Who We Are
Hanna Ekström, D.V.M
Chief Executive Officer
Dr. Ekström has worked with both Partners in Health and Healing the Children on various projects in Central America. Initially, her efforts were focused solely on improving the health and economy of impoverished people via her veterinary work, but she became interested in providing dental education and cavity prevention when she saw the state of the teeth of the children that followed her around on her veterinary rounds. The children were in so much pain, and all for the lack of a toothbrush and a little education… and so Save Their Smiles was born.
Dr Hanna Ekström graduated with honors from Cornell College of Veterinary Medicine in 1992. She currently owns her own veterinary practice, At Home Vet, located in Woodinville, Washington. You can find her at www.YourAtHomeVet.com.
Dr. Ekström can also be reached at her veterinary office at 425-402-0187, or by email at info@savetheirsmiles.org.
Chief Executive Officer
Dr. Ekström has worked with both Partners in Health and Healing the Children on various projects in Central America. Initially, her efforts were focused solely on improving the health and economy of impoverished people via her veterinary work, but she became interested in providing dental education and cavity prevention when she saw the state of the teeth of the children that followed her around on her veterinary rounds. The children were in so much pain, and all for the lack of a toothbrush and a little education… and so Save Their Smiles was born.
Dr Hanna Ekström graduated with honors from Cornell College of Veterinary Medicine in 1992. She currently owns her own veterinary practice, At Home Vet, located in Woodinville, Washington. You can find her at www.YourAtHomeVet.com.
Dr. Ekström can also be reached at her veterinary office at 425-402-0187, or by email at info@savetheirsmiles.org.
Amy Rueter
Chief Operating Officer
Amy is the newest member of our board. While to date, Amy has spent most of her volunteer hours over the past 7 years working with pets at Homeward Pet Adoption Center, she is now expanding her efforts to include helping Save Their Smiles make a difference, one child at a time. Although Amy is new to dental health outreach, she has already made significant contributions to Save Their Smiles through her efforts fundraising and in empowering local Nicaraguan women through education. By day, Amy is an artist; she studied studio art at Virginia Tech from 1993-1997, and her paintings can be found gracing many a wall in the Greater Seattle area. Find her at www.AmyRueter.com.
Chief Operating Officer
Amy is the newest member of our board. While to date, Amy has spent most of her volunteer hours over the past 7 years working with pets at Homeward Pet Adoption Center, she is now expanding her efforts to include helping Save Their Smiles make a difference, one child at a time. Although Amy is new to dental health outreach, she has already made significant contributions to Save Their Smiles through her efforts fundraising and in empowering local Nicaraguan women through education. By day, Amy is an artist; she studied studio art at Virginia Tech from 1993-1997, and her paintings can be found gracing many a wall in the Greater Seattle area. Find her at www.AmyRueter.com.
Alysha Yagoda, J.D.
Director of Community Outreach and Fundraising
Alysha is a 2010 graduate of the University of Washington School of Law, where she was Director of Community Outreach for the board of the Public Interest Law Association, President of the board of the Disability Law Association, and a managing editor on the Washington Law Review. Before attending law school, she worked for organizations that oversee the conduct of research studies with human subjects in order to help scientists do their research ethically and in compliance with applicable regulations.
From 2000 – 2001, she worked and traveled in Latin America, and she is excited to again have a connection with the region by helping Save Their Smiles and the many children that it serves.
Director of Community Outreach and Fundraising
Alysha is a 2010 graduate of the University of Washington School of Law, where she was Director of Community Outreach for the board of the Public Interest Law Association, President of the board of the Disability Law Association, and a managing editor on the Washington Law Review. Before attending law school, she worked for organizations that oversee the conduct of research studies with human subjects in order to help scientists do their research ethically and in compliance with applicable regulations.
From 2000 – 2001, she worked and traveled in Latin America, and she is excited to again have a connection with the region by helping Save Their Smiles and the many children that it serves.
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