Leadership
Board Members
President – Timeka Hunt
Amta.texas.president26@gmail.com
President Position Description
Timeka, LMT, MTI, CLT, COTA/L, has been a LMT for 20 years while specializing in clinical assessment and functional pain management techniques. With a background as a COTA/L and former Director of Rehabilitation, she’s known for organization, connection, and bringing people together. She is also a Certified Lymphedema Therapist trained in Complete Decongestive Therapy. Based in the Houston area for the past 10 years having graduated from Concorde Career College she has found her niche in massage and bodywork. Timeka served as an AMTA Texas board member for three years prior to being elected President. She is excited to honor the legacy of previous presidents while helping elevate the future of the chapter and its members. In her free time, she enjoys quality time with her 2 children. She is a perpetual learner and likes outdoor activities and game nights.
Financial Administrator – Susanne Luckey-Rimberg
Financial Administrator Position Description
Susanne Luckey-Rimberg is a Licensed Massage Therapist of 20+ years, Massage Therapy Instructor and a Doula. She has had a career in massage since 2001, with clients all over the world. Susanne has a passion for therapeutic massage and helping people live more functional and pain free lives. She currently teaches at an accredited massage school in Killeen, TX. Susanne brought her practice to Belton, Texas in 2013 from Raleigh,NC and has found this to be where she wants to plant her roots. In April of 2022, Susanne made the decision to expand from a single massage therapist to opening a place where her graduates could find a safe place to start their careers. In 2022, while attending the Ohio National AMTA Conference, the bug (or lobster bisque) bit her to become a volunteer for the AMTA. She serves as a Regional Coordinator for the AMTA TX Heart of Texas Region and was recently the Election Chair. She is looking forward to growing the AMTA TX Chapter in her new role as School Liaison Chair.
First Board Member – Kacie Owens
Amtatx.1stboardmember@gmail.com
Board Member Position Description
I have been an LMT since 2007 and a Massage Therapy Instructor since 2018! I have lived and worked in Central Texas for my entire career! I have a passion for the Massage industry and love learning new modalities.
Second Board Member – Daniel Garcia
Board Member Position Description
I am a performance recovery strategist and founder of Function Care, PLLC , a results-driven sports recovery and musculoskeletal care practice serving the Dallas–Fort Worth market. With over three decades of progressive leadership in performance medicine and hands-on clinical care, I have built and refined rapid-treatment systems designed to restore mobility, accelerate recovery, and optimize athletic performance. My expertise includes Active Release Techniques and advanced soft tissue methodologies integrated into scalable clinical models. I have affiliations and work with professional athletic organizations like the Dallas Cowboys, Dallas Stars, and the Dallas Mavericks.
My experience spans professional, collegiate, and youth athletics, providing me with unique insight into athlete psychology, compliance strategy, injury prevention systems, and operational
efficiency within high-performance environments.
As an AMTA TX board member, I offer a combination of clinical depth, founder-operator perspective, market-facing insight, and forward-thinking integration across recovery technology, performance optimization, and musculoskeletal care systems. I am committed to advancing innovation and sustainable growth within the wellness and performance community.
Delegate – Amy Scottino
Amy graduated from the Sterling School of Massage in 2001 and has been practicing massage in various capacities ever since. Since launching her own practice in 2016, she has fully expressed her passion for Manual Lymphatic Drainage, Oncology Massage, and Zero Balancing, sharing her knowledge to enhance her clients’ health.
Over the years, Amy has trained in a wide range of massage techniques and earned her Massage Therapy Instructor License and Continuing Education Provider License. Most recently, she became a certified Zero Balancing Practitioner. Her true joy lies in using her extensive knowledge to help others.
Amy Scottino takes a gentle approach to the body, incorporating her diverse expertise to tailor each session to her clients’ unique needs.
Amy is a member of the Society for Oncology Massage (S4OM), the American Massage Therapy Association (AMTA), and the Zero Balancing Health Association (ZBHA). She has been an Elected AMTA Texas Chapter Board Member Delegate since 2024. She also holds licenses as a Massage Therapy Instructor and Continuing Education Provider and is a recognized education provider by NCBTMB. She co-owns the education company Emerald Bodywork Education.
Delegate – Gudjon Bergmann
Gudjon Bergmann is a licensed massage therapist (LMT), certified mindfulness coach, and experienced yoga teacher (E-RYT 500). He has been passionate about improving the human condition since his late teens. Gudjon owns and operates Mindful Hands Massage in San Marcos. Additionally, he has authored 30 books, coached hundreds of people, and taught yoga and stress management to thousands. Born in Iceland, he moved with his family to Texas in 2010 and became a U.S. Citizen in 2013.
Chair Positions
Education Chair – Michelle Burns
educationchair.amtatexas@gmail.com
Education Chair Position Description
MICHELLE BURNS, BSN, LMT, MTI, CEP, BCTMB, is a Licensed Massage Therapist, Massage Therapy Instructor and Continuing Education Provider with more than 25 years of experience in massage and over 20 years of experience as a Registered Nurse in surgical and intensive care. She is the founder and director of Advanced Holistic Healing Arts, a medical and clinical massage business that offers advanced training and continuing education for therapists. Ms. Burns believes in the benefits of both traditional medicine and complementary therapies, and works to incorporate both the science and art of techniques in her practice and in her classes. For the past 20 years she has focused on collaborating with traditional medical practitioners to support healing and recovery from illnesses and injury through bodywork, movement, and lymph drainage. She became the Education Chair for the Texas Chapter of the American Massage Therapy Association in 2019. To learn more about Ms. Burns, please visit her website at www.holistichealingarts.net.
Event Chair – Vacant
Details available when position is filled.
Government Relations – Russell Rust
Government Relations Chair Position Description
I am Russell Rust, your Government Relation chair, a position I have held since 2001. I have been practicing massage therapy since 1994 and opened my first massage school with my wife Kim in 1998. A massage therapist from 1986 to 2007 was called a registered massage therapist without a lot of privileges. I have worked to pass legislation giving the massage profession the same privileges today that other health care providers enjoy,now that we are Licensed Massage Therapists. I joined the AMTA in 1994 and have held pretty much every position (more than once). I take pride in being a massage therapist and an AMTA member and understand the history from where we started to where we are now and that would not have happened without volunteers and the AMTA Texas Chapter. My wife and I have dedicated ourselves to training massage therapists the right way to ensure our profession continues to advance in the eyes of the public. Together we have raised a soon to be biologist who will start PA school next year after graduation. The massage profession has allowed us the time to spend raising our beautiful daughter into the woman she is today.
State Convention Chair
Carly Thibodeaux
ctconventionchairamtatx@gmail.com
Hi, my name is Carly Thibodeaux and I am the State Convention Chair on the AMTA board for 2025-2026. I’m from Orange TX, a member of the Golden Triangle unit. I am the owner and sole Massage Therapist at Massage By Carly and am partnered with the top ranked Med Spa in my area. I have been a LMT since 2011 and absolutely LOVE what I do. I strongly believe in investing in yourself and investing in your clients. Therefore, I’m a huge advocate for education and have numerous certifications. My primary ones being my MMP (Medical Massage Practitioner) and AMMP (Advanced Medical Massage Practitioner). In my spare time I enjoy spending quality time with friends and family, dancing, listening to music and being in nature. I have been married to my husband since 2003, and one of our favorite activities to do together is going for rides in his Corvette.
Technology Chair – Sherry Scott, BS, MLA
technologychair.amtatx@gmail.com
Technology Chair Position Description
Highlights –
- 10+ years experience in professional pre-digital photo processing
- 15 years in media production and web development in higher education
- 10 years managing a development team and acting as a facilitator for wide ranging groups of constituents
- 17+ years as an independent designer/developer
Working in professional photo labs pre-digital, Sherry developed skills in image manipulation, eventually completing a Bachelor’s Degree in Photography. She also completed the Kodak Color Correction course, so she gets color, she REALLY gets color. As film began to phase out, Sherry found other ways to work in the creative field, moving into academia.
While managing media production and equipment for university classrooms she taught herself HTML, creating a website for her then employer, St. Edward’s University. She became their first webmaster, and for the next 11 years grew the web development team, learning skills as a manager. Her role in managing this very large site required training in facilitation skills in order to create a collaborative environment between site users, programmers, and audiences. Active listening, re-framing, and mind-mapping are the tools Sherry uses well.
Then in 2005 Sherry struck out on her own. Since then she has developed numerous websites, logos, illustrations, promotional products, and print pieces.
Volunteer Recruiting Chair
Arnetta Meekins
volunteerrecruiting.amtatx@gmail.com
Arnetta currently serves as Director of Corporate Wellness and has been a Licensed Massage Therapist since 1999 and a Massage Therapy Instructor since 2003. In 2023 she completed the Goldman Sachs 10K Small Businesses Program. She is passionate about impacting the Texas massage industry on various levels.