Ellen Thieme is the Digital Archives Assistant for the American Dental Association (ADA). She primarily works on their institutional repository, ADA Commons, while also contributing to artificial intelligence and archival initiatives at the ADA. Ellen earned her MLIS from the University of Missouri after being awarded a place in the Catalysts for Community Health (C4CH) IMLS grant cohort. Before joining the ADA, she was a National Library of Medicine (NLM) Associate Fellow where she began her professional exploration of AI. She enjoys most games and all animals.