Amy Schmidt
Ortho2 President
Join us at the Users Group Meeting to renew your energy of orthodontics through educational seminars, connecting with industry-leading practices, and team building with your colleagues. Join orthodontists and their teams from all over the U.S. and Canada to get a step up in best day-to-day and long term practices, as well as building for your future. We invite you to join us for the two and a half day meeting to explore new possibilities for your practice.
Amy Schmidt
Ortho2 President
Craig Scholz
Ortho2 Vice President, Emerging Technologies
Avish Parashar
Keynote Speaker
Thursday, February 23, 9:30 A.M. - 4:00 P.M.
Opening Reception Thursday, 5:30 P.M. - 7:30 P.M.
Friday, February 24, 8:00 A.M. - 4:30 P.M.
Saturday, February 25, 8:00 A.M. - 11:30 A.M.
Ortho2 President
Amy attended Iowa State University, earning a B.S. in both marketing and psychology. She joined Ortho2 while in school and began working as the Corporate Relations Manager upon graduation. Over the years, Amy oversaw both the sales and marketing divisions of Ortho2 before becoming President in 2018. Amy and her husband, Corey, Ortho2 Internal Services Supervisor, are joined at home by their four children - Isabella (14), Sawyer (10), Penelope (9), and Ridley (5).
Ortho2 Vice President, Emerging Technologies
Craig has been with Ortho2 since 1990 and is our Vice President of Emerging Technologies. He graduated from the University of California, Santa Barbara in 1986, and later received his Ph.D. from Pepperdine University. In addition to his work with Ortho2, Craig is a clinical psychologist in Santa Monica, CA. He also co-founded a center for the homeless called My Friend’s Place and spends his free time drumming, playing tennis, and frantically searching for ways to prevent aging.
Keynote Speaker
Avish grew up in “exotic” Poughkeepsie, NY and now makes his home in Philadelphia. Though he performed all through high school, he decided to stop performing when he went to college to “focus on his studies” (his parents were very proud of this decision). That resolve lasted only a few months, as the first time he saw an improv comedy show he fell in love (his parents were slightly less proud). One week later he auditioned for the campus improv group, got in, and the rest is history.
Weaving together humorous stories, jokes, audience interaction, and improv comedy games, Avish keeps the audience engaged while imparting a key lesson: planning is important, but improvising is essential! No matter how well you plan, things will go wrong, surprises will arise, and the universe will throw you a curveball. Your success and sanity are directly related to how you respond to these challenges. By the end of one of Avish’s presentations you will have key tools to flow with all that life throws at you.
Avish is the author of Improvise to Success! and the Amazon best-selling Say ‘Yes, And!’ (And yes, his parents are once again very proud.)