The Staff

  
 
SCOTT MIGNOLA

OFFICE MANAGER

When he isn’t running reports, trying to squeeze payments out of insurance providers, or tending to all those succulents on the deck, Scott is usually at home writing. Have a billing question? Interested in having your art up in our office galleryWondering how often to water your Haworthiopsis fasciata? Email him here.

  
  
RENATA CORDERO
RECEPTIONIST

A genuinely warm and welcoming presence at the front desk, Renata is the first to answer the phone and greet arriving patients. Her bright spirit and resourcefulness haven’t faltered since she started at the office in 1997.  She speaks Spanish fluently.

  
  
JULIA ARAGON
ASSISTANT

Julia has been bringing her positive attitude to the office since 1988, long before Dr. Boardman took over the practice.  “I like working with everyone,” she says.  “We really get along.”  She swears by Zumba and walking for keeping fit. Patients often comment on Julia’s outstanding chairside assistance and how intuitively she works with Dr. Boardman.

  
  
AUSRA SHTARKA
HYGIENIST


Educated at the University of California, San Francisco, Ausra cites
art, yoga, photography, and world travel among her many loves. You might have seen her cruising the streets on her electric-assist bike. Ausra speaks her native Lithuanian, plus some Russian and Polish.

  
  
NINA PAOLUCCI
HYGIENIST

Nina grew up in Southern California and was working at the family pizzeria by age eleven. She studied dental hygiene in Colorado, worked with war vets at Long Beach VA Hospital and as a health educator at Los Angeles County schools. She spent time working in Milan before coming to the Bay Area. Nina loves film and exploring the U.S. She speaks Italian and some Spanish, and once rode an elevator with George Harrison of the Beatles for eleven floors. 

  
  
ADA SETO
HYGIENIST

Although raised in San Francisco, Ada attended UC Davis and the dental hygiene program at Cabrillo College in Aptos. She likes the Golden State Warriors, makeup artistry, and trying out new restaurants. She enjoys working with patients to educate and motivate them toward better health.