About Foundation Dental Alliance
The People Behind Foundation Dental Alliance
Foundation Dental Alliance brings together nationally recognized dentists, entrepreneurs, educators, executives, and trusted advisors who share one mission: helping dentists build stronger practices, increase practice value, and create greater professional freedom.
Every major decision in a dental career, from growth and leadership to transition and legacy, gets better when you’re surrounded by people who’ve already lived it.
For advice focused on your organization, work directly with Dr. Jim Arnold through Advisory.
Three Groups. One Mission.
Every faculty member, advisor, and trusted partner was chosen because they’ve built something worth learning from. Together, they help dentists make better decisions at every stage of their careers.
Foundation Dental Faculty
Learn from leaders who have done it.
Learn directly from respected clinicians, entrepreneurs, educators, and practice owners who teach what they’ve actually built, not theories borrowed from other industries.
Meet the Faculty →Foundation Dental Advisory Board
Experience that shapes the future.
Business leaders, executives, and experienced advisors across legal, financial, operational, and technology disciplines who help shape where Foundation Dental Alliance goes next.
Meet the Advisory Board →Foundation Dental Network
Trusted professionals. Carefully selected.
A carefully vetted network of CPAs, attorneys, consultants, lenders, technology partners, wealth advisors, and other trusted professionals Dr. Jim Arnold has personally selected over more than 30 years. These are the people he’d trust with his own practice, and the people we confidently recommend to ours.
Explore the Network →Foundation Dental Faculty
Faculty Vetted Over 30 Years
Every faculty member in the Alliance was chosen for one reason: they’ve done what they teach. These are the practitioners, operators, and leaders Dr. Arnold has spent thirty years learning from, working alongside, and vetting personally. When you’re with Foundation faculty, you’re not listening to theory.
Paul Adamson
Founder & CEO, Lighthouse Training, Ltd
Leadership, Resilience & High Performance
Dr. Kathryn Alderman
Founder & CEO, Intelligent Care Alliance
AI Innovation, Automation & Digital Transformation
William Barrett, Esq.
CEO, Mandelbaum Barrett PC
Dental Transactions, Deal Structure & Legal Risk
Matt Brown
Co-Founder & CRO, Energize Group | Co-Host, Dental Unfiltered
Patient Growth, Case Acceptance & Practice Performance
Dr. Jeff Buske
Founder, Limitless Dentist Academy
Leadership, Life Balance & Owner Freedom
Valerie Dangler, RDH, BSDH
CEO, ValDent Solutions
Clinical Systems, Hygiene & Practice Operations
Elijah Desmond
Co-Founder & Co-CEO, Dental Pitch Brokerage
Dental Entrepreneurship, Relationships & Strategic Growth
Debra Engelhardt-Nash
President, Academy for Private Dental Practice | Co-Founder, The Nash Institute
Case Acceptance, Patient Experience & Team Performance
Dr. Romina Ferrera
Founder, Clínica BeYou
Cosmetic Dentistry & Clinical Entrepreneurship
Dr. Arun Garg
Founder & CEO, Garg Institute
Implant Surgery, Education & Entrepreneurship
Dr. Lincoln Harris
Founder & CEO, RipeGlobal
Competency-Based Clinical Education & Global Training
Fred Joyal
President, The Fred Joyal Company
Eight-Figure Entrepreneur, Bestselling Author & Boldness Expert
Ken Kaufman, MBA
Founder, AccruDent
Dental Finance, EBITDA & Financial Architecture
Dr. Brett Kessler
161st President, American Dental Association
Fee-for-Service Dentistry, Leadership & Values-Based Culture
Dr. Debra King
Founder, Atlanta Center for Cosmetic Dentistry
Cosmetic Dentistry, Esthetics & Clinical Excellence
Dr. Thomas Larkin
Founder, Proactive Oral Wellness
Oral-Systemic Health & Comprehensive Care
Brian Mans
CEO & Co-Founder, Foundation Dental Transitions
300+ Transactions & a $214M DSO Exit
Tim McNeely, CFP®, CIMA®, CEPA®, CPFA®
Founder & CEO, The Dental Exit Institute | VP & Wealth Advisor, Farther
Dental Wealth, Exit Planning & Financial Independence
Dr. Jared Williams
Founder, The JW Method
Advanced Implant Surgery & Surgical Excellence
Dr. Joy Void-Holmes, RDH
Owner & CEO, Dr. Joy RDH Consulting
P3 Hygiene Growth System
Jennifer Turner
CEO, Hygiene Headquarters Inc.
Hygiene Growth, Team Performance & Practice Systems
Dr. Len Tau
General Manager, Dental, Birdeye | Host, Raving Patients Podcast
Reputation, Reviews & Patient Growth
Gary Takacs
Founder, Thriving Dentist
Fee-for-Service Growth & Practice Economics
Dr. Trent Smallwood
Aesthetic Dentist, Centre for Contemporary Dental Concepts
Advanced Aesthetics & Clear Aligners
Dr. Yuliya Salmeron
Endodontist & Owner, Edge Endodontics
Practice Growth, Burnout & Personal Freedom
Dr. Eric Roman
Founder, joyFULL Growth
Dental Associate Growth, Leadership & Culture
Dr. Sonya Reddy
Founder, FLO Academy
Airway, Sleep & Sustainable Performance
Dr. Steve Rasner
Founder, Rasner Institute
40+ Years of Fee-for-Service Proof
Dr. Dar Radfar
Founder, Rad Health Inc.
Sleep Dentistry, Airway & Practice Growth
Dr. Avi Patel
Founder & CEO, Clear Aligner Advisor
Clear Aligner Implementation & Practice Growth
Matt Ornstein
Co-Founder & Co-CEO, Dental Pitch Brokerage | Co-Owner, Oak Dental Partners
80+ Dental Practices Built, Acquired & Operated
Jill Nesbitt
CEO, Optimize Dental Consulting
Technology Integration Across Dental Groups
Dr. Ross Nash
Co-Founder, The Nash Institute
AACD Lifetime Achievement & Cosmetic Dentistry
Eric J. Morin, MBA
Founder & President, Tower Leadership
Enterprise Value, Scale & Owner Independence
Milos Miladinovic
Founder, Dental Lab Miami
Master Dental Ceramics & Digital Photography
This isn’t another program. It’s a structure.
Foundation Dental Alliance is built as a connected system, not a menu of unrelated offers. Each path exists because the problems dentists face are connected. The decisions you make early show up later, whether you’re ready for them or not.
Foundation Dental
A L L I A N C E
Foundation Dental
Intelligence
Ideas. Insights.
Better decisions.
Intelligence sharpens perspective.
Foundation Dental
Mastermind
Build the practice.
Remove the bottleneck.
Mastermind drives execution.
Luxury Dental
Retreats
Perspective. Peers.
Elite destinations.
Retreats accelerate growth.
Foundation Dental
Transitions
Clarity before the deal.
Leverage at the table.
Transitions protect value.
One Alliance. Four Connected Paths.
Foundation Dental Alliance brings together exceptional people. Those relationships become practical guidance through four connected paths, built for dentists at different stages of practice ownership.
Foundation Dental Intelligence
Think it through before you decide.
The podcast, the newsletter, and the blog. Where practice owners work through leadership, growth, practice value, and what comes next, before the decision is in front of them. It’s where most dentists start with Foundation Dental Alliance.
Ideas. Insights. Better decisions.
Explore Intelligence →Foundation Dental Mastermind
Build the practice you actually want.
A private, application-only membership for dentists committed to stronger leadership, better systems, greater profitability, and lasting practice value.
Build the practice. Remove the bottleneck.
Explore Mastermind →Luxury Dental Retreats
Step away to move forward.
Small-group educational experiences where world-class faculty, extraordinary destinations, and honest conversation create the perspective most practices never have time to find.
Perspective. Peers. Elite destinations.
Explore Retreats →Foundation Dental Transitions
Protect your greatest financial decision.
Independent representation for buyers and sellers from people who have lived both sides of the table and understand what’s actually at stake.
Clarity before the deal. Leverage at the table.
Explore Transitions →Foundation Dental Advisory Board
Guided by Experience. Focused on Impact.
Business leaders, executives, and experienced advisors across legal, financial, operational, and technology disciplines who help shape where Foundation Dental Alliance goes next.
Dr. Gerilyn Alfe
Founder & CEO, Get Ahead Coaching
William S. Barrett
CEO, Mandelbaum Barrett PC
Kim Diamond
President & GM, Dentalhitec Americas
Greg Essenmacher
CEO & Founder, GnA Consult
Robert Hayman
CEO, Perimetrics, Inc.
Brett Jackson
Western US Sales Director, TRI Implants
Ian Miller
Fractional Chief Revenue Officer
Karan Nijhawan
Founder, The Retreats Guy
Matthew Petchel
CEO, Brand Target
Travis Rodgers
Silicon Valley Technology Pioneer
John Stamper
Founder, John Stamper Media
Dr. Tony Stefanou
CEO & Founder, Connect the Dents
Michael Stevens
SVP, Commercial Operations, Perimetrics
Nancy Lashley Sullivan
Founder, Athena Marketing
Karen Winkle
President & Founder, Phoenix Dental Consultants
Better decisions begin
with the right people.
Whether you’re exploring Foundation Dental Mastermind, Luxury Dental Retreats, Foundation Dental Transitions, or simply want to learn more about Foundation Dental Alliance, we’d love to start the conversation.
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