Director (JCNDE) and Senior Director (ADA)
Joint Commission on National Dental and American Dental Association
Dr. David M. Waldschmidt is the Senior Director of the American Dental Association’s Department of Testing Services and the Director of the Joint Commission on National Dental Examinations. Dr. Waldschmidt has worked in the professional testing industry for over 25 years, serving as a founding Officer and Chair of the Healthcare Special Interest Group of the Association of Test Publishers (ATP), and serving two terms as Chair of the Industrial-Organizational division of ATP. He has authored papers published in the Journal of Dental Education and The Industrial-Organizational Psychologist, and presented at meetings of the AADA, AADB, ADEA, NDEAF, NCME, SIOP, ATP, and AOM. Dr. Waldschmidt graduated Phi Beta Kappa and Summa Cum Laude with an Honors B.A. in Psychology from Marquette University. He received his Masters in Industrial-Organizational Psychology from Michigan State University, and his Ph.D. in Industrial-Organizational Psychology from the Illinois Institute of Technology.