Meet Our Staff

Danielle Tunison, CDA

It is our pleasure to introduce Danielle Tunison, who is our Director of Education. Danielle has 20 years experience in the dental field as an assistant, dental office management and is currently applying to dental school. She has been the lead instructor and owner of our dental assisting course for the past several years. She has a true passion for all aspects of the dental field. Her experience, patience, guidance and knowledge have helped many people achieve their goals in the dental field.

Sam Sage, DDS

It is our pleasure to introduce Dr. Sam Sage, who is one of our dentists on staff. He is a graduate of the University of Washington-School of Dentistry, where he received an Award for outstanding achievements and performance in undergraduate Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery. Dr. Sage has a family practice dental office in the Northgate area and works at the school during patient days with the students. Dr. Sage is very knowledgeable in all areas of dentistry and enjoys helping the students become confident dental assistants.

Julienne Lee, RDH

It is our pleasure to introduce Julienne Lee, who is our dental hygienist on staff. She is a graduate of Ferris State University in Michigan and has been a practicing dental hygienist for several years. Julie works for a family practice office in the Bellevue area and helps at the school during patient days with students. Julienne is very knowledgeable in all aspects of dentistry and enjoys helping the students become confident dental assistants.

Monica Clarke, RDA

It is our pleasure to introduce Monica Clarke, who is one of our lead instructors. Monica has many years experience in the dental she started as sterilization tech, became as an assistant through our program in 2000 and is now back teaching our students. It is exciting and beneficial having a graduate of our program as one of our instructors. She is very passionate about the dental field and a truly amazing instructor.