Skakaly's recent presidency of the Indiana Dental Association was the latest step in a career that has always included organized dentistry as a top priority. As the IDA president, he embraced improving communications, appointing an ad hoc committee to survey new ways to enhance communications on different levels, resulting in a new website for the organization that works for both the IDA members and the general public. On his journey to the presidency of the state organization, this South Bend practitioner faithfully served his local component, the North Central Dental Society; he held each of the society's officer positions.