Meet The CT Assist Team

Charity has called Virginia home most of her life, but only recently moved to the Shenandoah Valley. Her professional experience includes over 6 years in medical office administration and patient financial services, with most of her work experience being in a hospital setting. She believes in delivering an excellent customer experience, loves the challenge of learning new things, and is dedicated to any task she is given.

Charity and her husband have two children and a mini golden doodle named Rex. If she’s not working, she’s probably spending time with her kids. Charity enjoys a good cup of coffee, browsing local farmers markets, and spending quality time with her family.

Danielle is originally from Philadelphia and moved to the Shenandoah Valley, where she’s fallen in love with the area. She graduated from Penn State with a BS in Business and has an interest in pursuing her Master’s degree in the future. With previous experience in tech sales and full-desk recruiting, she brings strong skills in relationship building, communication, and problem-solving.

In her free time, Danielle enjoys taking care of her little farm, which includes pigs, chickens, goats, and more animals to come. She loves hiking, hosting her book club, cooking, checking out live music, watching football (Go Birds!)  and spending quality time with friends and family.

Daryl brings finance, technology and leadership experience to his role as President including an MBA at UT Austin followed by 8 years at Dell and 8 years as VP of Finance and CFO at Eastern Mennonite University. He’s known to geek out on spreadsheets and data analysis and thrives when utilizing his expertise to help our team, providers and clients make the best use of our shared resources. He is committed to championing our efforts to engage our values.

Daryl loves blueberry donuts, good coffee, and has determined that every day is a good day for Indian food. He and his wife enjoy keeping up with the activities of their three kids and find themselves particularly busy with baseball in this season of life.

Delight joined the CT Assist team upon graduation from Eastern Mennonite University. Her role includes payroll, invoicing, accounting, credentialing, and many other tasks that support the team, providers and clients. While attending the University of Dundee in Scotland for graduate studies in Accounting and Finance, she continues to support business operations.

Delight is an avid reader and also enjoys Korean Dramas. She regularly impresses the team with her intelligence, quick wit, and ability to quickly accomplish tasks. She hopes to return to her homeland of Ghana and apply her accounting and finance expertise to empower women and girls, making positive impacts locally and globally.

Denise was born and raised on Long Island, NY before relocating to North Carolina. She holds a BS in Physician Assistant Studies and an MBA, graduating magna cum laude. She also earned a fellowship in the American College of Healthcare Executives. Denise brings over 21 years of clinical and leadership experience, spanning cardiothoracic and vascular surgery, critical care, emergency medicine, and hospital medicine. Her focus is on quality, evidence-based care, improved patient outcomes and positive patient experience. She loves learning and giving back to the profession through mentoring, teaching, and advocating.

Denise lives in Raleigh with her husband and three active sons. When not in an ice rink or on a soccer pitch, she enjoys reading, World War II history and remaining active outdoors.

Haley attended Louisiana State University for her undergraduate degree and went on to graduate school at Tulane University School of Medicine. She is a certified Pathologists’ Assistant with a special focus in research and biobanking. She has over 5 years of clinical research experience involving pharmaceutical, biological psychiatric, and central nervous system research. She has worked as a Travel PA since graduation, and enjoys learning from each contract and city she goes to.

Haley has joined the CT Assist Team to combine her knowledge and love for the profession and to help people find their perfect fit.  Outside of work, she enjoys spending time on the water, in the mountains, or anywhere outdoors with her husband and dog!

Jair is passionate about people and serving the healthcare community. He and his co-founder, Scott Yoder, a Cardiac Surgery PA, started CT Assist with a focus on offering healthcare clinicians a lifestyle that allows them to provide outstanding patient care, avoid burnout, and ultimately, remain in their clinical specialties. Jair holds an MBA and brings a wealth of experience in the healthcare, food, pharmaceutical, and chemical industries.

Jair loves skiing, cycling and hiking with his family. He is based in Harrisonburg, Virginia but spends as much time as possible on his family’s farm in West Virginia.

Jen fell in love with the Shenandoah Valley during college. Following grad school and consulting work in Lancaster & Atlanta, she returned. She has experience in both corporate and higher education settings and works hard to provide caring and professional service for her team, clients, and providers.

Jen was born and raised in Ohio (go Buckeyes!) and her husband and daughter are obsessed with Michigan (go Wolverines!) so sporting events in her house can be…interesting! Jen also loves Liverpool Football (YNWA!), Smith Mountain Lake, and spending time with family and friends.

Kristen was born on the Florida coast and raised in Virginia, instilling a deep love for both ocean and mountains. She became rooted in the Shenandoah Valley after graduating from James Madison University and discovering her love of rock climbing and mountain biking. Kristen has experience in non-profit, higher education, and entrepreneurial settings, in which she honed her skills in relationship building, collaboration, and strategic planning. She loves finding the unique gifts that each person has to offer and works hard to bring energy and creativity to any project she works on.

When she’s not in the mountains, you can find Kristen in her kitchen exploring spices and flavors of different cultures, cozied up on the couch with a cat, a coffee, and a fantasy novel, or trying (and failing) to fish for trout in local waterways.

Ryan was born and raised in Indiana where he graduated from Purdue University with a BS in Chemistry.  After 10 years of public service as an Air Force Officer and Deputy Sheriff, Ryan entered the civilian workforce with a focus on HR management and professional development and has worked in a variety of industries from educational services to digital marketing.  Eventually he pursued his passion of building healthy communities, getting his masters in Exercise Physiology at the University of Virginia and working with numerous entrepreneurs to staff and manage high-end wellness studios around the world.  Ryan loves helping leaders connect with highly skilled professionals so organizations and individuals can achieve their goals.

Scott brings a tremendous level of clinical expertise to the CT Assist team. A Physician Assistant himself, Scott has worked clinically over 25 years supporting cardiac surgery teams across the US. He co-founded CT Assist with Jair Drooger in 2013. In addition to his PA-C, Scott holds an MBA from Drexel University’s LeBow College of Business.

Scott is based in the Philadelphia area and in his spare time, enjoys playing chess in a chess club.

Toni was born and raised in West Virginia which is where CT Assist was originally founded and following college and a real estate career, she was our very first employee! She wears many hats for the team including travel and logistics, payroll, invoicing, and business operations. She enjoys welcoming providers to CT Assist, celebrating birthdays and special occasions, and designing logo gear that supports like-minded organizations.

Toni is proud of her Italian heritage and loves her family, friends, olives and cheesecake. But her greatest love is for her fun-loving and hardworking son who recently made his junior high soccer team as a 6th grader among a very large 8th grader try out pool!

Vince started his perfusion career in 1996 after completing his undergrad at UNC-Wilmington and perfusion training at Penn State Hershey Medical Center. He signed on with CT Assist in 2019 and split his time between travel perfusion work and recruiting. He has enjoyed helping other perfusionists find travel or permanent positions that best fit their needs.

Outside of work Vince enjoys spending time with family and friends, biking, trail running and gardening.