CV/BIO USA and International

Curriculum Vitae

Jennifer de St. Georges is an internationally renowned dental practice management educator. She has spoken at virtually every leading dental meeting in the United States, Canada and the UK. Jennifer has built a solid reputation for providing the 'nuts and bolts' of management in a highly motivating, practical and entertaining manner. Audiences appreciate her fast paced, humorous style.

Her management programs, both on the stage and through her Coaching and Learn at Home programs appeal equally to both doctors and staff. Beyond her speaking schedule, Jennifer serves as a contributing writer for "Dentistry Today". She is the first non-dentist to be named to this position. She serves on the Board of Directors of the Northern California Chapter of the National Speakers Association.

International Bio

Jennifer de St. Georges
Expanded Curriculum Vitae for International Meeting Planners

Dental Background
In 1967, Jenny married Edmond de St. Georges DDS, (originally from Paris, France) two weeks after his dental school graduation from P & S, (now University of the Pacific) in San Francisco. The next six months were devoted to planning and opening their new dental practice in Milpitas, 45 miles south of San Francisco. As a full-time practice administrator, Jennifer was responsible for handling every aspect of the practice outside the clinical area. In 1978, she orchestrated their move to larger facilities, continuing her role of Practice Administrator until moving from a part time to full time speaking career in 1983.

Speaking Background
Jenny has built an outstanding reputation for delivering her material in a fast-paced and entertaining manner. Her common sense and logic approach to management has won her loyal fans on a global basis and is applicable to both dentists and team members.

USA Speaking
Jennifer has spoken at virtually every major meeting in the US and Canada. She was a featured speaker at every ADA annual Convention between 1986 and 2001 fifteen consecutive years. Her list of speaking clients include many of the top universities post graduate courses, including having presented for eighteen consecutive years for the University of Washington in Seattle. She has maintained a firm commitment to working with final year dental students, both within and without the dental school system.

International Speaking

Great Britain. In 1986, Jennifer presented her first UK seminar at the British Dental Association’s annual meeting in Manchester. She has been invited back to several BDA’s annual meetings: Oxford 1989, London 1990, Manchester 1991, Bournemouth 1993 and the upcoming meeting in Birmingham in May 2006. In 1992, Jennifer was on the Trinity College, Dublin, Eire Quarter Centenary Dental Meeting, sponsored by the Irish Dental Association and the American Dental Association.

South Africa. The Dental Association of South Africa (DASA) has sponsored Jennifer twice. In 1992, at their national meeting at Sun City, then August 1993 giving a full day program at five branches throughout the country.

Australia and New Zealand. In 1994 (August/September) Jennifer was the guest of both the Australian and New Zealand Dental Associations. In Australia, she presented a seven city national speaking tour. In New Zealand, she presented programs at two of the branches and was the closing speaker for the NZDA’s national conference in Christchurch. In Christchurch, Jennifer was interviewed on the television 6.00 PM evening news, as well as being a guest on two radio talk shows. The Christchurch Sunday newspaper, published during the dental convention, prominently featured her thoughts about patient’s perceptions of dentists in their Healthcare section.

Jennifer returned to New Zealand in August 1999 as the featured speaker for the Dental Industry’s annual conference in Auckland, the first time speaker had been featured at the vendor meeting. She returned to Sydney in September 2003 as a featured speaker on the FDI programme, the only speaker presenting a Practice Management program. Jennifer returned to Australia for a four city tour both in 2004 and 2005 and is planning another tour in 2007.

Europe. Her Zurich, Switzerland program in 1990 drew attendees from across Europe. In February 2006, she presented two programmes in Brussels, Belguim, and will return to Brussels in March, 2007.

FDI (The World Dental Federation). Jenny was featured on the their annual meetings in Vancouver 1994, Hong Kong 1995, and Florida 1996. In November 1998, she presented full day programmes in Singapore, and Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. In December 2003, she presented multiple programs at the Kenyan/FDI meeting in Nairobi, Kenya. Jenny also participated in the FDI global meeting in 2003 Sydney, Australia as the only non clinical speaker to be part of the four day program.

Canada. Since 1983, Jenny has presented programs on an ongoing basis both nationally, regionally and locally.

Publications
Her articles have been published in the US, Canada, UK, Switzerland, Australia & South Africa. Her practice management articles, published in the FDI World Journal in 1995 and 1997, were the first management articles to be carried by this prestigious Journal. Readers feedback was one of great appreciation that management was now being acknowledged in the international arena. Jenny is a contributing editor for the leading American publication “Dentistry Today”, the first non dentist to be selected to this position.

Learn at Home Programs
Designed and created by Jenny, the audio programs have found a wide international market.

JdSG International Inc., corporate offices are currently based in Salt Lake City, Utah, and Mesa, Arizona, USA while Jenny personally resides in the San Francisco Bay Area. She maintains a second home in Bath, England, where she tries to get home often to enjoy some quiet ‘down’ time.

Jenny’s Personal and Business Background

Personal Background. Jennifer was born in Lancashire, England and educated at schools in the Lake District, England and St. Andrews, Scotland. After a year's secretarial school, she moved to London to become a professional English-style ballroom and Latin American dancer. She won the Imperial Society's national annual ballroom scholarship given to the candidate qualifying with the highest marks of all candidates applying for their teaching credentials. After a period of teaching dance in London, Jennifer became involved in the competitive field. Partnered with Ron Ross, in 1963, they ranked in the top six professional Latin American dancers in the UK.

Business Background. In London, Jennifer sold advertising space for Car Advertiser Magazine on Fleet Street and worked in Customer Services in the Pretty Polly Stockings showroom in London’s West End.

In 1964, Jenny moved to New York, where she worked as secretary to the senior vice president of media for J. Walter Thompson, the largest advertising agency in the world at the time. In 1965, she moved to San Francisco, working first as a mortgage supervisor for Lomas and Nettleton, (the oldest US mortgage company), then moving on to become the assistant manager for Customer Service for Koret of California, the well known clothing manufacturer.

In January, 1989, Jennifer married David C. Tom DDS. CFP. David practiced in Hawaii for eight years, with emphasis on esthetic dentistry. He was President of the Hawaii Academy of General Dentistry and he was Chairman of the Exhibit Committee for the State meeting and Co-Chairman of the Continuing Education Committee. As President of Jennifer de St Georges International Inc., he managed the company, until his untimely death in Sydney, Australia while accompanying Jenny on her speaking tour ‘down under’ in August 1999.

Jennifer de St. Georges

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