Kelli holds a Master’s degree from Oregon State University in Communication and Adult Education, where she taught Leadership and Public Speaking. She received her Bachelor of Science in Dental Hygiene from Oregon Health Sciences University in 1996.

The author of the Amazon best-seller: Martinis & Menopause — Strategies, Science and Sips that Empower Women to Beat the Hormone Groan, she also writes a popular blog about women’s health. Her information is accessible and easy to understand, while offering useful, practical tips to feel better and live better. Kelli is committed to health and wellness. She lives it, writes about it, speaks about it, and empowers others about it!

Kelli delivers fast-paced, engaging keynote speeches and workshops that provide a plan for personal and professional resilience with self care strategies to slay burn-out. Kelli quickly connects with audiences, shares inspiring personal stories, and innovative, research-based content. All this, and she’ll make you laugh while she does it.

She currently speaks at conferences around the world on a wide variety of health and wellness topics and is an active member of the National Speakers Association (NSA), Oregon Chapter Board of Directors. She is a leader in the American Dental Hygienists’ Association and was the national president in 2014-15. Her charitable spirit keeps her busy throughout the United States as a board and committee member. She serves on several local, state, and international organizations.

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Jill Meyer-Lippert has worked in dentistry for 30 years with over 25 years as a clinical Dental Hygienist. She is the founder of Side Effect Support (https://sideeffectsupport.com/), an online resource for cancer patients, family caregivers, and healthcare providers to reduce harmful oral side effects of treatments, improving quality of life and treatment outcomes.

Jill is a 2014 recipient of the Sunstar Americas/RDH Award of Distinction, holds a certificate in Oncology Management, and provides educational and community relations services with Custom Dental Solutions as their Community Relations Manager (https://customdentalsolutions.com/).

She is a member of the Registered Dental Hygienist Advisory Board for the Oral Cancer Foundation (https://oralcancerfoundation.org/), Teethcloud Thought Leaders (https://teethcloud.org/), and was named one of the “6 Dental Hygienists You Want to Know” by Dimensions of Dental Hygiene magazine.

I am so excited to be able to introduce myself as a Breast Cancer Warrior and Mrs. Billings Montana 2023!
My name is Athena Gorder. I’ve been married to my absolutely amazing husband, Don Clayton, for 11 years. I have two amazing adult children, a beautiful daughter, Arielle, and a handsome son, Payne.
I was born and raised in Billings, Montana, attended college at Eastern Montana College and Denver Business College.
I had one of the best careers for 30 years working as a dental assistant. It was so rewarding and I was fortunate enough to say I absolutely looked forward to going to work everyday. Unfortunately, I had to retired from my a career as a dental assistant a few years ago when I was diagnosed with a very aggressive type of breast cancer in 2020.
I went through 4 surgeries, chemotherapy, immunotherapy, radiation, taking an estrogen blocker and I still have at least 1 more surgery to go. (Whew!😊)
However, if it wasn’t for getting cancer, I may not have found my new passion. I was looking for a way to help other women that have experienced chemotherapy and have lost all their hair when I discovered that becoming a Licensed Permanent Makeup Artist would not only allow me to be passionate about my career but would also allow me to donate my services to other women that have gone or will go through chemotherapy. It has been more rewarding than I would have ever expected! I do thankful that I can still say I love my job!💞
Outside my professional life, I have a passion for public service. I am an advocate for early detection and prevention of brea… Read More