Meet Our Staff

Shelly Orthodontics, PC

Liz Allison

We are very excited to welcome Liz Allison back to the Shelly Orthodontics, PC team! Liz worked with us previously as an orthodontic assistant when we were Mergen & Shelly over 15 years ago. We are elated to have her back with us.

Liz lives in Badger with her husband, Roy. They have one daughter named Makalya. Liz is an animal lover.(We love animal lovers.) She has Lily, a spoiled and privileged Chihuahua, Mango a dysfunctional parrot, Big Rhonda, an overweight Hamster, and a frog sanctuary in her backyard. Her hobbies include gardening, camping with friends/family, and puzzles.

It is so good to have her awesome and giggly personality back on the team!

Lori Read

This is Lori Read. Lori is our entire insurance department, our software/tech extraordinaire, and in charge of many other behind-the-scenes business operations! She has been working at Shelly Orthodontics, PC since December 1988.

Lori grew up in Fort Dodge and currently lives right outside of Fort Dodge on an acreage. Lori is married to Monte, and they have three children, Austin, Brady, and Alexis, ages 21, 19, and 16.

One of her favorite things about working at Shelly Orthodontics, PC is the understanding and flexibility that allowed her to be a mom and continue to work. She also really enjoys interacting with patients and parents.

If you ever call our office and get transferred to "Lori who takes care of insurance," this is her. Lori has two dogs Bella and August and two cats, Jazmin and Orange Leaf. One fun fact about Lori is the superhuman power she wished she had is the ability to fly.

A skill she wished she had but does not is she wishes she could back up a boat trailer. (Perhaps there is a good story behind this one!) Something interesting about Lori that most people don't know is that she enjoys and is pretty good at woodworking furniture. We are so fortunate to have Lori at our office.

Thank you for all that you do for us to keep us all up and running smoothly!

Tiffany Green

Tiffany is one of our 3 orthodontic assistants. She began working with us at Shelly Orthodontics in July 2019.

Tiffany is married to Brenan, and they have two kids, two dogs, and four goats. ( We love her love for animals). Her hobbies include tumbling teaching, and spending time with friends and family. Her favorite middle school/high school memory is getting to participate in the state dance every year!

We are so excited to have Tiffany as a part of our amazing team here at Shelly Orthodontics.

Stacy Agnitsch

Stacy is our very talented multi-tasking receptionist. She began working with us in October of 2023.

Stacy has been in the dental field since 2016. She graduated from Iowa State University in 2001 with a BS in Elementary Education. She grew up in Rockwell City, Iowa. She has two children and lives on an acreage outside of Lake City, Iowa. A fun fact about Stacy is that she taught 6th grade for 6 years. She really enjoys working with the middle school age group. In her free time, she loves to work out (run) and read. Her favorite food is Mexican food.

Her favorite thing about working at Shelly Orthodontics is interacting with the patients and seeing their happy smiles when the braces come off:)

We love having Stacy as a part of our Shelly Orthodontic team!

Jamie Olsen

Jamie is one of our 3 orthodontic assistants. She began working with us in May of 2023.

Jamie grew up in Humboldt, Iowa. She is married to Justin and they live in Humboldt. They have a German Shepard named Marley, and two cats Bynx and Kitty. (Another animal lover!). In her free time Jamie loves to read, play golf, attend concerts and spend time with family. She is an avid reader and has read over 150 books just this past year. Some fun and interesting facts about Jamie: she wishes she could play the piano, would love it if she could time travel and loves bbq lays and cottage cheese

Her favorite thing about working at Shelly Orthodontics is her amazing co-workers and the fun work environment.

We absolutely love having Jamie on our team here at Shelly Orthodontics!

Mary Richman

Mary is our solo lab technician. Mary has been at Shelly Orthodontics for 33 years! You may never see her when visiting our offices – but she is the one responsible for making all of our retainers and appliances.

Mary has two children, Jessica and James. Mary also has 7 grandchildren that she adores and loves spending as much time with as she can. She also has two cute little dogs Duke and Poppie. In her free time, she loves to garden and also loves crafting!

Her favorite thing about working at Shelly Orthodontics is the family-oriented atmosphere with all of her amazing co-workers.

We are so very thankful for all that Mary does for us at Shelly Orthodontics!