Ready Set Smile Staff
Ready, Set, Smile Staff and Volunteers
Executive Director:
Tessa Trepp-Wetjen, MPA
Founder & Dental Director:
Adele Della Torre, DDS
Operations Director:
Zaira Rebollar, CHW
Oral Health Program Manager:
Asia Mohamed, CHW Houa Vang
Grants and Data Manager:
Ann Copeland, MPH
Social Media and Marketing Manager: Holly Robertson
CHW Program Developer:
Sylvia Gladstein
Community Health Workers:
Moraya Buenano, CHW Brenda Rodriguez, Lead CHW Siri Underdahl, CHW
Oral Health Specialists: Erandi Garcia Emily Gavilan Madeleine Moe Grant Rubietta Esther Willie
Billing Specialist
Kevin Viotay
Education Consultant:
Jeanne Rylander
Dental Assistant: Casandra Hernandez
Angelica Ruiz, LDA
Advanced Dental Therapists:
Verny Martinez
Leah Marie Loehndorf
Dental Hygienist: Kate Iverson
Volunteer Dentists:
Chad Boger, DDS
Adele Della Torre, DDS
Susan Gross, DDS
Rachel Malterud, DMD
Nancy Norling, DDS
Alice M. Ottavi, DDS Kimberly Rostvold, DDS
Eric Wang, DDS Gary Williams, DDS
Ready Set Smile Board Members
Board Officers:
Chair: James Wyvell, VP Financial Retail Alignment and Services, Land O’Lakes
Vice Chair: Chad Boger, DDS, General Dentist, Boger Dental
Treasurer: Derek Robertson, Director of Asset Management, Choice Hotels Inc.
Secretary: Cara Hunn, Spanish Teacher, Columbia Heights School District
Board Members:
Alice M. Ottavi, DDS - General Dentist, ADT Dental Clinic (Co-Founder)
Bali Kumar, JD - Chief Operations Officer, PACE Loan Group
Fatou Saidy, PHR - Human Resources Manager, Neighborhood HealthSource
Kimberly Rostvold, DDS - Pediatric Dentist Eversmiles Pediatric Dentistry
Mike Henderson, DDS - Director of the Mobile Dental Clinic, University of MN School of Dentistry
Nieshea Smith - Coordinator, Full-Service Community Schools Robbinsdale Area Schools
Ruben Gonzalez - Public Health General Coordinator, HACER
New Board Members’ bios:
Mike Henderson, DDS:
Dr. Mike's work with the Mobile Dental Clinic and teaching lines up well with the RSS model. He may have a Tuesday evening conflict but may be able to work around it. His inclusion on the board will support the RSS relationship with the dental school and also help connect us to best practices and innovations in the mobile dental field.
Fatou Saidy:
Fatou brings human resources experience and skills to the RSS board. She is a member of the human resources professional association. In her last position, at HGA Architects and Engineers, she was active in their equity work and is interested in designing and supporting equitable workplaces. She does not have dental experience but currently works at a federally qualified health center (one that does not have dental). She has school-aged children and is active in her community. She is interested in understanding how nonprofit boards function and how she can volunteer to serve in this way.
Ruben Gonzalez:
Ruben brings public health program management, connections, and advocacy for the Latino community to the RSS board. Formerly on staff with the Mexican Consulate, he has deep connections and experience working in community health in the Latine community in Minnesota at HACER, a MN public health research-based institution.. He currently leads government-funded grant programs promoting positive outcomes related to Covid and opioid use disorder. Ruben is now pursuing a master's in business administration and is interested in making professional connections and learning more about organizational leadership.
Bali Kumar, JD,
Bali is a local lawyer with a focus on green development. He currently serves on the board for the Linden Hills Neighborhood Council and is interested in serving the community. His wife is the Interim Director of Community Health for Neighborhood HealthSource, a federally qualified health center, where Tessa used to work. He has extensive corporate connections in the Twin Cities and is willing to do brief legal review as part of his board service.