Meet Our Team

Meet our wonderful staff!

At Wise-Lee Orthodontics, we aspire to be the highlight of your day. We’ve cultivated a close-knit community of smile enthusiasts, and we warmly invite you to become a part of it. Our commitment extends beyond individual care to service, both for you and our wider community. Our motto encapsulates our dedication, which has kept us thriving since 1992, continually brightening your world with smiles.

In essence, we create enduring, remarkable smiles that stand the test of time. Great Smiles…Built to Last.

Our friendly team of professionals will work with you individually throughout your orthodontic care to ensure your experience with us is as comfortable, convenient and positive as possible. With our highly skilled team and high-tech office, we are confident you will be completely satisfied with the level of care you receive in our office.

Christi – Treatment Coordinator – McKinney

Christi’s journey to Wise-Lee Orthodontics began when her large crew of kiddo’s (7 to be exact) began their smile transformations. After dozens.and dozens…and…dozens of visits to Wise-Lee Orthodontics over the years, Christi finally decided to join the family herself in 2009!  Christi began as a Personal Orthodontic Assistant and is now our Treatment Coordinator. Her warmth and compassion for family is abundant. She will make you smile!

Christi and the family love to travel, going to Broken Bow or Colorado for some camping, fishing, and hiking adventures. Needless to say, this family of mountain men, and fashion guru girls is the real-life epitome of wilderness meets Beverly Hills. Luckily for them, no matter how dirty they get being dragged through the wilderness, thanks to Christi and the great team at Wise Lee Orthodontics, they’ll always have their beautiful smiles!

Kristen – Treatment Coordinator – Frisco

Kristen joined the Wise-Lee Family in December of 2022 and has 26 years’ experience. She married Sean in 2012 and they have one son, daughter-in-law, and 4 beautiful adopted fur babies. Born and raised in Orlando, Florida near the all FUN Disney resort her and Sean decided to settle towards Texas in 2016. Kristen adores the smell of gardenia and in her spare time she enjoys golf, movies, art festivals and exploring new dinner places with close friends.

Donna – Front Desk Coordinator

Donna is the first person that you will see when you walk into our McKinney office. She is great at helping you feel welcome when you come into our practice. Donna enjoys getting to know the patients and their families. She is a team player and is always ready to stop what she is doing to help one of her teammates!

Donna has 5 grown boys, and 3 daughters in loves along with her 2 grandkids she loves spending time with. Donna feels it is a good day when her most precious “grand-girl”, Logan, calls for DonDon to come and play!

When Donna is not at work, she loves to volunteer with Young Life Adult Steering Committee for Celina.  She also enjoys walking her 2 German Shepherds, Lucy Belle and Huey Winston Dale, working in her flower garden and going to the movies with her husband, Rick, of 35 years.

Donna - Wise Orthodontics

Maneeka – Front Desk Coordinator

Maneeka was born smiling!  In fact, her mom worked in a dental office for many years (and still does!).  Maneeka joined the Wise Lee family in 2017 but has worked in the dental field since 2006, this is her career. She is there to greet you with a big smile the minute you walk in the door and loves making her visitors feel as if they are her only concern (since you are, after all)!  She would love to help you with anything that would make your visit more enjoyable.

Maneeka has amazing organizational skills, and part of her role is to keep the office focused and moving forward.  Insurance questions?  She can get the answer for you.  Appointment time needs adjusting?  No problem.

When not working, Maneeka loves to bake and travel. She is now a boy mom chasing after her toddler and spending quality time with her husband and family.

Tia – Front Desk Coordinator

Tia married her husband Andy in 2010 and ventured from California to Texas starting their new journey in 2013. Tia joined the Wise-Lee team in 2021 and found friendships with the team from day one! When she is not at the front desk greeting patients with a warm smile and baking fresh cookies, you will find her with a good book and her cat by her side. Tia and Andy love to travel and explore all kinds of food!

Tia - Front Desk Coordinator at Wise Orthodontics

Erin – Front Desk Coordinator

Faith, family and friends are central to Erin. She has been married to her husband Mike since 1994 and have 2 terrific kids, Morgan and Gavin. She also has Hope her service dog and Lana her lapdog.

Erin moved to McKinney from the San Francisco Bay Area in 2008. She loves the community and quality of life here. They regularly attend and are very involved with their church. Erin’s husband Mike plays guitar in the praise band many Sunday mornings. She loves to travel and hopes to visit all 50 states! Bunco, board games, concerts and movies are a few of the ways that she enjoys her time off.

Erin is delighted to be part of Dr. Wise’s team. She loves that every day she has the opportunity to help people.

Erin - Wise Orthodontics

Grace – Personal Orthodontic Assistant

Grace and her husband have been married since 2000 they have two teenage boys.  As a devoted mother of two, Grace truly puts her heart and soul into each beautiful smile. Her journey in orthodontics began in spring of 2005 with her latest chapter finding her home at Wise-Lee Orthodontics.

Armed with a musical college degree, Grace has faithfully served at church as the choir director. Her husband is also busy finishing up his PhD.

She loves giving people beautiful smiles while working with Dr. Wise and Dr. Lee.

Nicole – Personal Orthodontic Assistant

Nicole joined the Wise-Lee Orthodontic family in February 2018. She has over 20 years of experience in the orthodontic field, most of it in California where her first “real job” introduced her to this wonderful profession. She is a loving mother of 3 boys and 1 princess. On top of working full time, she is a Girl Scout leader to her daughter’s Brownie troop. She enjoys family time and outdoor adventures. Her favorite pastime is to enjoy coffee in her rocking chair and look out over the pasture. Texas has been calling her for a while. She got here as fast as she could!

Blanca – Personal Orthodontic Assistant

Blanca is originally from Honduras and fluent in Spanish. She started as a dental assistant in 2001 and moved to Texas in 2006 having over 10 years orthodontic experience.  While she absolutely loves working with kids, she is highly experienced with special needs patients.

Blanca and her husband married in 2004 and have 3 handsome boys. She loves to watch her boys play soccer and is a number one fan of the US women’s National Soccer team. On her days off she enjoys working out, hiking, gardening, reading and baking on rainy days. You will always catch her with a smile on her face and a glow in her heart!

Jess – Personal Orthodontic Assistant

Jess made her move from New Jersey to Texas in 2020 and joined the Wise-Lee family starting her career in orthodontics.  In addition to working as an assistant full-time, she’s going to school to be a dental hygienist.  When she’s not working or studying, she loves to travel back home to spend time with her family.  She loves all types of music, singing, and trying new restaurants.  She takes the best food photos!

Bo – Personal Orthodontic Assistant

Bo was born in Vietnam!  He moved to Hawaii in 2017, moved to Texas in 2018, and joined the Wise-Lee family in 2021.  Bo has many hobbies that he loves outside of work that include listening to pop & jazz music, reading, nature, watching movies, hanging with his friends, meeting new people, and traveling to explore new places.  He is caring, funny and a great friend to everyone he meets!

Tammy – SureSmile Coordinator

Tammy has been with Wise-Lee Orthodontics since 1992. She started as a Personal Orthodontic Assistant then found a passion with SureSmile when it was introduced in 2008, then slowly transitioned from doing both SureSmile Coordinating and assisting, to the full-time position of our SureSmile Coordinator in 2014.

Tammy is always full of smiles and makes all around her smile too!  She is a hugger if you don’t already know that! In her spare time, she enjoys cooking, baking, being outdoors, on the water, crafting, gardening, or just spending time with her friends and family.

She was born and raised in Prairie du Chien, WI, but has been in Texas since 1990.  She is, however, still true to her Green Bay Packers and cheese curds!  She has a son, Tyler, who now resides in Colorado, and is currently a Plumbers Apprentice looking very forward to advancing his career.  She lives in Mckinney with her boyfriend Dave, and their 4 fur babies!

According to Tammy, her life at Wise-Lee Orthodontics has been very rewarding.  She feels very fortunate to have such a wonderful “work” family to be around daily in the office or out!

Lisa – Insurance Coordinator

Lisa has been in Orthodontics since 1990 and has worked with The Wise-Lee family since 1994 in many positions. Starting as an orthodontic assistant for 7 years, then she moved to the front desk and since 2010 she has been our insurance coordinator.  Lisa enjoys helping her patients get the most out of their orthodontic insurance coverage and is here to answer any questions you might have about your insurance benefits.

Lisa is married with 5 children and a daughter-in-law.  She has horses, dogs, a cat and pet rabbit.  When she is not at work she enjoys adventures in traveling, parasailing, snorkeling, scuba diving and zip lining.  Her dream is to one day retire and live on an island in the Caribbean, but until then she plans to keep enjoying life and working with the Wise-Lee Family.

Barbara – Financial Coordinator/Office Manager

As the financial coordinator and office manager, Barbara enjoys interacting with our patients while making sure they get the most from their orthodontic experience. She is the one to call on if you have any financial questions that you might have. Barbara has worked with Dr. Wise for over 25 years! What an amazing journey it has been for her to have been here since patient number one to where we are today with two offices and the many patients that have traveled through our doors to the many new patients we see. She truly enjoys working with her coworkers who are really a second family to her.

When she is not at the practice, Barbara enjoys spending time with her wonderful family. She has two children and four beautiful grandchildren. She loves traveling, reading, clogging, square dancing and gardening. She has traveled all over the world. A few favorite things she enjoys while vacationing are zip lining, parasailing and swimming in the ocean with exotic fish and sea life. So far she has had a chance to swim with sharks, stingrays, eels, giant turtles, dolphins, and jelly fish. She hopes one day to swim with the whales!