Meet Our Team
Astrid
AKA Do-Good Coordinator
- Creatively collaborates with local businesses and charities to help Lineberger Orthodontics raise up the local community
- Speaks Spanish, English, and Mexican
- Was hired at first because of her familial connection (and possible discounts) with an amazing food truck that serves awesome tacos
- Has tried to implement a 2-4pm siesta every day at the office, unsuccessfully thus far
Christina
The other smiling face that greets you at every appointment
- Loves some pasta and pizza
- Quite the crafter and baker
- The only person to ever meet their future spouse playing ultimate Frisbee
- High School State Champion volleyball player
- Obsessed with board games, card games, and any other game she can beat you at
CiCi
AKA the great dance loving dancer and TC assist
- Smiling patient educator and concierge by day, Charlotte Hornets Honeybee by night
- Watches Home Alone 1 and 2 year round
- Lived out of the country until 13 years old
- Addicted to coffee
Hayley
AKA The Money Gal aka Financial Coordinator
- Second shortest in the office
- Wonderful mother of 2 demanding fur babies
- A wine enthusiast (the beverage, not whine)
- Famous saying.. “I just need one thing from Target..”
- My life isn’t perfect, but my lashes are.
Tricia
Beacon of Positive Vibes AKA Office Manager
- Don’t call her Patty without remembering to duck
- Married to her hubby for 25 years…refers to him as delish
- 5 wonderful children, 4 are already adults and conquering the world
- Began as a patient’s mom…loved LO so much she applied…and the rest is history
- Lives on a farm with cows, pigs and other livestock-ish type roommates
- Mantra: above all else, be happy
Rachel
Treatment Coordinator
- Has won many Employee of the Month Awards (self-proclaimed, we don’t really have this award)
- Dr. Claire’s much cooler sister
- Has been compared to Muhammed Ali in the ring
- Lifetime Movie enthusiast and local pizza critic, killer combo
- Die-hard Michigan State fan
- Loves fly fishing out west
Heather
Fearless General of the Clinic
- Controls the beautiful chaos of our amazing clinic
- Loves the beach, almost as much as she loves Bravo TV
- Lead instructor of the Orthodontic program at the Lake Norman Dental assisting school
- Music is her therapy, but memorizing lyrics is not a strength
- Banjo, a dog, not an instrument, is the golden retriever glued to her side
Courtney
AKA the one semi-quiet person on our team assistant extraordinaire
- Secretly drinks office coffee all day
- If a TV show is uneducational, or actually takes away your intelligence by watching, she probably is viewing it on her DVR right. now.
- Although she be but little, she is a foodie
- Proud dog mom
- She likes her beauty rest.. in her words, “it’s always bedtime”
Emily
AKA the hippy sunshine assistant
- Lovingly referred to as our office sunshine
- When not gently pampering people’s grills, she can be found scaling mountains, doing yoga on the beach, and/or planting organic sunflowers
- Not only an assistant she is also a patient, and pretty good one for that matter
- Country clogging superstar
- Addicted to spray tanning
Jennifer
AKA the most gentle assistant in history
- Came to Huntersville 12 years ago by way of South Bend, IN and Hurricane, WV
- One of the few soft-spoken members on the team
- 25 years of orthodontic experience
- Married for 36 years to her awesome husband
- Extremely proud of her 3 kids and 6 grandkids
- Loves time with the fam, gardening, cooking, and beaching
Kasey
AKA the super positive ridiculously skilled assistant
- Hand skills of a vascular insect surgeon
- So much positivity, she can make you see the rainbow on your rainiest days
- Worships avocado
- Beauty school dropout…. Just like the Grease song
- Helps keep the clinic in a rockin’ and a rollin’, in order, and on time
Kimmie
AKA Florida Gator and Maroon 5 lovin’ amazing assistant
- Veteran OG Lineberger Ortho assistant
- Expert yogi, leads entire team every morning with a sun salute in the morning huddle
- Literally obsessed with braces, to the point of weirdness
- Avid Florida Gators fan, unfortunately
- Not a person that values silence (aka she is rather loud)
Taylor
AKA one of our rare employees who understands what a ‘library voice’ is
- Married to fabulous husband Chris, but her true love is her golden doodle Charlie
- Total lake gal from a total lake fam who like to spend lots of time on the lake
- Loves to shop with friends, loves to shop with her husband, and when by herself both at home or on break at work. Basically just loves to shop, period.
- Loves to travel
Virginia
AKA the small genius behind the camera lens (she takes the records)
- Used to be a rookie, now a vet
- Spanish speaking super star
- The Muggsy Bogues of volleyball
- Her mundo is comprised of her dog and her hubby
- Loves the outdoors and cosmetology (you can still look fabulous while camping guys
Cass
Specialist in tooth moving operations management aka an awesome assistant
- Born in New Hampshire… snow much fun.
- Please forgive her for being a Patriots fan
- Sassy daughter Aspen keeps her on her toes
- Grew up around racing and always has that need for speed
- Movie buff. Especially those that involve Tom Hardy…. What???! He’s a great actor!!
Leigha
Sterilization Expert (when it comes to the clinic, not animals nor humans)
- Loves livermush which we found interesting
- True southern belle who likes to think she is funny and is always making people smile
- If the movies doesn’t make her cry, she is not going to like it
- Youngest of 5 siblings…. Has some interesting accents and other comedic material to help stand out
- Does not play sports, but Netflixes like a champ
