to advise and encourage young people to consider dental careers. Dr. Madison has a broad career spectrum, which includes Pharmacology where he still holds pharmacy licenses in the states of Louisiana and Tennessee. His educational background includes Louisiana State University 1973, Xavier University College of Pharmacy, BS, 1975 and Meharry Medical College School of Dentistry, DDS,1984. Currently, Dr. Madison is in private practice in Gretna, Louisiana and also serves as a Dental Surgery Staff Physician at four hospitals in the New Orleans area.
Delma H. Kinlaw, DDS - Immediate Past President, Director of Exam Development and Analysis (Cary, NC)
Dr. Kinlaw is one of the founding members of the Council of Interstate Testing Agencies, Inc. Dr. Kinlaw was raised in Henderson, North Carolina where his father was a practicing dentist for nearly fifty years. Dr. Kinlaw began his studies in dentistry in 1977 at the University of North Carolina School of Dentistry, where he graduated in 1981 and subsequently in that year received his license to practice dentistry in North Carolina. He has maintained a practice in general dentistry, with attention to cosmetics, in Cary, North Carolina since 1981. Dr. Kinlaw has been considerably involved in the regulation of the dental profession from both a state and a national level. He served on the North Carolina State Board of Dental Examiners for six years and presently is employed in a part time capacity to that Board. On the national level, Dr. Kinlaw is a past president of the Coalition of Independent Testing Agencies, past Second Vice President of the American Association of Dental Examiners and also served as a Consultant Examiner for the North East Regional Board. He is also a past member of the Board of Directors of the American Board of Dental Examiners. Dr. Kinlaw is one of the founding members of the Dental Public Safety Committee. He is also a Fellow in the Academy of Dentistry International and a Fellow of American College of Dentists. In 2008, Dr. Kinlaw received the Meritorious Achievement Award from the North Carolina Dental Society for his significant achievements in dentistry.