Dental services
10 dental service organization executives
These ten current dental service organization executives hold vice president or president roles at multi-site dental groups in the United States. A reader can learn how DSO executives run multi-site dental groups from people who have held the role.
Professionals to explore
01—10Armanda Lester
LinkedInExperience: Senior Vice President Operations · North American Dental Group (NADG)
Senior Vice President of Operations at North American Dental Group since December 2025, after serving there as Vice President of Operations (2022–2025). The source dates her start at NADG as Regional Director of Operations to 2014, alongside a Regional Office Manager role at Complete Dental Care.
Brendan Pool
LinkedInExperience: Vice President Operations · SGA Dental Partners
Vice President of Operations at SGA Dental Partners since March 2022 and former co-founder and Chief Operations Officer of Strategic Blue, a dental service organization (2017–2022). The profile cites more than 20 years of leadership across healthcare operations, manufacturing at Lockheed Martin (2009–2017) and service in the US Navy (1999–2009).
Charmaine O Croy
LinkedInExperience: Senior Vice President of Operations · 42 North Dental
Senior Vice President of Operations at 42 North Dental in the Boston area since March 2026. She was earlier Chief of Staff for Operations (2024–2026) and Vice President of Integrations (2021–2024) at The Smilist, and a Senior Director of Operations at Lightwave Dental (2019–2021) and D4C Dental Brands (2017–2019).
Eric Pellkofer
LinkedInExperience: National Senior Vice President Orthodontic Operations · Sonrava Health (Dental Service Organization) (Private Equity Owned)
National Senior Vice President of Orthodontic Operations at Sonrava Health since 2015; the profile says he oversees more than 400 locations across 23 states with $200 million in annual revenue. He was earlier Chief Operations Officer of West Coast Dental Services (2009–2014) and Vice President of Orthodontic Operations at SmileCare (2005–2009).
Eva Thomas
LinkedInExperience: Regional Vice President of Operations · Sage Dental
Regional Vice President of Operations at Sage Dental in Boca Raton, Florida since July 2023. Her earlier Sage Dental roles were Director of Market Operations (2018–2023), Regional Operations Manager (2018), Operations Specialist (2015–2018) and Office Manager (2013–2015).
Jason Korkus
LinkedInExperience: President · The Sonrisa Group
President of The Sonrisa Group since 2004; the profile says the group includes Sonrisa Family Dental, Community Dental Centers of America and myHealth Dentistry and runs 14 locations in Illinois, Florida and Georgia. He has also been President of Community Dental Centers of America since 2020 and Sonrisa Southeast since 2021.
Lacie Norman
LinkedInExperience: Vice President Operations · SALT Dental Partners
Vice President of Operations at SALT Dental Partners since February 2024 and former Vice President of Operations at Great Expressions Dental Centers (2021–2022). Between those roles she was Director of Operations at Imagen Dental Partners (2022–2023). She is a registered dental hygienist and a Medical Service Corps officer in the US Air Force Reserve.
Megan Shepard
LinkedInExperience: Vice President Operations · Chord Specialty Dental Partners
Vice President of Operations at Chord Specialty Dental Partners since July 2022; the source describes it as a multi-specialty dental support organization. She was also Director of Operations at Cumberland Pediatric Dentistry and Orthodontics (2018–2022) and, before that, Training & Development Lead Orthodontic Assistant there (2015–2018).
Suzie Nelson
LinkedInExperience: Vice President Operations · SALT Dental Partners
Vice President of Operations at SALT Dental Partners since August 2023 and former Vice President of Operations at Hero Practice Services (2022–2023). She was earlier a Regional Director of Operations for pediatric and orthodontic offices at Kids Dental Brands (2021–2022) and spent about a decade in operations roles at PDS Health (2009–2021).
Tiffany Howerton
LinkedInExperience: Vice President of Operations and Hygiene · Peak Dental Services
Vice President of Operations and Hygiene at Peak Dental Services since February 2026, after serving there as Senior Director of Hygiene Operations (2025–2026). She is a registered dental hygienist who spent 2013 to 2025 as a hygiene operations mentor at Heartland Dental, and the profile headline cites a Women in DSO Leadership award.
Choose the right perspective
Match the group's size to your question, since running hundreds of locations across many states differs from running a regional group of a dozen offices. Consider whether you want someone who came up through clinical roles such as hygiene or assisting, or one who came from outside dentistry.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01How does a DSO integrate a newly acquired practice without losing its staff and patients?
- 02Which operating metrics do you review every week across offices?
- 03How do you decide which software and supplies to standardize across the group?
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