#413 - Dr. John Reese - Retired Officer in the United States Air Force & CEO of Quanta - is our guest

About this episode

Dr. John Reese, a retired Air Force officer and CEO of Quanta, discusses his journey in dentistry and his innovative approach to providing care for disadvantaged children.

Welcome to Courageous Leadership with Virginia Prodan #Podcast. Today - Dr. John Reese - CEO of Quanta - is our guest Dr. John E. Reese, III grew up in Columbia, South Carolina. He graduated from The Citadel, The Military College of SC, in 1984, where he was commissioned as an officer in the United States Air Force before attending dental school. He received his Doctor of Dental Medicine (D.M.D.) from the Medical University of SC in 1988, after which he had a 4- year assignment as a staff general dentist in one of the largest teaching hospitals in the US Air Force. There he received extensive training in all specialty areas of dentistry, including frequent operating room training. In 1992, he started a health centered private practice in Rock Hill, SC where he focused on comprehensive general and cosmetic dentistry, including full mouth reconstruction and TMJ therapy. In 2001, he started Dental Access Carolina, LLC where he used his skills to provide high quality comprehensive dentistry to economically disadvantaged children on site at their schools in mobile clinics he designed. They currently operate in 15 counties in SC and treat almost 25,000 students each school year. They…

People in this episode

Host: Virginia Prodan

Guest: Dr. John Reese

Topics covered

• leadership
• dentistry
• healthcare
• education
• entrepreneurship

Keywords

• dentistry
• healthcare
• leadership
• mobile clinics
• education

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Quanta, Dental Access Carolina, LLC, Academy of General Dentistry

Places: Columbia, South Carolina, Rock Hill, SC

More episodes of Courageous Leadership with Virginia Prodan

• #419 - Reframed Life - Virginia Prodan · June 10, 2026 · 21 min
• #418 - The Unstoppable in you - Virginia Prodan · June 6, 2026 · 25 min
• #417 - Designed for another world - Virginia Prodan · June 3, 2026 · 22 min
• #416 - Would Your Younger Self Recognize You? - Virginia Prodan · May 30, 2026 · 24 min
• #415- In Your Times of Joy or Crisis - who do you turn to for support? ? - Virginia Prodan · May 27, 2026 · 23 min
• #414 - The Hope of America is You! - Virginia Prodan · May 23, 2026 · 17 min