SMILE SPORTSWho we are
Sports and dental professionals
working together for the kids
Our mission
We use sports to make oral health education fun for children.
Our story, briefly
Smile Sports began with a basketball camp and a dentist. In November 2025 our team ran a free camp in Pampanga, in the Philippines, bringing together three elementary schools, local coaches and dental professionals on a neighborhood court.
Children with no toothbrush of their own, and no dentist nearby.
Chicago has the same gap, in the same shape, four miles from downtown. So the model came home.
The organization
| Legal name | SMILE SPORTS |
|---|---|
| Website | smilesports.org |
| Type | Illinois not-for-profit corporation |
| Incorporated | July 6, 2021 |
| Federal status | 501(c)(3), EIN 87-1564233 |
| Illinois charity | Registration 01102686 |
| Fiscal year | July 1 to June 30 |
The board
Brian Murphy
Founder and President
A career college basketball coach: 24 NCAA Tournament games, 25 countries, and stops at eight universities including West Virginia, Loyola, Franklin & Marshall, Case Western Reserve and, currently, Elmhurst. USA Basketball and FIBA certified. He runs the camps, the partnerships and the paperwork.
Ethel S. Alfaro, DDS
Director of Dental Programs
Chief Dental Resident during her CDI residency, where she trained and mentored junior colleagues, and performed full-mouth rehabilitations and oral surgery for underserved communities in Cleveland. She built our oral health curriculum and ran the dental station at our first camp.
Michael Murphy
Director of Camps and Child Safety
Founder of Kids in the Game in New York City, which he started in 2003 with a single bag of used basketballs and grew to serve more than 25,000 children a year. He advises on camp design, staffing and child safety.
Ben Moulton
Director of International Travel
Logistics: travel, meals, facilities and equipment. He was on the first board and was travel manager on the inaugural team trip to Kenya, so he has been doing this since before it had this name.
Advisors
People we call for big decisions.
Tom Murphy
Basketball development
A 63-year coaching career and more than 1,000 wins. Twice NABC Division III Coach of the Year, 34 seasons as head coach at Hamilton College, where the court carries his name, and a nominee for the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame Class of 2026. He advises on management and fundraising.
Todd McGuinness
Basketball development
Head coach of Case Western Reserve men’s basketball since 2016, and the winningest coach in the program’s history. A career record of 242 and 175 over seventeen years as a head coach, three NCAA tournament appearances, back to back University Athletic Association championships in 2023 and 2024, and Empire 8 Coach of the Year at Hartwick. He played at Bethany College, where he was a three-year starter and two-year co-captain.
Greg Carroll
NCAA compliance
Director of Athletics at SUNY Morrisville from 2001 to 2019, where he led more than $20 million in athletic facility work. He oversees compliance and the rules for our college travel teams.
Dr. Frances Niduaza-Murphy
Early childhood programs, U.S. and Philippines
Director of Performing Arts for Kids in the Game in New York City, a Doctor of Musical Arts and a classical soprano. She advises on programming for the youngest children and on our Philippines work.
Chicago Team
Ericka Alfaro
Camp design and experience volunteer
A University of Illinois Chicago architecture graduate who designs modern living spaces. She plans how each camp fits its building, and on camp day she is right in the middle of it with the kids.
Adil Waqas
Student volunteer
A student at the University of Illinois Chicago on the dental track. Adil runs volunteer onboarding and looks after the oral health quiz: the score sheets, the Spanish version and the scoring.
Brian Taylor
Software and apps advisor
He builds web and mobile apps for clients, and advises us on our website and the apps behind it.
Join Our Team
Chicago volunteer
Camp days, the Smile Zone, or the work between camps. Tell us what you are good at and we will find the work.
Community Collaboration
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