About Our Team
- Rhonda Savage, CEO, LLM&A
- Linda Miles, Founder
- Char Sweeney, CDPMA
- Susan Kulakowski, Speaker, Senior Consultant
- Lee Tarvin, Executive Director
- Jim Stephens, Director of Product Development
- Teresa Dobbins, Director of Client Services
Teresa Dobbins, Director of Client Services
Teresa Dobbins has had a career in dentistry since 1991. She worked as a Certified Expanded Function Dental Assistant for 6 years and then worked as a Scheduling Coordinator for several years. Teresa expanded her talents, serving for many years as a highly skilled Financial Coordinator and Office Administrator. She worked for Dr. Rhonda Savage from 1992-2007.
While Teresa specializes in developing effective front office systems, she is also a talented trainer for hygiene and restorative staff. Her personalized training sessions increase case acceptance, develop effective collection techniques, reduce broken appointments and boost productivity. She has many years of experience with insurance submission. Teresa has the unique ability of teaching teams how to communicate with patients, explaining one on one how to talk about dentistry in lay people’s terms. She is a motivator and an enthusiastic teacher. She has attended hundreds of hours of continuing education, including comprehensive full mouth dentistry, esthetic dentistry and practice management.
Teresa is a ballet instructor and choreographer in her spare time and enjoys traveling with her husband, Kevin, and her two children, Heather and CJ. They reside in Gig Harbor, Washington.