Leadership & Team
Meet our leadership team
Oak Dental Partners is led by seasoned veterans of the dental field who combine skill in business with a deep understanding of what frontline dentists need to succeed. After growing Children & Teen Dental Group, we decided to scale up and create a dental service organization that supports our partners in providing both exceptional clinical care and a warm, welcoming experience for everyone who walks through our doors.
Leadership team
The people leading Oak forward.
Our core team
Lee Provow
Chairman
Lee Provow is founder of Children & Teen Dental Group (DBA: Oak Dental Partners). He has held numerous executive positions throughout his career ranging from NCR, AT&T, and Premiere Global Services. He has also founded and successfully sold three other companies. In addition, he spent three years as the managing partner of Commonwealth & Associates, a mid-size investment bank focused on healthcare and technology companies. He received his bachelor’s degree in finance from Auburn University.
Lee lives in Atlanta and is married with two children and five grandchildren.
Brian Smith
Chief Executive Officer
Now the Chief Executive Officer at Oak Dental Partners, Brian joined the company in 2015 as Chief Financial Officer. In 2021, he became Chief Operating Officer and was appointed CEO in 2025. Prior to joining Oak Dental Partners, Brian served as CFO for Children’s Dentistry and later Southern Dental Alliance, following a 15-year leadership career with Delta Air Lines that included roles in financial reporting and investor relations. While at Southern Dental Alliance, he was responsible for identifying acquisition practices and integrating them into the organization. Brian is a graduate of Georgia State University, where he earned a bachelor’s degree in accounting.
Nancy Maggio
Vice President of Human Resources
Nancy Maggio serves as the Vice President of Human Resources, leading initiatives that support the company’s mission and values, while maintaining a focus on operations and employee engagement.
Throughout her 20-year career, Nancy has aligned organizational goals with HR strategies. She balances both the operational and people-centric aspects of HR to build strong relationships with both management and team members.
In her role, Nancy is responsible for a broad range of HR functions, including benefits management, legal compliance, policy development, employee relations, performance management and talent acquisition.
Nancy earned a B.A. in Public Relations and Mass Communications from the University of South Florida. She and her husband reside in Florida and are parents to five children.
Mark Dawoud, DMD
Chief Dental Officer
Board Certified Pediatric Dentist
Chief Dental Officer, Oak Dental Partners
Vice President, Florida Academy of Pediatric Dentistry
As a leading pediatric dentist in Florida, Dr. Mark Dawoud combines clinical excellence with strategic leadership across multiple facets of dentistry.
Based out of Tampa and the surrounding region, Dr. Dawoud brings to his practice a deep understanding of pediatric sedation, laser techniques, hospital dentistry, and child-friendly care. Early in his career, he recognized that dental anxiety stemming from childhood can have lifelong consequences for treatment compliance and oral health. He says, “If children are afraid of the dentist, or have trouble sitting still, it makes it harder and harder to get them to appointments and can lead to future complications.”
Today, while maintaining his role as a practicing clinician, Dr. Dawoud also fulfills multiple leadership positions:
- Vice President, Florida Academy of Pediatric Dentistry — guiding statewide policy, education, and advocacy efforts
- Chief Dental Officer, Oak Dental Partners — overseeing clinical standards, operational growth, and innovation across affiliated practices
- PlanetDDS Advisory Board Member — advising on practice management technology and software direction.
He is committed to ensuring children receive compassionate, state-of-the-art care, while also working behind the scenes to raise standards for dental practices across Florida and beyond.
Education
- D.M.D., Tufts School of Dental Medicine
- Advanced education in Pediatric Dentistry Residency, NYU Langone
- Advanced education in General Dentistry Residency, NYU Langone.
- Additional training in sedation dentistry, hospital-based dentistry, laser therapies
Patrick Barnes, DMD
Orthodontic Clinical Director
Board Certified Orthodontist
Doctor of Medicine in Dentistry & Certificate of Orthodontics, Augusta University Dental College of Georgia
Orthodontic Clinical Director, Oak Dental Partners
Dr. Barnes first realized he would like to be in the dental profession when he was very young. From his early experiences, Dr. Barnes noticed how impactful dentistry is to someone’s health and overall well-being.
While in dental school, Dr. Barnes was able to learn that orthodontic treatment can set patients up for a positive occlusion that they may be able to use throughout the rest of their life. Dr. Barnes was able to solidify his general dentistry knowledge by completing an advanced education of general dentistry certificate at the University of Mississippi before returning to Augusta University Dental College of Georgia to complete his orthodontic certificate.
Dr. Barnes continues to lead by being clinical director of orthodontic treatment at Oak Dental Parters. This gives him the ability to mentor younger orthodontists as well as ensure that all orthodontic cases are held to the highest standards.
Education
- B.S. in Biology – University of Georgia
- D.M.D – Augusta University: Dental College of Georgia
- A.E.G.D Certificate – University of Mississippi Medical Center
- Orthodontic Certificate – Augusta University: Dental College of Georgia
- Board Certified – American Board of Orthodontics
Board of Advisors
Lynne Fair Homrich
Change Management Expert
Lynne Fair Homrich is a change management expert with deep experience as both a corporate executive and entrepreneur. A biochemist by degree, Lynne has worked and consulted for some of America’s most successful companies including Home Depot where she was Vice President and second in command of Human Resources. She played a key role in fueling Home Depot’s explosive growth by leading enterprise-wise executive and talent development, succession planning, diversity, equity and inclusion.
Additionally, Lynne is an experienced entrepreneur having built and run multiple businesses: digital media property Little Pink Book, corporate social responsibility consulting firm Homrich Partners, LLC, and League of Change Institute, Inc. which convened executives and philanthropists to invest in social transformation. Lynne attended Purdue University.
Lynne and her husband, David Homrich, live in Atlanta and have four children – three sons by birth and a daughter adopted from China who “lights up the heart of our family in places we didn’t even know existed.”
Dee Ann Turner
CEO, Dee Ann Turner & Associates, LLC; Three-time Best Selling Author and Acclaimed Keynote Speaker; Executive in Residence, High Point University
Dee Ann is a 33-year veteran of Chick-fil-A, Inc. Prior to retirement in 2018, she was Vice President, Talent and Vice President, Sustainability for Chick-fil-A, Inc. Selected as the company’s first female officer in 2001, she was instrumental in building and growing Chick-fil-A’s well-known culture and talent systems. During her long career, she worked closely with Chick-fil-A’s founder, S. Truett Cathy, and other key leaders as an architect of their organizational culture. Turner was responsible for thousands of selections of Chick-fil-A Franchisees and corporate staff members. Additionally, she led Talent Management, Staff Learning and Development, Diversity and Inclusion, as well as Culture and Engagement. Most recently, Dee Ann launched and led the Sustainability function focusing on Chick-fil-A’s strategy to implement sustainable practices at the then $10.5 billion company.
Today, she leads her own organization, Dee Ann Turner & Associates, LLC, writing books, speaking to over 50 audiences per year and consulting and coaching leaders globally. She is the author of the best sellers: It’s My Pleasure: The Impact of Extraordinary Talent and a Compelling Culture (2015) and Bet on Talent: How to Create a Remarkable Culture and Win the Hearts of Customers (2019). Her most recent book, Crush Your Career: Ace the Interview, Land the Job and Launch Your Future released in March 2021 topping the Amazon best seller lists. Additionally, Dee Ann is currently serving as an Executive in Residence at High Point University teaching career development skills to students. She is the host of the Crush Your Career podcast.
She is a graduate of Clayton State University with a degree in management. She also completed executive education courses at Emory University, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the University of Virginia’s Darden Business School. She is a 2009 alumnus of the prestigious Harvard Business School Advanced Management Program.
Dee Ann has been married to her husband, Ashley, for 38 years and they are the parents of three grown sons. Currently, she serves on the board of advisors for Booster, The Jordan Raynor Company, the Turas Group and advises the non-profits Unconventional Business Network Women and Pure Hope Foundation. When she is not traveling, she can often be found on her Peloton bike in her home outside of Atlanta or on her stand-up paddleboard at Lake Hartwell in northeast Georgia.
Amol Nirgudkar
Bio coming soon.
Mitch Olan
At the start of his journey in the dental service industry, Mitch Olan began his career at ORMCO Corporation as an employee, and went on to work for them in various roles over the next ten years. A fantastic organization to begin his profession, ORMCO is the country’s largest manufacturer of orthodontic appliances and is recognized as a premier provider of orthodontic supplication. Mitch has also served many years working as the senior vice president at Option Care Enterprises – as yet another leading service provider within the country, Option Care is one of the largest home infusion therapy providers in the United States.
While celebrating many various roles and accomplishments throughout his life, Mitch has dedicated the past 28 years to building Dental Care Alliance. This dental service organization is recognized as one of the largest in the country, dedicated to the continuous growth and support of dentistry development by aiding dental care providers in their vision, while sharing the common goal of improving patient’s lives. At Dental Care Alliance, Mitch served for 18 years as chief operating officer, chief executive officer for six years, and executive chairman for the past four years. Growing his own skills and abilities as a part of the organization, Mitch spent many years sharing his success with many successful and highly respected dental service organizations.
Mitch holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration, obtained from Indiana University’s Kelly School of Business. As a father to two grown children and a husband to wife, Lisa, Mitch resides in the beautiful Sarasota, Florida.
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