Business Staff

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• Nancy Szafranski, Office Manager
• Kimberly Hughes, Assistant Office Manager
• Angela Popovitch, Patient Care Coordinator
• Debbie Johnson, Hygiene Coordinator

Nancy Szafranski, Office Manager

Biography

Nancy’s career in the Dental field started at the very young age of 14 years old. She has previous experience with hands-on dental assisting in the early years combined with 5 years in an Orthodontic Lab in her hometown of Milford, CT. She moved to Port Charlotte in 1988 with her son Bryan and started with Charlotte Dental Associates just 2 weeks after her arrival. She now has over 30 total years in the dental field with the last 22 years being a Business staff member, currently Office Manager with the Panther Hollow Dental Lodge organization.

She is married to Paul, a music teacher at Liberty Elementary School and together they love to travel in their Motor home with their four dogs and ride their motorcycle all over the US. She has two step-children, Jacob, who resides in Oviedo, FL and Jillian in Hollywood, CA. In her spare time she volunteers for many local groups and is a graduate of Leadership Charlotte Class of 2007. Very close to her heart for the last 7 years is the American Cancer Society. This year she passionately serves as the Vice Chair of the Relay for Life of Port Charlotte.

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Kimberly Hughes, Assistant Office Manager

Biography

Kimberly was born in central Florida and moved to Port Charlotte from North Carolina in 2003. She has been in the dental field for over 30 years and has done just about every aspect of dentistry from assisting to consulting. She joined the Panther Hollow Dental Lodge team in 2007. She has one daughter Lauren, who is in graduate school for nurse anesthesia in Naples. She has participated in several fundraisers, with the most recent being Relay for Life/American Cancer Society for the past three years. Kimberly enjoys dancing and gardening and loves to go snow skiing and white water rafting as well. 

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Angela Popovich, Patient Care Coordinator

Biography

Angela was born in Lafayette, IN. She moved to Floridawith her parents while still in high school. After graduating from Charlotte High School in Punta Gorda, she married and raised a family. She and her husband, Rick, have been married 45 years and have 3 children and 5 grandchildren. Before working for Panther Hollow Dental Lodge, she was a stay at home mom and was an active volunteer in her children’s schools. She was a member of many community groups such as Charlotte County Junior Woman’s Club for 10 years and is a life time member of Beta Sigma Phi for over 25 years. She has been a team member of Relay for Life for the American Cancer Society for six years. She has been part of the business staff at Panther Hollow Dental Lodge now for over 22 years.

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Debbie Johnson, Hygiene Coordinator

Biography

Debbie was raised in Rochester, NY, one of eleven children. She moved here from Syracuse, NY. In 1995 she owned and operated a house cleaning business until she joined Panther Hollow Dental Lodge in 2005. She has been married for 30 years to her husband Carl. They have a daughter Tracey in Port Charlotte, a son Paul in Georgia, and three beautiful grandchildren Canaan, Tyler, and Chloe. She loves to exercise, ride bikes, read, and cruise on their motorcycle together.

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