ALL-STAR DENTAL ACADEMY - Key Persons


Alex Nottingham - CEO

Job Titles:
  • Chief Executive Officer
  • CEO and Founder of All - Star Dental Academy
and Heather Nottingham sought to save Alex's dad's struggling dental practice, and in doing so, developed a business and training philosophy that is changing the dental industry. All-Star Dental Academy's proprietary training systems have helped over 25,000 dental professionals transform their practices into premier patient care providers and profitable practices. Alex is the CEO and Founder of All-Star Dental Academy. He has authored the dental practice game-changer book "Dental Practice Excellence" and co-wrote a bestselling book with Brian Tracy. Alex has shared the stage with Michael Gerber (the author of "The E-Myth Revisited"), and lectures nationally and internationally to prestigious dental organizations. He is a former Tony Robbins top coach and consultant, having worked with companies from $1 million to $100 million. His passion is to help others create personal wealth and make a positive impact on the people around them. Alex received his Juris Doctor (JD) and Masters of Business Administration (MBA) from Florida International University.

Dr. Lorne Lavine - CEO, Founder

Job Titles:
  • CEO
  • Founder
  • CEO, the Digital Dentist
  • Digital Dentist
Dr. Lorne Lavine is the CEO and Founder of The Digital Dentist, a company that focuses on the technology needs of dental practices. Dr. Lavine writes for many dental publications, lectures internationally, and has worked with over 2,000 dental offices. He helps practices make informed decisions about hardware, software, data backup, disaster recovery, HIPAA compliance, and network monitoring.

Heather Nottingham

Heather is a former retail sales trainer and manager for Bloomingdale's, Kate Spade, and Theory, and a top new patient coordinator for a multi-million-dollar high-end dental practice where she personally increased revenue by over a million dollars in less than 18 months. She has over 24 years of customer service, training, and phone experience, and designed the All-Star Dental Academy® Phone Success Course as well as the GREAT Call® Process. Heather is a former retail sales specialist and department trainer for Bloomingdale's, where she had a million dollar clientele. She also took that luxury retail mentality and brought it into the dental world, where she leveraged her training and was able to make an extra million dollars for her dental office in less than 18 months. With over 16 years of retail sales & management experience, 7+ years as a phone skills coach & trainer, and thousands of hours in perfecting the art of rapport with dental patients, Heather helps improve dental practices' profitability through phone skills success, promoting patient experience, and implementation of systems.

JACKIE NUNEZ

Job Titles:
  • Hiring Specialist
Jackie's dental career began back in 2010 as a dental assistant. Over the years, she has been able to experience many roles within the dental field. Starting as an assistant, then a clinical supervisor, and in my current role I am able to assist offices in the ever present task of hiring new team members! I believe my experience inside dental offices has given me the tools to connect with Doctors and Office Managers to help truly understand what they are needing in their roles. In this challenging hiring environment, one of the best feelings is being able to find the perfect match for both the employee and employer.

Jennifer Schultz

Job Titles:
  • Insurance Efficiency Expert

Jennifer Shultz

Job Titles:
  • Insurance & Productivity Expert
Jennifer Schultz is an insurance efficiency expert with over 20 years of experience in dentistry working in and with dental practices as an employee, software trainer and practice management consultant. Jennifer focuses on providing dental practices the tools to work more efficiently. This is why she founded Virtual Dental Office and DentalInsuranceNavigator.com.

Larry Guzzardo

Larry is a highly sought after dental practice consultant and international speaker. His skill and talent is offering practical, common sense solutions to improve dental practice productivity. He is also a faculty member at the Dawson Academy. Larry has delivered countless presentations including, "Winning Patient Acceptance of Fine Dentistry," "Working with You is Tearing Us Apart," and "The Leadership Challenge." Larry's 24-year career as a training specialist began with in-house training programs such as active listening, customer service, stress management, and career development, but quicky shifted so he could focus full-time on dental consulting. Larry works one-on-one with dentists in practice management, business systems, and leadership development, and presents workshops on topics including, "Winning Patient Acceptance of Fine Dentistry," "Working with You is Tearing Us Apart," and "The Leadership Challenge." Larry is an accomplished speaker and published author.

Morgan Benjamin

Job Titles:
  • Program Advisor
Morgan is a graduate of Johnson and Wales University with a BA in Sports, Entertainment, and Event Management. Before joining the All-Star team Morgan enjoyed 12 years at the Colorado Convention Center as a Senior Event Manager. She has experience planning and executing conventions, public events, concerts, corporate meetings, and social events. The skill set Morgan gained from years of event management is well utilized with the All-Star support team, hiring team, and event planning.

robyn reis

Job Titles:
  • Director of Hiring
Robyn began her dental career in 1998 as a marketing and communications director for a large group practice, and instantly fell in love with the world of dentistry. She has spent every waking moment since learning, growing and collaborating with dentists and their teams utilizing her expertise in all aspects of dental practice management, marketing, communications, HR, continuing education, and laboratory sales. Robyn's personal goals are to make a difference in someone's life every single day and to give the best of herself to those around her.

Tricia Weldon

Job Titles:
  • All - Star 's Client Success Specialist
  • Program Advisor
Tricia Weldon, All-Star's client success specialist and event coordinator, graduated college with a BA in Sports Entertainment and Event Management. For over 9 years she was a senior event manager for the Colorado Convention Center. She planned and executed 20,000+ headcount shows, conventions, trade events, intimate parties, and concerts.