Meet our Staff

Jena Northen

Jena earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration/Management from Winthrop College. She moved to Richmond, where she was introduced to an occupational therapist. The rest was …

Lisa Riley

Lisa is a speech-language pathologist with expertise in Autism Spectrum Disorders, social/pragmatic language disorders, articulation/phonological disorders, and language-learning disabilities …

Beth DeLuca

Beth grew up in Manassas, VA and received her bachelor’s degree from Radford University in Exercise, Sport, and Health Education. Ever since Beth was little, she knew she wanted to work in the health …

Allison Kowal

Allison, a Richmond native, received her undergraduate degree in Communication Sciences and Disorders at James Madison University and her Master’s degree in Speech Language Pathology from Old Dominion …

Paige Kin

Paige was born in Kentucky, but grew up here in Virginia. After earning a B.A. in Linguistics at the College of William & Mary, she studied two years of Speech Language Pathology at Old Dominion …

Susanne Gore

Susanne Gore has been enthusiastically serving clients and their families as a speech/language pathologist since 1995. She has worked in outpatient rehabilitation since 2008. Prior to 2008, she …

Alicia Willis

Alicia is from the Richmond area and graduated from J. Sargeant Reynolds with an Associates of Applied Science in Occupational Therapy Assistant. Alicia has 24 years of experience as an occupational …

Rebecca Mannion

Rebecca was born and raised in Maryland but has been in Richmond since 2001, after graduating from Elon with her MPT. She furthered her education when she pursued her DPT from VCU while working …

Monica Dangerfield

Monica Dangerfield earned her M.Ed. in 2006 with triple teaching licensure in Early Childhood Education (general and exception), and ESOL endorsement for PK – 12. Monica taught Kindergarten for 5 …

Victoria Haddaway

Victoria received her undergraduate degrees from Virginia Tech in 2019 and Utah State in 2021 before completing her master’s degree in communication sciences and disorders at Radford University in …

Macon Yates

Macon grew up in Lynchburg, Virginia, and received her undergraduate degree in Child & Family Development from the University of Georgia before receiving her master’s degree in Speech-Language …

Karin Caskey

Karin is a licensed and certified Speech Language Pathologist, with a graduate degree from University of Virginia, in Communication Disorders. With over 35 years of experience, Karin has enjoyed using …

Liza Buettner

Liza is originally from Winchester, Virginia and is new to the Richmond area. She is thrilled to join the Spot On team and to work with so many wonderful families! Liza received a Bachelor’s of …

Amber Coppage

Amber has known she wanted to be a pediatric speech-language pathologist since she was in high school. She received her Bachelor of Science in Communication Disorders from the University of Virginia …

Emma Cunningham

Emma is a Richmond native and received her Bachelor of Science degree in Psychology with minors in Childhood Studies and Sociology from Christopher Newport University. She went on to obtain a Masters …

Katherine Cave

Katherine, local to the Richmond area, received her bachelor’s degree in Psychology from Virginia Commonwealth University and her master’s degree in Communication Sciences and Disorders from Emerson …

Cherie Walkley

Cherie studied Speech-Language Pathology and Social Work at Texas Christian University. She then earned her Master of Science in Communication Disorders at The University of Texas at Dallas. She has …

Erin Worthington-Roach

Erin is a licensed and certified Speech-language pathologist with over 10 years of pediatric experience. She is originally from Baltimore, Maryland and studied Communication Sciences and Disorders at …

Caroline Nguyen

Caroline was born and raised in southern California and received her undergraduate degree in Asian-American Studies at the University of California, Irvine. Caroline did not find out about the field …

Gillian Withers

Gillian is a board licensed and certified speech language pathologist. She graduated from James Madison University with both a bachelor’s degree in Communication Sciences and Disorders and a master’s …

Courtney King

Courtney grew up in Powhatan, VA. Courtney discovered her passion for Occupational Therapy when she was in high school through shadowing a Pediatric Occupational Therapist. She continued to pursue her …

Christa Kurbel

Christa is a Richmond native. She received her Bachelor’s degree in Applied Sociology with a concentration in Community Development from Eastern Mennonite University and Master’s degree in …

Dorsey Hogan

​Dorsey is from Virginia Beach. She received her master’s degree in Occupational Therapy from Shenandoah University. She found OT through a roundabout path – after studying environmental studies and …

Virginia Chu

Virginia started her training as a biomedical engineer. She received her Ph.D. in Bioengineering from Stanford University. She completed her dissertation on motor learning in children with dystonia …

Carolyn Huff

Carolyn Huff graduated from Elizabethtown College with a Bachelors of Science in occupational therapy and has been practicing OT for 11 years, first in Delaware, and now in Virginia. She has a …

Kim Alford

Kim Alford grew up in Roanoke, Virginia and relocated to the Richmond area to attend VCU. She received her BS in Occupational therapy from VCU. She received her Masters degree in Organizational …

Katherine Comparetto

Katherine is an RVA native and received her undergraduate degree in psychology from VCU and her graduate degree in occupational therapy from VCU/MCV in 2003. She has provided occupational therapy in …

Kari Glasgow

Kari graduated from University of Illinois at Chicago and has over 20 years of experience working with children ranging from NICU into adulthood. Originally an Illinois native, she has worked in …

Frances Farmer

Frances grew up in South Carolina and earned her bachelor’s degree from Wofford College and her Masters in Occupational Therapy from VCU. Prior to attending VCU, she worked as a ranch wrangler, …

Alexandra Thomas

Alexandra has been a pediatric occupational therapist since 2016. She holds a Master’s of Science in Occupational Therapy from Virginia Commonwealth University. She is experienced in outpatient, early …

Kristen Bentley

Kristen grew up overseas in a variety of countries and when graduating high school returned to the United States for college. She received her BS in exercise sport science at Elon University, and from …

Jesse Abston

Jesse received his undergraduate degree in biology and doctorate in occupational therapy from VCU. He has experience providing occupational therapy services through early intervention, in schools, and …

Brooke Riley

Brooke graduated from JMU in 2019 with a B.S. in Media Arts and Design. She manages day-to-day needs of the clinic and works as additional support staff for the early intervention side of Spot On. …

Katie Suess

Katie grew up in Fredericksburg and received her Bachelor’s in Psychology at William & Mary. She graduated from VCU with her Doctorate in Occupational Therapy in 2019, where she completed research …

Caleb Maenza

Caleb is originally from Pennsylvania, and graduated from Pennsylvania College of Technology with a bachelor’s degree as an Occupational Therapy Assistant with a Minor in Psychology. He recently …

Tammy Torocsik

Tammy has 33 years experience as a Newborn Intensive Care (NICU) nurse and clinical nurse specialist. She helped to develop and run a developmental follow up program for graduates of the NICU for 20 …

Ebonise Holland

Ebonise has been an integral part of Spot On since its beginning in 2015. She works behind the scenes to submit claims and troubleshoot anything insurance related for both the clinic and early …

Jo Horne

Jo works to submit insurance authorizations for new and ongoing services. …