Save the Date 7th Annual Lucy Hobbs Project 3/5/27

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Panel Discussion:

Keynote Speaker- Anne Rice

Every Era, Every Woman: Health, Hormones, and Healing 

Anne has been a clinical dental hygienist for over 30 years, is a speaker, writer and consultant. She created Oral Systemic Seminars in 2017 which she now devotes her time, focus and study primarily to dementia prevention. Anne received her preceptor for the Bale/Doneen method and is a Certified Dementia Practitioner. In 2020 Anne became certified as a Longevity Specialist with the Alzheimer’s Research and Dementia Foundation, is a Fellow with The American Academy of Oral Systemic Health and in 2021 published her manuscript Alzheimer’s Disease and Oral-Systemic Health. Her column for RDH magazine focuses on oral systemic health and is on the 2024 editorial advisory board she is also on the AAOSH advisory board. Anne has consulted with Weill Cornell Medical Center’s Alzheimer’s Prevention Clinic, Florida Atlantic College Center for Brain Health, and the Atria Institute.

Renee Dixon- Austin Oral Surgery's Marketing Director

Renee started her career in Oral Surgery as a surgical assistant in 1981 at Scott and White Hospital in her home town of Temple, Texas. In 1988 she and her husband Gary moved to Austin where she joined the Austin Oral Surgery team. In 2008 she became a part of the Leadership Team as the first Marketing Director for AOS. Her vast knowledge of oral surgery allowed her to develop many educational programs over the years. Renee spends most of her days visiting with dental offices and planning social and educational events for the group.  Renee is passionate about connecting people and developing relationships throughout the dental community.

Shiloh King- Austin Oral Surgery's Marketing Coordinator

Shiloh has been working in oral surgery since 2007.  Starting out as an assistant and cross-training in the “front office” she found that she loved the marketing side of the dental field.  She has been with Austin Oral Surgery since 2014 and continues to learn new skills in all areas every day.  Outside of the office she loves to travel, serving at her church and in her community, read and spend time with her loved ones.

Lisa Montana- Austin Oral Surgery's Referral Development Partner

With a strong background in healthcare Lisa joined Austin Oral Surgery in May 2015 as a part of the Patient Service team. In May 2019 she transitioned into the Marketing Team as a Referral Development Partner with AOS. She is primarily developing relationships with referrals to help create a positive culture with each office and an excellent patient experience.   She considers herself blessed to work along side a phenomenal marketing team and referring offices.

Networking Time

Women based businesses where you will have time to shop and network with other dental professionals.

Giveback Opportunities

The giveback portion of our event will be raising money and awareness about human trafficking and all proceeds will benefit Unbound ATX. We will have a raffle with a variety of items from local vendors. If you would like to pre-purchase raffle tickets for your team please contact events@austinnoms.com. Tickets will be $5 each or 5 for $20. Unbound ATX envisions a future where our community is free from human trafficking.

What we did at our 6th Annual Lucy Hobbs Project 2026

You shopped, supported local woman based businesses . You learned about overcoming challenges in your practice. You learned how to catch signs of human trafficing. You bought raffle tickets… 100’s of raffle tickets! You supported Unbound Now and raised over $6,000 to help survivors of human trafficking find healing! Thank you Thank You Thank You!

Why Lucy Hobbs? Austin Oral Surgery and Benco want to empower all women in dentistry in all areas of life, personally, professionally and we can’t forget to have some fun! We are so excited to plan this event for 2027 and will be posting details as we finalize plans so please check back to see what is new. The links below have pictures from our 1st Lucy Hobbs Project in Austin. Please reach out if you would like to learn more or have any questions.