OUR Board of Trustees

Hannah Hale

Ex-Officio Member, Georgia School of Orthodontics,
General Counsel, Executive Vice President

Hannah Hale serves as the General Council and Executive Vice President, where she is responsible for consulting with and providing legal counsel to the GSO’s executive team and Board of Trustees; developing and implementing policies and procedures in the areas of compliance, risk management, privacy, health law, education law, company operations, and human resources; and overseeing the design and implementation of GSO’s continued institutional development. She brings ten years of experience as a healthcare and life sciences transactional attorney. Previously she served as GSO’s Associate Counsel and Chief Operating Officer and Senior VP of Operations. Most recently she served as senior Counsel at Panda Health, a marketplace connecting health systems with premier digital health suppliers, where she was responsible for negotiating agreements on both sides of the market. Other former clients include educational technology start-ups, a Fortune 100 healthcare company, and a top 20 pharmaceutical company. Hannah also serves as a Vice Chair of the American Bar Association, Health Law Section for the 2023-2025 bar years and is an active member of the State Bar of Georgia Health Law section. She received her Bachelor of Science from Tulane University, her Juris Doctorate from Emory University School of Law and is admitted to practice in the state of Georgia.

Hale also serves as a Vice Chair of the American Bar Association, Health Law Section for the 2023-2025 bar years, is an active member of the State Bar of Georgia Health Law section, serves as a Volunteer Healthcare Attorney for Pro Bono partnership of Atlanta and Alumni Interviewer for Tulane University. In addition, she just completed a two-year term on the Board of Directors of Newcomb-Tulane College.

Mauricio Gonzalez, Ph.D.

Chairman, GSO Board of Trustees; Former VP, Student Affairs & Prof. Emeritus, College of Ed. & HR, UNF

Christopher Lazzara

President, Georgia School of Orthodontics
CEO, MountainStar Partners

The Honorable Casey Cagle

Former Lieutenant Governor of Georgia

Nathaniel Glover, Jr., Hon. LL.D.

Trustee Emeritus, GSO; President Emeritus, Edwards Waters College; Former Sheriff of Jacksonville

Kellyn Hodges, D.M.D., M.S.

Founder & Owner Kellyn Hodges Orthodontics

Nizar Kifaieh, M.D.

President & CEO, Hudson Regional Health

Brenda Kitchens, R.D.H.

President, B.K. Dental Line Solutions, Inc.

Randy Kluender, D.D.S., M.S.

Sr. Advisor to the President and Former President of GSO, Former Assoc. Dean & Director., University of Colorado School of Dental Medicine

Dr. Gasper Lazzara

Assistant Professor, Georgia School of Orthodontics

Carol Lynch, CPA

Managing Director, MountainStar Partners

John E. Maupin, Jr., D.D.S., M.S.

Sr. Advisor, CINQCARE, Inc.; Former President, Morehouse School of Medicine & Meharry Medical College

Dr. Iram Nasir

Assistant Professor, Georgia School of Orthodontics; GSO Alumna

Dave S. Sargent, M.D.

Assistant Professor of Radiology, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth

Nandakumar Janakiraman, B.D.S., M.D.S.

Ex-Officio Member, Georgia School of Orthodontics,
Dean, Chief Academic Officer, and Professor

Hannah Hale

Ex-Officio Member, Georgia School of Orthodontics,
General Counsel, Executive Vice President

Emily Coutouné

Board Liaison,
Director of Strategic Initiatives Special Projects Manager, Office of the CEO at MountainStar Partners