BOT Confidentiality Agreement Form

I hereby acknowledge, as a member of the Board of Trustees of the American Association of Orthodontists (AAO), that some Board and related Committee meetings may be undertaken in closed session. I also acknowledge that all discussions occurring in such closed sessions are intended to be, and shall be and remain, confidential in all respects. I further acknowledge that such confidentiality is, in many instances, necessary to preserve and protect and AAO’s attorney/client privilege when legal issues are discussed or implicated by such closed session discussions. Accordingly, I understand that my disclosure of any information learned or provided during such closed sessions may irreparably harm the AAO.

Therefore, in consideration of my service as a member of the Board of Trustees, I hereby covenant and agree that I will keep and retain all information obtained or provided during any closed session of the Board of Trustees strictly confidential, both during my tenure as a member of the Board and thereafter in perpetuity; provided, that I may disclose such information only upon judicial order or decree by a court of competent jurisdiction or upon mutual agreement by the Board of Trustees.