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Meet The Team
Help you build an extraordinary practice by getting you the right coaching and playbooks from the best dental experts.

Maria Fuertes
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Christy Chavarria
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Alisha Gerrard
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Tyler Phillips
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Marie King
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Thought leadership, strategic insights, industry trends, and operations manual to boost revenue, efficiency and care coordination.

Improving practice efficiency for Celebration Dental


Streamlining revenue cycle management for Dental Depot
We have an opening tomorrow and I am pretty sure that when I come in tomorrow, it will be filled. So this way, the providers aren’t sitting around during the day, they are going from patient to patient.
LINDA, Office Manager
Our days in A/R dropped by more than 30%, and our net collections increased just after the first 3 months of using CareStack.
Dr. HIMESH KANA, Owner, Dental Depot

Maria Fuertes
Director of Practice Heroes Program. Maria has over 20+ years of industry experience, holding Director of Operations’ roles at multiple companies, specializing in operational strategies and organizational development. At her stint with a group practice in Riverside, California, she led 150 team members through four practice management software conversions. Maria is passionate about mentoring and coaching individuals, motivating them to reach their professional goals.
Areas of Expertise
- Operational strategy and change management
- Mentoring and coaching teams to success
- Software conversion champion
- Experienced in Dentrix, Eaglesoft and CareStack
It’s a pleasure to share knowledge and see teams succeeding and making a difference.

Christy Chavarria
Practice Manager with over 27 years of industry experience. She has hands-on experience in most departments donning multiple hats as dental assistant, treatment coordinator, & practice manager. In 2016, Christy relocated to the East Coast to manage The Smiles Center, a private practice specializing in IV dentistry. She works on multiple roles to implement effective processes on the clinical and administrative side for revenue growth and exceptional patient care.
Areas of Expertise
- Clinical and administrative experience
- Expertise in practice management
- Revenue cycle optimization
- Experienced in Dentrix, SoftDent & Improvis
Solving day-to-day challenges to promote growth, productivity and exceptional patient care is what I do best.

Alisha Gerrard
Passionate office manager with a Master’s degree in Healthcare Administration from Weber State University. Started off as a dental assistant, she now helps people to learn new concepts & skills. In 2021, Alisha created a dental consulting business, in addition to the full-time office manager position. She is a passionate problem-solver and has done significant work in improving workflows for better insurance management.
Areas of Expertise
- Go-to dental insurance expert
- Fee schedule negotiation
- Workflow optimization
- Ardent problem solver
Working smarter and not harder can solve most of the problems at the dental practice.

Tyler Phillips
Practice manager at D Brian Williams DDS in Charlotte with 6 years of experience in running teams & implementing new procedures. Tyler helps doctors in rebranding and growing their practices and is always in search of ways to optimize and improve processes to drive growth for the practice. Tyler is a graduate of East Tennessee University with a Bachelor’s Degree in Communications.
Areas of Expertise
- Deep practice management expertise
- Dental marketing and brand management
- Workflow optimization
- Experienced in Dentrix and CareStack
For sustainable growth, practices have to be constantly on the move, embracing change and adopting latest technology.

Marie King
Accomplished dental professional with 40+ years of experience. Spent the first 20 years of her career mastering various roles at dental practices. During the later years, gained expertise in training and implementation of dental software for software vendors. Marie managed multiple teams of dental trainers during her career.
Areas of Expertise
- Dental software expert
- Sales demo & trade show genius
- Building strong business relationships
- Experienced in PracticeWorks, QDW, and CareStack
Driving dental software transition and navigating change at the practice requires planning and oversight.