MEET THE TEAM

CHRISTY
MISTR

Christine R. Mistr (“Christy”) is a tax attorney, CPA, and CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ / CFP® who assists clients in all forms of business management, tax, financial planning, investment, and estate planning issues. Immediately prior to forming Dominion Financial Consultants, Christy served for almost five years as tax counsel for the U.S. Senate Committee on Finance.

APRIL
DISEGNA

April DiSegna is a senior tax accountant for Dominion Financial Consultants. April has nearly 15 years of experience in public accounting and earned her bachelor’s degree in accounting from Florida Atlantic University. Prior to moving to Virginia, April practiced in Florida with Hill, Barth & King, LLC and then worked as a Financial Analyst for Seacoast National Bank. April brings significant tax and accounting experience to Dominion Financial and is an integral part of our tax team.

BRIDGETTE COLLIGAN

Bridgette Colligan has worked for Dominion Financial Consultants and a number of our clients on and off since June of 2014. Bridgette provides the highest level of client service inside and outside the firm in all of the various roles that she undertakes and has supervised some of the largest data management projects undertaken by the firm since inception.

CATHY MCCOMB

Catherine McComb (“Cathy”) is a Certified Public Accountant with more than thirteen years of private practice experience. After graduating from the University of Minnesota in 2007 with a Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting, Cathy joined a highly-regarded Minneapolis tax and accounting firm, Olsen Thielen & Co, where she grounded her education through excellent training in the taxation of corporations, partnerships and nonprofits.

COURTNEY
HICKERSON

Courtney supports Dominion Financial Consultants in all aspects of firm administration, data management, and filing systems. Before coming to work for Dominion, Courtney gained experience through her work as an office clerk at Jackson Hole resort.

DAISSAN
COLBERT

Daissan Colbert is a Certified Public Accountant with higher education, nonprofit and public company audit and accounting experience. She oversees financial reporting, payroll, budget, accounts payable and accounts receivable functions. Daissan received her MBA and her bachelor’s in accounting and finance, cum laude, from Georgetown University.

ERIN KANE

Erin Kane is a Certified Public Accountant with over twenty-five years of experience in a variety of industries. Erin graduated from James Madison University with a Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting. She began her career as a nonprofit auditor for a small public accounting firm. She spent more than a decade as a corporate financial controller for a larger government contractor and several years as an accounting manager for a retail florist. From 2006 to 2020, Erin managed her own practice providing accounting support to small business owners.

JUSTIN DOBAK

Justin Dobak joined Dominion in the Fall of 2020 and is a recent graduate of Marymount University, earning a Bachelor of Business Administration with a major in Finance. Justin is joining the team that provides investment management services and financial planning services to our clients but has already provided support to Dominion in a wide range of areas.

KATHARINE
STEINMETZ

Katharine Steinmetz (“Katie”) supports Dominion Financial Consultants on a part-time basis, providing accounting services to many of Dominion’s clients. Past experience includes administrative and bookkeeping work for Winchester Dentistry and RE/MAX Roots Realty. Katie earned her associate degree in Business Administration from Lord Fairfax Community College in Virginia.

MARYELAINE BOLAND

MaryElaine Boland supports Dominion in financial planning, budgeting, and cash management. Complementary to that work, MaryElaine serves the firm’s investment advisory clients in her role as a paraprofessional and as part of the investment compliance team. Through her role with DFC, MaryElaine hopes to grow her financial planning knowledge base and eventually obtain her Series 65 license as well as become a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ / CFP®. MaryElaine first join joined Dominion as a student intern in 2018 and has since earned a position as a full-time employee upon graduation from Florida Atlantic University in 2020.

RACHELLE KNEPPER

Rachelle joined DFC with over 20 years of accounting experience. She earned her B.A. in Accounting from the University of West Florida and her MBA from Old Dominion University. Prior to joining DFC, she worked for 10 years as a senior accountant for American Funds in various capacities of accounting, finance and trade operations. She also has several years of senior accounting experience working for Sharp Healthcare and auditing experience working for SouthTrust Bank (now Wachovia).

SAMANTHA
WILNER

Samantha Wilner (“Sami”) supports Dominion Financial Consultants on a part-time basis providing accounting services to many of Dominion’s small business clients. In addition to accounting services, Sami provides business support services including management of accounts payable, accounts receivable, and invoicing.

SHANNON
RAMSEY

Shannon supports the administrative and accounting teams at Dominion, performing services which include internal and client invoicing, payroll, bill pay, and monthly reconciliation for various clients. Prior to working with Dominion, Shannon earned six years of experience working in attorney offices.