Marty Fontenot,  PT, DPT, OCS, SCS

President

Marty is an associate professor of Physical Therapy at the Murphy Deming College of Health Sciences at Mary Baldwin University. Marty earned a Doctorate in Physical Therapy and completed a post-doc Sports Residency from the University of Delaware.  He has been serving people with neuromuscular conditions for almost 20 years as an orthopedic & sports clinical specialist. Prior to switching careers to physical therapy, Marty earned a Bachelor of Science and a Master of Science degree in Architecture from Georgia Tech in Atlanta, GA. Marty is currently in the last year of his earning a Doctorate of Education in Education Leadership.  He finds his joy spending time with his wife, Tara, 2 daughters, 2 dogs, mentoring graduate students & residents, and officiating high school basketball which he has done for the past 27 years

Kristen Heinan,  MD

Vice President

Dr. Heinan is a pediatric neurologist at UVA.  She did her residency training in Charlottesville and has been here since.  “I have been interested in working with people with brain injury ever since I was in elementary and middle school and able to interact with affected children at my schools. I then broadened out to volunteer work in the community.  All of this was strengthened during my medical training and I have fortunate to work in pediatric acquired and traumatic brain injury clinics at UVA.” When not at work, she likes to go running, hiking, hang out with her Bernese Mountain dogs, Lilly and  Leo.

Allie Barth, BA

Secretary

Allie Barth has more than a decade of experience serving stakeholders through relationship management, strategic planning, communications and marketing.
Barth currently serves as the Director of Board Relations for the Darden Business School Foundation. She oversees and supports the governance needs, engagement and participation of Darden’s governance board, the Board of Trustees and its advisory and engagement board, the Alumni Board.
Prior to joining the Darden Foundation, she consulted independently and supported her family during the COVID-19 pandemic. Before that she was the senior vice president of industry relations at the American Gaming Association (AGA). Barth led the AGA’s educational strategy, advanced member engagement to provide demonstrable value to the association’s member companies and professionals. Prior to joining the AGA, Barth served in an industry communications capacity for the U.S. Travel Association, the nation’s leading voice for increasing travel to and within the United States. She also held various roles for the Charlottesville Albemarle Convention and Visitors Bureau (CVB), which promotes, sells, and markets the City of Charlottesville and County of Albemarle as destinations for meetings and tourism. Barth is a graduate of James Madison University. She, her husband and children reside in Charlottesville, Virginia.

Jim Ames, MS

Treasurer

Jim is a personal finance coach coach who helps people to overcome financial frustration. He coaches individuals at all income levels and delivers workshops for various groups. He also serves as Treasurer of the Charlottesville Business Exchange and President of the Bill Howard Golf for Alzheimer’s tournament.

Jim had a 36-year engineering / business career in telecommunications operations where he managed executive client relationships and delivered major outsourcing and managed services programs all over the world. He has a Bachelor of Science degree in Industrial Engineering from Iowa State University and a Master of Science degree in Operations Research from Stanford University.

Joseph J. David, MD

Dr. David is a forensic and general adult psychiatrist in Charlottesville, Virginia. He has maintained a professional interest in the identification, treatment, and rehabilitation of individuals with acquired brain injury for over forty years. He has practiced in academic, public sector, correctional, and private inpatient and outpatient settings. He provides individual diagnostic, psychotherapeutic, and psychopharmacologic services in his office practice. He has been principal investigator in some three dozen clinical trials of new psychotropic medications.

Consultation and advocacy activities have included: the University of Virginia Bioethics Program, the Hospice of the Piedmont of Virginia, a local veterans organization, Innisfree Village, and the Defense/Veterans Brain Injury Center. He previously served on the BridgeLine’s first Board of Directors at the time of its creation from the merger of two precursor brain injury service organizations.

He enjoys reading, food and wine, and the company of dogs in his free time.

Sheri Littlefield Kelly, JD

Sheri is the Chief Legal and Compliance Officer at CFA Institute and leads the organization’s Legal, Compliance & Ethics, Governance and Professional Conduct functions.  As Chief Legal and Compliance Officer, she oversees all legal, compliance and governance matters on a global basis and serves as advisor to the CFA Institute Leadership Team and Board of Governors. She is also a member of the Corporate Governance Committee of the Business Law Section of the American Bar Association. Sheri graduated from the George Washington University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science and a minor in Japanese. She also played soccer on the Division I women’s soccer team at the George Washington University. She earned a Juris Doctor degree from Boston University School of Law.

Her passion for supporting individuals with disabilities began more than 25 years ago when her daughter was diagnosed with cerebral palsy. Ever since, she has loved, cared for and advocated on behalf of her child to live her best life and has supported her in achieving her goals. She has continued that passion in other ways by leading the ABLE@ employee resource group at CFA Institute that provides support for employees who are caregivers or themselves have a disability.  

Sheri is blessed to have a wonderful husband, Brian, and five children. She has 3 dogs, one of which is a Canine Companions service dog, Nobbe.

Jacquelyn Nasca, MS

Jacquelyn Nasca is a financial advisor with Wilkinson Wealth Management, LLC and has worked in a variety of other operational capacities with WWM since 2012, as well as an Accredited Financial Counselor® helping families and individuals improve their daily money management process, eliminate debt, and plan for their financial future.   Jacquelyn served in the US Army’s Military Intelligence and Personnel and Human Resources corps for 24 years and, simultaneously, worked in residential mental health and addiction treatment facilities as a Director and as a marriage and family therapist.  She holds a Bachelor of Science from East Tennessee State University, a Master of Science in Marriage and Family Therapy from the University of Maryland, and professional certifications as a Clinical Fellow in the American Association of Marriage and Family Therapy (AAMFT) and as an Accredited Financial Counselor® with the Association for Financial Counseling, Planning, and Education (AFCPE). 

She has served as both President and Fundraising Chairperson in her children’s PTA,  both Vice President and Fundraising chairperson in an international women’s organization, and too many volunteer hours to count as a military spouse, as well as continuing to coach soldiers and service members in financial readiness. 

She also enjoys making quilts, creating watercolor artwork pieces, and making stained glass pieces for her friends and family.