Shannon Pace, a DA II and a 1994 graduate of the Dental Assisting Program at Bowman Gray School of Medicine, works with Dr. John Cranham in his private practice in Chesapeake, Virginia. She is the Clinical Director for the Cranham Dental Seminars and the main instructor for the Dental Assistants Hands-On Program. Shannon is the past-president of the Metrolina Dental Assistants Society in Charlotte. She is also on the advisory board for the dental assistant program at Central Piedmont Community College. Shannon is the Co-Editor-in-Chief for Reality Team 'aRTie.' She is Editor-in-Chief for Contemporary Dental Assisting and she also has a column she shares with Dr. Cranham called Contemporary Product Review.