Leadership Team – DENCAP Dental Plans
Dawn (Lentine) Dorsch
Dawn has served as President of DENCAP Dental Plans since September 2025. After a successful career in automotive sales serving Tier One and Tier Two suppliers in positions of increasing responsibility, she joined DENCAP in 2015 as Executive Vice President, bringing strategic leadership, business development expertise, and a passion for serving customers.
Inspired by the leadership of her father, Joe Lentine, Sr., and her late brother, Joe Lentine, Jr., Dawn is committed to preserving DENCAP’s legacy as an independent, Michigan-based dental insurer while preparing the organization for the future. She leads with a people-first philosophy focused on delivering affordable dental coverage, exceptional customer service, and strong partnerships with employers, providers, brokers, and members. Under her leadership, DENCAP continues to enhance the customer experience through practical improvements that make doing business with the company easier, while maintaining the personal service that has defined the organization for more than four decades.
Dawn holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Michigan State University and is active in civic and philanthropic initiatives throughout the City of Detroit, including the Cathedral of the Most Blessed Sacrament, Beyond Basics, and Life Remodeled.
Kristal Mott
Kristal has built her career at DENCAP over the past 15 years, rising to Vice President of Finance after roles in project management, operations and bookkeeping. She oversees the accounting department and all day-to-day financial matters, including financial audits, state and federal financial filings and reports. She also leads product development and corporate compliance. Kristal co-founded and served ten years on the board of Know Resolve – a youth suicide awareness and prevention organization – volunteering her financial and project management expertise.
Precious Stigall
Precious has had a remarkable 20+ year career at DENCAP, starting as a high school co-op student and moving on to positions of increasing responsibility within the organization to now serve as Vice President of IT. In this role, Precious oversees all systems and employee training and development. Precious is active in Not on our Watch (NOW!) – serving as the social media coordinator – as well as being an active participant on the parent committee at UPrep Schools in Detroit.
Jennifer Christian-Byers
Jennifer joined DENCAP in 2020 and brings more than 35 years of experience in dental operations, provider relations, account management, and managed care. As Vice President of Operations and Provider Relations at DENCAP, she provides strategic leadership that supports operational excellence, regulatory compliance, and exceptional service. She is passionate about building strong relationships, developing high-performing teams, and delivering solutions that create value for providers, clients, and members.
Jennifer’s broad industry experience enables her to align operational strategy with the evolving needs of providers, employer groups, and members. She is committed to fostering collaboration across teams while identifying opportunities to improve efficiency, strengthen partnerships, and support sustainable growth. She takes pride in creating an environment where people, processes, and partnerships work together to achieve exceptional results.
Dr. Denise Coleman
Dr, Coleman is the Dental Director at DENCAP. A dentist for more than four decades, Dr. Coleman is also a general dentist with her own private practice in Detroit. She holds a Doctor of Dental Surgery from the University of Michigan and an undergraduate degree in biology, also from the University of Michigan. Dr. Coleman is active in a number of civic and professional organizations.
Joseph Lentine, Sr.
Now serving the company in an advisory board member capacity, Joe founded DENCAP Dental Plans in 1984 with a mission to bring affordable dental coverage to Detroit residents and positively impact their overall health and wellness. Always civic-minded, Joe set the tone for the DENCAP spirit and tradition of serving the community while serving our members. In founding Books for Kids with his fellow Detroit Kiwanians, Joe followed his belief that if you can read, you can work and have a better life.
Joseph Lentine, Jr. (1967-2026)
Joe was the chairman of DENCAP Dental Plans at the time of his death, having served until September 2025 as the president and majority owner for nearly 20 years. Originally an engineer, Joe had a successful career in the automotive industry for two decades, last serving as Director of Global Supply Chain Engineering for General Motors before joining his father, Joseph Lentine, Sr., at DENCAP in 2006.
Joe ultimately took over the reins of the company in 2009, continuing his father’s legacy of integrity in action, directing the company to new levels of growth and opportunity.In addition to strategically guiding DENCAP as a second-generation family business owner, he was a prolific volunteer and community game changer, with a career-long interest in equal opportunity.
His philanthropic pursuits and affiliations included the Detroit chapter of Entrepreneurs Organization (EO) and Detroit’s Kiwanis Club #1. As a Kiwanian, Joe led DENCAP’S efforts with the nonprofit Books for Kids, which has given away more than 2 million books to Detroit-area youth since it was founded in 2001 by Joe Lentine, Sr., and fellow Kiwanians from the Detroit Club #1. Joe was named in 2023 a Crain’s Detroit Business Notable Leader in Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) in 2023.