Donna K. Broshek, Ph.D., ABPP-CN

President

Dr. Donna Broshek is a clinical neuropsychologist and the John Edward Fowler Professor in Clinical Psychology in the Department of Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Sciences in the University of Virginia School of Medicine.  She is Director of the Neuropsychology Assessment Clinic, where she provides evaluations of patients with neurologic injuries or disorders, including individuals who have sustained brain injuries.  She is also Chief of Psychological Services and Co-Director of the multi-disciplinary Acute Concussion Evaluation Clinic. Dr. Broshek is the Executive Director of the Sports Neuropsychology Society and a Past-President and Fellow of that organization.  She also is a Fellow of the National Academy of Neuropsychology.  She has worked with UVA Athletics for many years and is a member of the NBA/WNBA Concussion Committee, as provides consultation to local schools.  A great source of pride is that Dr. Broshek has served as Clinical Training Director throughout her career and has trained over 45 postdoctoral fellows in clinical neuropsychology.  She has lived in Charlottesville since she came to UVA for her clinical training and enjoys the restaurants, beautiful mountain views, and good-hearted people that live here.

Marty Fontenot,  PT, DPT, OCS, SCS

Vice 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

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.

Jacquelyn Nasca, MS

Treasurer

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.

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.

Kristen Heinan,  MD

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.

Ethna Brennan Hopper

Ethna Hopper has a B.A. in English and French from University College, Dublin, Ireland, where she also completed the Higher Diploma in Education.  From there she immigrated to the United States and was a teacher of English, and History in independent schools for 16 years.  She moved into working with children with different learning abilities after earning her M.A. in Guidance and Counseling at Catholic University.  In 1979, Ms. Hopper began a private practice in Washington, D.C. called The School Counseling Group.  Although she retired in 2010 after 33 years, the business continues in the Washington DC area. The mission of the company is to help families find the right educational setting in which their children might thrive.  Ms. Hopper came to The BridgeLine Board of Directors through personally experiencing the devastation caused by traumatic brain injury in her own family.  She very much wants to support the hope and possibilities provided by The BridgeLine.