Meet Our Team

Office Manager

• 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

Admin Lean

• 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

Clinic Lead ELO

• 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!!

Clinic Lead HLO

• 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”

AKA New patient coordinator extraordinaire

• Fur baby mama of two dogs – Blanket and Penelope
• Her bf Josh converted her to a VT fan – went to almost every football game last year
• Addicted to coffee
• Magical unicorn – Charlottean, born and raised
• Loves a good game night with friends – claims to be a charades master

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

AKA Master Marketing Maestro

• Helps transform our orthodontists in Charlotte into rock stars in the eyes of the community and fosters collaboration and synergies with local biz, schools, and philanthropies
• Created a full-on “Charlotte Taco Bracket” consisting of thirty-two Mexican restaurants to find CLT’s best taco (winner will be announced in Winter 2020).
• In Guinness World’s Records for worst driver.
• Claims to have been a hand model, but has since “retired”.

• Originally from Canada, aye
• Speaks French
• Has one child who is the light of her life
• Moved here in 2002 from NY
• Loves cooking, motorcycle riding, yoga, dancing + traveling

AKA the great dance loving smiling patient educator

• Danced for the Charlotte Hornets as a Honeybee for five years. We’re still trying to convince her to dance on our TikTok.
• Watches Home Alone 1 and 2 year round
• Lived out of the country until 13 years old
• Addicted to coffee
• Certified dog mama to a lab corgi mix, Sir Beau

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

AKA The Money Gal aka Financial Coordinator

• 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.

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

• Still jams to her iPod Nano
• Loves new food and trying new things
• Favorite drink: shirley temple
• Karaoke enthusiast
• Youngest of three, loves spending time with family

• Believes iced coffee is the G.O.A.T.
• All about cooking and trying new places to eat – especially with a nice view.
• Big on the beach and water activities
• Spending time with her family is number one

AKA Florida Gator and Maroon 5 lovin’ amazing assistant

• Veteran OG orthodontists in Charlotte 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)

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

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

AKA the happiest person on earth

• Actually belches glitter and rainbows.
• Her chirpy moods are brought to you by coffee in partnership with a shot of espresso.
• Speaks English, Spanish, and Spanglish.
• Mom of two amazing fur babies.
• One of the shortest in the office.

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

• Former patient and loved her experience so much she joined the SmileSquad full time!
• Has four kiddos who sometimes behave themselves, but generally are into all kinds of shenanigans and fighting like cats and dogs
• Married to a ridiculously good looking man who makes her laugh everyday and has shockingly put up with her for 18 years
• At 9pm on weekdays, she’s in bed crocheting an afghan, but parties hard on the weekends at the movies and soccer games

AKA one of our rare employees who understands what a ‘library voice’ is

• Married to fabulous husband Chris, but her true love is her goldendoodle, 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.

• Multilingual – speaks German, Spanish, English and French
• So obsessed with the moon that she named her daughter Luna
• Put on some 90’s music and hear her sing along; put on any music and watch her dance, even though her latina DNA didn’t give her any latina dance moves.

AKA the small genius behind the camera lens (she takes the records)

• Used to be a rookie, now a vet
• Spanish speaking superstar
• 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)