Our Story
Since 2016 we’ve been an employee-owned company dedicated to providing exceptional healthcare outcomes. While Legacy Care is small, only 15 fulltime management and technical specialist employees, we deliver big company results.
Our dedicated network of over 90 affiliated physicians, physician assistants and nurse practitioners are united by a passion to serve healthcare’s most fragile patients. They are backed by Legacy Care’s over 100 years of combined healthcare management and post-acute focused technical experience.
Our Leadership Team
Our clinically-led team includes seasoned providers and healthcare industry leaders who are advocates for patients and providers.
In fact, our Chief Medical Officer, Danny Felty, MD, FAAFP, CMD, was recently elected to serve on the Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine’s National Board of Directors and State Presidents’ Council. Learn more
Marty Strong
Chief Executive Officer
Marty Strong
Chief Executive Officer
Marty Strong is a retired Navy SEAL combat veteran and has been a CEO for over a decade. He serves on the board of BEST Robotics, Inc, and Legacy Care’s ESOP board of directors. He is a creativity and leadership consultant, motivational speaker, and the author of nine novels and three business leadership books; Be Nimble: How the Creative Navy SEAL Mindset Wins on the Battlefield and in Business released in January 2022 , Be Visionary: Strategic Leadership in the Age of Optimization, released January 2023, and Be Different: How Navy SEALs and Entrepreneurs Bend, Break, or Ignore the Rules to Get Results!, due for release in Summer of 2024.
Marty discovered a small post-acute focus practice group that became Legacy Care in the Richmond market in 2016. The ESOP purchased the company which had one employee and less than 30 client facilities. Over time Legacy Care has grown and expanded throughout Virginia and into adjacent states, focusing on quality care outcomes, the happiness of our providers, and playing the role of strategic partner to our clients. Marty assumed the leadership of Legacy Care February 1st, 2024, after the well-deserved retirement of his exceptional predecessor.
Shannon Roberts
Chief Operating Officer
Shannon Roberts
Chief Operating Officer
Shannon Roberts is a dedicated operational executive with over 20 years of comprehensive competent and insightful leadership experience including recruitment and retention, conflict resolution, change management, labor relations, payroll, operations, organizational design, financial operations, banking operations, and benefits administration. She has years of proven experience collaborating with senior management and the ESOP board of directors and was recently added to that governance body. Shannon works with the CEO to design and execute strategic plans in order to support and further corporate goals. Shannon is also adept at understanding the nuances of corporate risk mitigation, employing legal and insurance tools and methods to do so successfully. Shannon had many years of experience in labor relations, human capital management, logistics, and a whole host of other business tasks before joining us in 2017. She has a Masters of Urban Education degree and a Bachelor of Science degree in Psychology.
Danny Felty, MD
Chief Medical Officer
Danny Felty, MD
Chief Medical Officer
Dr. Felty is a practicing family medicine physician and current medical director of several long-term care facilities in Virginia. Renowned for his expertise in post-acute care, recently Dr. Felty was appointed to serve on the Governor of Virginia’s COVID-19 Long-Term Care Facility Task Force.
Throughout his distinguished medical career, Dr. Felty has cared for thousands of patients in private practice, acute care and post-acute care settings. In 2017, he joined LGS Legacy Care, maintaining both an administrative leadership position and clinical medical directorships for several post-acute care centers.
Dr. Felty serves as president of the state chapter for the Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine. In this role, he is actively engaged with issues at the national level. Dr. Felty also is a member and fellow of the American Academy of Family Physicians. Additionally, he is a member of the Virginia Academy of Family Physicians.
A distinguished graduate of Virginia Military Institute, Dr. Felty earned his Bachelor’s of Science degree in biology with a minor in psychology. He then earned a doctor of medicine degree from the Medical College of Virginia at Virginia Commonwealth University where he also completed his residency.
Dr. Felty and his wife, Heather, are both healthcare professionals. Together, they are very active in their church, serving in several capacities to support the faith-based community in Richmond, Virginia. The pair are the proud parents of their sons Sam and Eli. As a family, they enjoy numerous outdoor activities such as golf, boating on the river and mountain biking.
Beth Burke
Senior VP Business Development
Beth Burke
Senior Vice President Business Development
Beth is responsible for managing and directing the strategic and operational growth of Legacy Care as well as responsible for ongoing provider and client relationship management. Her dynamic nature is compelling and her knowledge of the Mid-Atlantic post-acute market is impressive. Beth reports to the COO and CEO to design new market penetration campaigns as well as crafting the Legacy Care brand promise.
Beth’s background pulls from education, having dedicated more than fifteen years to teaching and administration in several public and private school systems across the United States.
After transitioning into healthcare, her educational roots now influence her strong dedication to staff development, continuing education and team building. In fact, soon after she joined Legacy Care in 2016, she and the medical group’s Chief Medical Officer created a new customer relationship and recruitment program.
Beth earned a Bachelor’s of Science in education from William Jewell College and a master of education and administration from the University of Missouri-Kansas City.
In her spare time when she is not at her sons’ lacrosse games, Beth is an avid runner, musician, cook and watercolor painter.
Julie Miller, AGPCNP-C
Senior VP Performance Standards
Julie Miller, AGPCNP-C
Senior Vice President Performance Standards
Julie Miller was born on Nurse’s Day. So, it is little surprise her career path led her to become a nurse practitioner.
Her background in medicine spans more than 20 years, delivering care to patients in healthcare systems and post-acute care facilities around the nation. Julie spent many years working in critical intensive care units, specializing in cardiac surgical care and neurology. She is responsible for quality control and compliance across the company’s operations with a focus on improving individual and team performance as well as the company overall.
Julie joined Legacy Care in 2018, starting out as an independent nurse practitioner caring for patients in post-acute facilities and assisted living centers. She transitioned into training and education, where she now leads the medical group’s credentialing, onboarding, and continuing education program.
Board-certified as an adult geriatric primary care nurse, Julie earned a Master’s degree in Adult and Geriatric Nursing from the University of Cincinnati in 2016. She earned a Bachelor’s of Science in nursing with honors from the University of Phoenix in Tampa.
Traci Lopez
Director of Revenue Cycle Management
Traci Lopez
Director of Revenue Cycle Management
Traci Lopez serves as the Director of Revenue Cycle Management. She has deep experience in this arena, having more than two decades of experience.
After joining Legacy Care in 2017, Traci received several promotions. She first served as a credentialing specialist, then was promoted to credentialing manager prior to her most recent leadership position.
When she’s away from work, Traci enjoys gardening and spending time with her Dachshunds and family.
Jan Fentress
Regional Director of Operations
Jan Fentress
Regional Director of Operations
Jan has worked as a recruiter in the medical industry for the past several years serving clients and partners across the Southeastern Region of Virginia.
She joined Legacy Care in 2018. In her current role, Jan is responsible for leading business development in addition to growing and maintaining client and provider relationships.
Prior to entering the healthcare field, Jan worked in restaurant management and operations. She also is a founder of a Virginia Beach-based gas and plumbing company, overseeing its accounting and marketing activities.
Jan earned an Associate of Arts degree from Peace College in Raleigh, NC, and a bachelor of fine arts and minor in art history from Salem College in Winston-Salem, NC.
In her free time, Jan likes to paint and workout. She said the best job she’s ever had is being a mom to her daughter Charlotte and son Josh.
Heather Cleveland
Director of Recruiting
Heather Cleveland
Talent Acquisition Team Lead Heather’s distinguished career includes an extensive background in sales and recruiting, including managing large territories in competitive markets. Specializing in healthcare, she has successfully recruited for long-term care facilities in 18 states, in both rural and urban locations. Heather also has secured top candidates for multiple lines of ancillary care including dentistry, podiatry, optometry, audiology and behavioral health. Heather is motived by her passion for finding the right person for each opportunity. Her career path expertise includes healthcare recruiting, credentialing, onboarding and training and more. In her free time, Heather enjoys traveling and spending time with family and friends.Patty Rosati
Senior Medical Recruiter
Patty Rosati
Senior Medical Recruiter
Patty serves as a Client and Provider Success Coordinator, bringing over 12 years of senior recruiting experience to the team. Specializing in healthcare recruitment, her areas of expertise include candidate sourcing and screening.
Before joining Legacy Care in 2020, Patty served as a senior recruiter for TeamHealth, recruiting for several services including emergency medicine, hospitalists and advanced care providers.
When she is not working, Patty enjoys spending time with family and friends.
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