Kara McKeage is passionate about helping successful women ease the mental load with skilled household support. She is the founder of Pepper’s Personal Assistants, a sourcing and placement agency for highly vetted personal assistants. Kara McKeage is passionate about helping successful women ease the mental load with skilled household support. She is the founder of Pepper’s Personal Assistants, a sourcing and placement agency for highly vetted personal assistants. She started the business as a side hustle for income and flexibility while raising young children. The ..read more

Dr. Victoria Peterson combines 30 years of dental entrepreneurial experience with a degree in Spiritual Studies to bring a refreshing approach to business. Victoria is the CEO & co-founder of Productive Dentist Academy, a four-time recipient of Inc 5000 fastest growing privately held companies. She has also been awarded 2013 Silver Stevie Female Entrepreneur of the Year. She is an advisor to Dental Entrepreneur Women (DeW) and on faculty with Dental Speakers Institute and spends time each year in mission work in the Dominican Republic. She is also the host of the podcast Investment Gr ..read more

Dr. Sam Shamardi earned his DMD at Tufts University and his Periodontal certificate at the University of Pennsylvania.  He is a Diplomate of the American Board of Periodontology and Implant Surgery and practices full-time while teaching part-time at the Harvard Division of Periodontics.   Dr. Shamardi lectures nationally and internationally on topics within periodontics and hearing loss in dentistry and has published multiple articles.  He is a member of the prestigious Catapult Education Speakers Bureau and is recognized as a dental entrepreneur for his revolutio ..read more

Born in Fort Dix, NJ to an Army dentist father & stay at home mother, Dr. LeeAnn McQuade, the eldest of 3 daughters.  Her parents settled in Texas after her father retired from the Army in 1989, and she’s been there ever since. She received her undergraduate BS from Texas A&M and attended dental school at Baylor College of Dentistry, followed by pediatric residency at University of Texas at Houston in 2002. She practiced as an associate near Houston for nearly 7 years before starting her own practice…while pregnant…as the sole income earner for her family. Dr. McQuade has been an ..read more

With more than 20 years in the dental publishing industry, Kevin Henry is the former group editorial director for Dental Products Report, managing editor for Dental Economics, and editor-in-chief for DrBicuspid.com. He now serves as the co-founder for IgniteDA, a community designed to empower, enlighten, and educate dental assistants. He has spoken to dental assistants throughout the world, in person and through the Dental Assistant Nation podcast series, reminding them of the important role they play every day in their practice. He is also certified as a DiSC trainer, helping dental practices ..read more

Dr. Natanya Brown is a board certified endodontist with training from Tufts, Harvard, and the Univ of Illinois at Chicago. And now resides in SF Bay area since 2009. Dr. Natanya is also a certified life and weight loss coach with training from The Life Coach School. Having struggled to lose the weight after her second pregnancy, Dr. Natanya learned how to lose weight without relying on deprivation or willpower, or even intense exercising. Dr. Natanya is now on a mission to help dentists live at their goal weight through Weight Loss for Dentists, a program she created combining mindfulness and ..read more

Eddie Johnson is the founder of Lancier Legal, PC.  His firm helps professionals protect their families and secure their legacies through estate planning.  Eddie has tailored his practice to focus on providing his clients with peace of mind, rather than just documents and deliverables. When he’s not helping families and business owners, you can find Eddie spending time with his wife, Anna, and his sons, Jake and Luke ..read more

A wife of 20+ years, mother to 3 incredible children, a healthcare professional, small business owner, community volunteer, and lecturer, Dr. Truvella “Trudy” Reese wears many…many hats. She is a general dentist in a Las Vegas-based, private practice.  Opening Generations Dental in 2012, she quickly outgrew her location and purchased Crowne Dental in 2016.  In the decade that she’s been in private practice, she has become one of the highest-rated and most sought general dentists in Las Vegas. Dr. Reese is an Infection Control Officer for the Nevada State Board of Dental Examiners &am ..read more

After graduating from University of Texas Health Sciences Center San Antonio Dental School in the year 2000, Dr. Scaggs continued her education by completing a 12 month Advanced Education in General Dentistry residency at Texas A&M (Baylor) College of Dentistry. She then entered private dental practice, purchasing her first office in Carrollton, Texas, in 2003. She diligently took many hours of Continuing Education and by 2008, had been awarded the prestigious Master status in the Academy of General Dentistry. Dr. Scaggs began specifically marketing to Senior patients in 2014 and has focus ..read more

Lea A. Ellermeier is the President of SheepMedical USA, a wholly owned subsidiary of SheepMedical Ltd, the #1 Japanese orthodontic aligner manufacturer. She is a serial entrepreneur who has co-founded and served as CEO of three dental technology companies 2C MedTech, REPLICATE Dental Technologies and Lingualcare, Inc. Lingualcare was purchased by 3M Company in November, 2007.  Post-acquisition, she was president of 3M’s Lingualcare subsidiary and a member of the management operating committee of 3M Unitek. Lea has spent her career building disruptive technologies with executive roles ..read more