Our Staff at BrightStar Care Charlottesville

Aaron is a Veteran of The United States Marine Corp.  He is currently a proud active member of The Marine Corp League and The American Legion.  He works diligently in his role as CEO to insure that the needs of ALL BrightStar clients are met with a particular focus on Veteran's resources and benefits for Veterans, their spouses and dependents.  
Aaron has utilized his desire to serve his community and his professional strengths of communication and understanding logistics to help build and operate a home care that provides the most flexible options in home care that clients can depend on.  He is always eager to participate in community fund raising events like A Butterfly to Remember, The Walk to End Alzheimer's, The Ronald McDonald House Golf Tournament and many, many more.  He also takes the time to learn about each client BrightStar Care of Charlottesville serves.
Aaron is a Missouri native who found his true home in Central Virginia more than a decade ago with his wife and three daughters.  The only thing he enjoys more than helping his team and clients is being a family man.  He is the quintessential "girl dad" and his daughters have all the keys to his heart.  You find him most weekends grilling a delicious meal and cheering on Good Ole UVA!
"I want people to have an option to stay in their home setting.  Its the most important reason why I do this"
"My favorite thing is when people get better instead of worse because of the help the receive from BrightStar."

Malina is a Registered Nurse with more than two decades of experience.  Her nursing career has had a focus on community based nursing and compliance as well as facility leadership and Regional roles.  Her vast experience in Hospice and Home Health brings special insight into what it takes for an individual to be successful at home.  She is passionate about educating patients and families about care options and resources that not only make being at home safer, but stress-free and enjoyable.  Her understanding that patient outcomes are better from the home setting whether it be recovering from an illness or post procedure or aging in place, is what drives her clinical practice.  It is also what led her to Community Outreach.  In her role as Community Outreach Director, she brings her clinical knowledge and leadership as an expert in the industry to not only guide and inspire the outreach team, but the clinical team and the Charlottesville community.  Her ability to critically analyze each case has proven invaluable to finding clinically sound solutions to remove obstacles for clients and care teams.  She also spends hundreds of hours in the community providing education through seminars, community outreach events, Virtual Dementia Tours, and one to one learning sessions.  
In her free time, she enjoys participating in local education and outreach events.  Through this pass time, she has met many amazing people in the community and discovered unlimited community resources.  She has three beautiful daughters that love to travel just like their mom and they love planning new adventures.  Discovering the road less traveled is their forte.  The best way to learn about a new city...a food tour!
 

Katie has been providing care to patients for nearly 20 years.  She has always focused her clinical practice in Community Based Nursing where she can really get to know her patients and what makes them unique.  By getting to know not only the patient's history, but also learning their family history, how they met their spouse, what is the most important thing to them, and what matters to them in their health care journey, she can insure the client is always at the center of all care.  Katie believes in the importance of advocating for clients and families.  She has a great appreciation for the reality that she meets people when they are at their most vulnerable.  It is important to her to provide compassionate, clinically sounds care each day.  She often says that her clients may not remember her name but they will remember how she made them feel.
Katie has shared this passion with her care team through education, mentorship, and supervision by serving in her role as an educator, a leader, and a director.  She expands her role as an educator beyond the BrightStar care team and works with clients and their families to discover sound strategies that create success stories and great clinical outcomes.  She also works dlilgnetly with Community Outreach building relationships with other health care professionals, bringing awareness to Alzheimer's and dementia through the Virtual Dementia Tour and charity events are just some of the things you'll see her doing around the Charlottesville area.

Katie is a Virginia native that married her best friend from high school.  They live in Stuarts Draft with their three amazing boys.  Katie's free time is usually spent on the soccer field, or the basket ball court, or the track cheering one of her boys to victory!  
"The most important thing I do is to help people reclaim thier moments by empowering primary caregivers the chance to step away from being a care giver and be a spouse, a son, a granddaughter, a friend, if only for a few hours."
"I love being able to advocate for clients, being able to provide them care in their home as long as possible.  I love being able to make something that seems impossible...possible."

Now calling Charlottesville home, Korey is excited to bring his energy, relationship-building skills, and passion for connecting with people to BrightStar Care.

Korey is a former Division 1 basketball player from the University of Denver, where he earned his undergraduate degree in Marketing and Finance. After graduating Denver, Korey went on to the University of Tulsa as the Graduate Assistant for the Men’s Basketball Team while completing his Masters in Business Administration. 

Engaged to his high school sweetheart, Rachel, they enjoy watching movies and working out together in their free time. He also trains in Muay Thai and Brazilian Jiu Jitsu with his new found love for MMA.

Korey is most excited about the opportunity to create impact in Charlottesville. You can expect Korey to be in the community everyday looking to meet new individuals, see where he can help, and calling meetings at the local coffee shops. 

Originally from Texas, Geoff Foster brings a diverse background in healthcare, military service, and community engagement to his role as Community Outreach Specialist at BrightStar Care of Charlottesville. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Biology from the University of Texas at Austin and an Associate degree in Business Management from Austin Community College.

Before joining BrightStar, Geoff served as an active duty soldier in the U.S. Army and worked in a clinical setting as a social worker and paramedic; Experiences that shaped his strong commitment to service and care. He is passionate about giving back to the community and ensuring individuals receive the high-quality support they deserve. Geoff focuses on building meaningful relationships throughout Central Virginia and has a special interest in supporting local veterans and their families.

Outside of work, Geoff enjoys reading, attending community events, and taking walks with his dog and partner around Charlottesville.

She moved to Central Virginia to be part of the BrightStar Care of Charlottesville team and we are so lucky that she did.  Anna has the heart and mind of a learner.  She holds two Bachelors Degrees from Radford University.  One in Psychology and one in Criminal Justice.  She then went to Arizona State where she earned her Master's Degree.  She brings a wonderful passion for customer service and amazing attention to detail.  She uses her knowledge and skills of intuitively understanding people and puzzle solving to resolve issues quickly and concisely keeping all of the moving parts in order and where they need to be to keep the great care running smoothly.  Anna is a strong leader with a very hands-on approach.  She is often the voice you hear on the 24 hour on-call line at 3AM or she may be the manager introducing a caregiver to a new client on a Saturday afternoon.  Clients and teammates alike, have all said they can feel that she really cares about them and loves her work.
Anna loves to travel and has the goal of seeing as much of the world as possible.  She has a fur pal, Theo, who is an adorable ball of sas.  Anna spends her free time traveling, enjoying family and friends and shopping.  

Annalise is originally from Lynchburg, Virginia, and holds a Master's degree in Health and Social Science from the University of Edinburgh. During her time at university, she volunteered with organizations supporting individuals with special needs, served as Digital Content Director for the nonprofit medical organization Healing Hearts Vietnam, worked as a Personal Care Assistant, and represented her peers as a student representative for her course.

Her ongoing volunteer work with Healing Hearts Vietnam has profoundly shaped both her academic journey and personal mission. Curating patient stories and witnessing the urgent need for cardiac care in underserved areas inspired her dissertation, which explored the experiences of families in Vietnam raising children with congenital heart disease. This research deepened her understanding of global health disparities and strengthened her commitment to improving health outcomes for vulnerable communities. 

Now based in Charlottesville with her Northern Irish husband, whom she met during university, Annalise is excited to bring this global perspective and person-centered care philosophy to her work at Brightstar Care. She is passionate about delivering empathetic, high-quality support to every client and family she serves. 

In her free time, she enjoys traveling, reading, working out, and spending time with her family and friends.

Sue grew up in Scotland, where she earned her degree in Occupational Therapy.  She spent her career working in the field of pediatrics and continued this after she married and moved to the United States.  Although her passion and experience has been with children with special needs both professionally and as a mother, she has always lived with the belief that at every stage of life, individuals should be valued and supported to live the most fulfilling life possible.  Maintaining the optimal level of independence and navigating limitations helps to promote our clients' wellbeing.  This passion and understanding is what makes Sue such a wonderful member of the BrightStar team.  She uses her gifts to help members of our community remain as active as possible for as long as possible.  She provides services to the community like Chair Yoga, Cardio Drumming and the Virtual Dementia Tour sharing wellness, longevity, and understanding.  She is a welcome sight at many Charlottesville area Senior Centers, Assisted Living Centers, and Facilities.  
Sue loves spending time with her three lovely children and wonderful husband.  She is a master gardener and can frequently be found planting, weeding and watering.  She is an avid traveler hopping on planes to visit far away family and friends.