TEAM FIL

In 2022, Roy joined the Board of FIL and serves on the Board Development Committee. He attended Board meetings for two years before being asked to officially join the Board. Roy's daughter, Molly, became a resident of FIL six years ago. At that time, Molly was the youngest FIL resident at 22 years old. She came from a residential program in West Virginia, yet Roy and his wife Margrey were looking for a more family-oriented program with oversight specifically by a Board of Directors. When Molly and Margrey visited FIL, they both knew it was the right fit for Molly. They viewed FIL and discussed with Molly that this is her long-term home. Roy’s vision of FIL as Molly’s home gives him a deep level of commitment and a vested interest in the sustainability and longevity of the FIL program. His commitment is to ensure the ability of individual residents to flourish and for their family members to be confident in the residents’ safety and growth within the FIL community.

Roy and his wife Margrey both have a medical background. Margrey is a physical therapist with a master’s degree in special education. Roy has been a general dentist in private practice for 44 years and has simultaneously been heavily involved in the organizational oversight of our profession nationally. For over thirty years, he has served at different levels in dentistry and spent 2016-2020 on the Board of the American Dental Association. Roy has chaired the Budget and Finance Committee of our 2000-member church, which has a $2 million budget. Within his community, dentistry, and church, he’s been involved in successful multimillion-dollar capital campaigns. Roy’s background on multiple boards in the community, church, and in dentistry in both the organization aspect and in fundraising will be an asset to the FIL community.

Roy enjoys reading, traveling, running and clinical dentistry. Throughout his career, Roy’s focus has been on life/work balance, raising his children, being a committed husband, maintaining exceptional clinical skills and staying healthy personally. His family has traveled extensively, and they continue to travel with and without the children. Roy has taken several adventure hikes—the back trail to Machu Picchu in Peru; the Haute Route through the Alps from France to Switzerland; and a thirteen-day hike from the west coast of England to the east coast on the Wainwright trail.