Placement with Purpose

How We Walk With You — The            Horizon Way

1. Listen & Learn
   We start with a conversation to understand your goals, values, and what you want in your next practice.
    
2. Explore Opportunities
   We share pre-vetted, dental-specific options that align with your clinical, lifestyle, and career priorities.
    
3. Alignment Check
   Together, we make sure each opportunity feels like the right cultural and clinical fit — adjusting as needed.
    
4. Warm Hand-Off
   When you’re ready, we connect you directly with the practice’s hiring team for interviews, details, and next steps. We stay available for support throughout.

With over 15 years in dentistry, Heather brings a uniquely well-rounded and personal perspective to helping dental professionals find practice environments where they can genuinely thrive. A practicing dental hygienist in South Carolina, she holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Purdue University and an Associate of Science in Dental Hygiene from Indiana University School of Dentistry.

Heather’s career has taken her through nearly every corner of the dental field — pediatrics, adult general dentistry, public health, private practice, mobile school-based care, and agricultural/migrant outreach. Her husband’s service as an Active Duty Navy Dentist allowed their family to live and practice across the East Coast and Midwest, giving Heather firsthand insight into how dramatically practice cultures, philosophies, and leadership styles can vary.

Dentistry also runs deep in Heather’s family, including her father,cousin, uncle, and husband. This lifelong connection fuels her commitment to helping providers choose environments that feel aligned with their values, goals, and lifestyle — a purpose she views as both professional and personal.

Having navigated multiple relocations, major career decisions, and the uncertainty of transitioning out of Navy dentistry, Heather deeply understands how choosing the right practice affects not only a clinician’s career, but also their stability, family life, and long-term vision. She often reflects on how valuable it would have been to have a trusted guide during those seasons — which ultimately inspired supporting Horizon Search Group.

Through Horizon, Heather supports new grads, associates, and career-transitioning doctors in making confident, strategic decisions about their next step — whether that’s a meaningful stepping-stone or a long-term professional home. Her approach is never about simply filling a position; it’s about ensuring each placement truly fits the clinician behind it.

Heather lives in Charleston, South Carolina with her husband, their three children, and two pups — and loves exploring the Lowcountry together as a family.