Speaker's Academy

Don Khouri is an Executive Coach who helps dentists gain clarity about their vision and inspires the whole team to be responsible for it. Following the unique Fortune System, Don takes an integral approach to business and life planning. Don’s dental knowledge and coaching expertise help dentists become more productive. Doctors and teams who go through the program find increased success both in their personal and in their professional lives.

Kim McGuire is a certified life coach, speaker, author, and podcaster. Growing up in the San Francisco Bay Area with a dentist for a father as well as a Fortune client, she learned the importance of having a thriving, successful dental practice. She was exposed to leadership and business skills as well as personal and professional growth technologies from a young age with her family being involved with Fortune. After receiving her Bachelor's degree in Business Administration with an emphasis in Marketing and a minor in Psychology from California State University, Chico, she started her career in the technology publishing industry as a sales executive. In 2002, yearning for a more purposeful career, Kim joined Fortune. In addition to the extensive leadership training she has received through Fortune, she has completed her Life Coaching Certification (CPCC) through the acclaimed Coaches Training Institute.

Shannon Richkowski is a hygiene educator who has been in dental practices for 16 years, while practicing dental hygiene for over a decade. She is a member of the Academy of Laser Dentistry, American Dental Educators Association, American Dental Hygiene Association, and Directory of Dental Speakers. As the director of Hygiene Mastery and by virtue of her training with Fortune of Colorado, Pac-Live, and Genr8tnext, Shannon brings an unbridled passion to educate dental teams and to raise the bar on professional standards leading to unsurpassed levels of clinical excellence. Shannon’s commitment to quality creates a context in which cutting edge technology in dental care can be most effectively provided. While in pursuit of a Bachelors Degree in Business Administration, she provides state-of-the-art knowledge of the business requirements of the modern dental hygiene practice. She exemplifies the fact that quality care and profitability go hand in hand. Her career experiences effectively demonstrate the numerous opportunities and positive impacts that dental hygiene departments can have on the dental office as a whole by creating growth and financial rewards. Shannon’s philosophy, “support at a whatever it takes level,” is changing dental hygiene departments nationally across all socioeconomic communities. This mindset starts with the patient and always focuses on taking the very best care of them.