The CEO Experience
Event Details
Thursday, July 23, 2026
11:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Friday, July 24, 2026
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Location:
Hyatt Place Chicago / Wicker Park
1551 West North Ave / Ashland,
Chicago, IL 60622
*Schedule is subject to change.
Join Us!
A 1.5-day intensive for practice owners who are done figuring it out alone.
Ticket Pricing:
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General Admission $999
*Event tickets are non-refundable. View our Terms & Conditions HERE
What you’ll walk away with:
1.5 days of rolling up our sleeves on the real stuff:
- Your practice financials (what to run, how to read them)
- The numbers that tell you if your business is actually healthy
- HR, hiring, and the employee conversations you’ve been avoiding
- Systems that work without you in the room
Best of speakers from previous CEO Roundtables
*(pending speaker availability)
- Leadership & Team Culture
- Women’s Health & Longevity
- Practice Finance & Wealth Building
- Personal Brand & Visibility
Seats are limited to 25. When they’re gone, they’re gone.
Thursday, July 23rd
Check In
Welcome
Ally Tompkins
Private Practice Therapist and Mental Health Expert
Jaime Staley
CPA, MSA, and co-founder of Willow Virtual CFO
Dr. Grace Yum
Founder & CEO of Mommy Dentists in Business speaks on The Power of Community
Dinner
Friday, July 24th
Check In & Breakfast
Dr. Grace Yum
From Clinician to CEO: Building & Leading Your Dental Dream Team
Parham Nabatian
Co-founder of The DocSites
LUNCH & Exhibitor Hours
Breakout Session
AI in Action: Your Dental Practice Prompt Playbook with Dr. Grace Yum
CeCe Delgado
COO of CEDR HR Solutions
Giveaways & Closing Messages
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Meet the Speakers
Course Title:
Workplace Boundaries: A comprehensive approach for a Mommy Dentist
Course Description:
Balancing work and life can be tough for business owners. The demands are high, the needs are many, and the hours are few. Add in motherhood, and you can be sure that burnout is lurking just around the corner. Participants in this course will learn what boundaries are (and are not!) and discover ways to improve work/life balance by setting and upholding effective, professional, and respectful boundaries with employees and peers alike.
Course Objectives:
- Learn what boundaries are and identify individual areas of need.
- Uncover common barriers to setting boundaries.
- Practice ways to implement and maintain effective boundaries.
About The Speaker
Ally Tompkins
Ally Tompkins is a private practice therapist and mental health expert specializing in the complex relationship between self-image, stress, and the demands of modern life. Ally works with adult clients in Illinois and Indiana, where she approaches her work with empathy, curiosity, and a strong clinical foundation. Prior to owning her private practice, Ally served as the clinical manager of a 30-bed treatment center in Chicago, where she led a large multidisciplinary team and oversaw all daily operations and programming for the facility.
Her clinical work is uniquely informed by her previous career as a journalist and Research Director for a Chicago-based business magazine. Having spent years reporting on corporate culture and workplace trends, Ally has a deep, firsthand understanding of the environments her clients navigate daily. This allows her to bridge the gap between mental wellness and the practical realities of professional life—from mastering effective communication to managing the pressures of a high-stakes career.
Ally recently relocated from Chicago to the nearby suburbs with her husband, their two young kids, and the world’s most tolerant cat, Rosie.
Sponsored by:
Course Title:
From Overwhelmed to In Control: Understanding the Numbers Behind Your Practice
Course Description:
This is a hands-on workshop designed to help dental practice owners better understand and use their Profit & Loss statement to make smarter business decisions. Participants will learn how to focus on the key financial metrics that drive profitability, identify common financial blind spots, and apply practical strategies to improve operational performance. Through interactive discussions and real-world case studies, attendees will leave with greater confidence, clarity, and an actionable plan for gaining better control of their practice finances.
Course Objectives:
- Interpret the key components of a dental practice P&L statement and distinguish the financial drivers that most directly impact profitability and operational performance.
- Identify and evaluate the five critical financial metrics—including payroll, collections, supplies, overhead, and net profit percentages—to assess the financial health of their practice.
- Apply practical decision-making strategies using P&L data to identify inefficiencies, prioritize improvements, and develop actionable next steps for increasing financial visibility and control.
About The Speaker
Jaime Staley
Jaime Staley, CPA, MSA, is the co-founder of Willow Virtual CFO and a trusted advisor to dental practice owners for more than 10 years. With over 25 years of accounting and finance experience, Jaime specializes in helping dental and healthcare entrepreneurs understand their numbers, improve profitability, and make confident financial decisions. Known for her approachable teaching style, she is passionate about simplifying complex financial concepts and empowering practice owners to feel more in control of their business. As both a business owner and mom, Jaime is especially passionate about helping entrepreneurs build successful businesses while maintaining balance in their personal lives.
Sponsored by:
Course Title:
The Power of Community
Course Description:
This 1.5 lecture explores the profound impact that community and meaningful relationships—especially women’s friendships—have on mental, emotional, and physical well-being. Drawing on research from longevity science and insights from the world’s Blue Zones, we will examine how social connection supports resilience, reduces stress, and contributes to a longer, healthier life. Participants will also learn how the principles behind MDIB reflect these same community-driven benefits, functioning like a supportive beehive that helps each member maintain balance, health, and joy.
Course Objectives:
- Explain how strong social connections and women’s friendships contribute to improved mental health, reduced stress, and overall physical wellness.
- Identify key longevity lessons from the Blue Zones and describe how community support plays a critical role in long-term health.
- Apply the MDIB “beehive” principles to their own lives by recognizing ways collective support, shared purpose, and intentional connection can enhance personal well-being.
Course Title:
From Clinician to CEO: Building & Leading Your Dental Dream Team
Course Description:
Running a successful dental practice requires more than clinical excellence — it requires the ability to hire well, build strong systems, and lead a team that runs without you in the room. In this hands-on morning session, Dr. Grace Yum walks practice owners through the essential frameworks for determining the right staffing levels, conducting interviews that reveal the right fit, building SOPs with the help of AI, and creating meeting rhythms that keep your team accountable week after week.
Course Objectives:
- Apply evidence-based staffing formulas to evaluate whether their current team structure supports sustainable practice growth.
- Implement a structured, legally sound hiring and interviewing process — including skills assessments, background checks, and compliant interview practices.
- Utilize AI tools to build and upgrade front desk and clinical SOPs, and establish weekly and monthly meeting structures that drive team accountability.
Course Title:
AI in Action: Your Dental Practice Prompt Playbook
Course Description:
You learned the framework in the morning session — now it’s time to put it to work. In this hands-on afternoon breakout, Dr. Grace Yum walks practice owners through the complete AI Prompt Library built specifically for dental CEOs. From upgrading your SOPs with a single prompt to responding to Google reviews, managing difficult team conversations, and generating a month of content in minutes, this session is pure implementation. You’ll leave with a printed prompt library in hand and the confidence to use it the moment you’re back in your office.
Course Objectives:
- Select and apply the appropriate AI tool — Claude, ChatGPT, or Gemini — for specific dental practice tasks including SOP creation, staff communication, and patient experience workflows.
- Use structured prompt templates to generate job postings, onboarding checklists, written warnings, Google review responses, and financial scripts tailored to their practice.
- Build a repeatable AI workflow for at least one area of their practice — operations, team management, marketing, or finance — that they can implement immediately upon returning to their office.
About The Speaker
Dr. Grace Yum
MDIB Founder & CEO
Dr. Grace Yum grew up in Glenview, Illinois and now lives in sunny California. She is a mother and a certified pediatric dentist, a certification achieved by only 5% of all dentists in the U.S. Dr. Yum is the former founder and practice owner of Yummy Dental & Orthodontics for Kids and she is also the founder and CEO of Mommy Dentists in Business.
Mommy Dentists in Business was started in June of 2017 by Dr. Grace Yum, while on a business trip with her husband. She noticed how lawyers connected and networked with one another and felt that dentistry was missing that component of camaraderie. The Facebook group was a way to connect dentists from all over the world, especially dentists like herself, moms that are business owners.
In addition to managing the MDIB community, Dr. Yum hosts her own podcast, Mommy Dentists in Business Podcast. With 20 seasons and counting, Dr. Yum’s podcast has been in the iTunes top 100, was ranked #3 of 15 of the top dental podcasts by Patterson Dental’s “Off the Cusp” publication and has been downloaded over 200,000 times.
She has quietly become nationally recognized in her field. Dr. Yum has appeared and was featured on TODAY Show on NBC nationally, NBC Chicago as a repeat guest, Parents Magazine, Parenting Magazine, Chicago Parent Magazine. She has also appeared on many podcasts, with topics covering dentistry, work/life balance and business tips for the working mom.
During her spare time, Dr. Yum enjoys spending time with her two kids and husband in Newport Coast, California.
Sponsored by:
Course Title:
Fast Answers, Faster Lawsuits: Guardrails, Policies, and Protection for AI Use in Small Dental Practices
Course Description:
This course revisits the basics of why legally compliant HR policies and practices are the foundation owners and managers need to keep their practice out of trouble, while also serving as practical management tools that reduce day-to-day people problems. It also explains why public-facing AI tools don’t serve dental practices well in HR, and how relying on confident-sounding AI guidance can create serious compliance gaps, employee escalations, and real legal exposure.
Course Objectives:
- Use workplace policies strategically to improve management consistency, reduce recurring people problems, and strengthen organizational protection in the event of complaints, investigations, or legal scrutiny.
- Identify the risks of using public AI for HR-related decisions in dental practices, including inaccurate guidance, incomplete compliance information, and legally sensitive situations where AI should never be relied upon.
- Establish practical guardrails for responsible AI use in the workplace, including how to evaluate “safe AI,” set employee expectations, and respond when AI-generated HR misinformation creates workplace challenges.
About The Speaker
CeCe Delgado
CeCe has been with CEDR HR Solutions since 2021 and brings over 20 years of business, people management, and HR-related experience in private, non-profit, and healthcare industries. With a master’s degree in human resource management, CeCe’s focus is on strengthening the desired workplace culture through strategic, compassionate, and compliant solutions to business and HR needs. CeCe is also a recurring guest speaker on Paul Edwards’ popular HR podcast, What the Hell Just Happened?!
Sponsored by:
Course Title:
How To Attract Quality New Patients on Google and Ai Search Tools
Course Description:
This course will walk you through a comprehensive strategy to not only attract but also retain the right patients for your practice. Dental practices are pillars of a community, and marketing with that mindset will achieve long-term growth. You’ll learn simple, effective ways to optimize your team’s efforts online, leverage services like search engine optimization (SEO), Ai Search, Google advertising, and Google Maps optimization, and ensure your website effectively showcases your expertise, builds trust, and engages potential patients.
Course Objectives:
- In-depth understanding of the core elements of Search Engine Optimization and Google Maps optimization, to stand out in a crowded market.
- Ensure your website clearly highlights your practice’s unique value propositions and effectively converts visitors into loyal patients.
- Understand the key factors of Google Advertising to ensure a positive ROI and avoid wasting your budget.
- Leverage AI and other support tools to give patients an optimal online experience.
About The Speaker
Parham Nabatian
Parham Nabatian is the co-founder of The DocSites and for the last 15+ years he has collaborated with dental practices to help them achieve a successful online presence. He got his start by helping his first client, a childhood friend, expand to more than 11 offices by utilizing online marketing. Over the past decade, his company has been retained by more than 1000 dental offices of all shapes and sizes to implement a successful web presence and achieve their respective goals. His personal passions include spending time with his wife and kids, eating great food, sports, and travel!
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