our team
Executive Director
Davey has served as the executive director of The Joe Beretta Foundation since it's establishment in 2016. Davey brings more than a decade of experience in non-profit work to his role overseeing the administration, programming and strategic plan of TJBF.
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Contact:
615-852-7804
Davey Shepherd
Our highly engaged board is made up of experts in the fields of:
​Medicine | VADs | Social Work | Nonprofit Management | Fundraising | Finance | Marketing
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board of directors
Lillian Beretta
President of the Board
Nominating Committee Chair
Executive Board Member
Ken Schnarrs
Board Treasurer
Finance Committee Chair
Executive Board Member
Gloria Andreozzi
Executive Board Member
Rev. Andrew Wharton
Vice-President of the Board
Program Committee Chair
Executive Board Member
Angelo Roman
Fundraising Committee Chair
Executive Board Member
Joey Beretta
Board Member
Gabrielle Shepherd
Board Secretary
Executive Board Member
Robert Dougherty
Marketing Committee Chair
Executive Board Member
Samantha Beretta, MS, LPC-MHSP
Board Member
Nadine Oglesby
Board Member
Beth Roman
Board Member
Gerard Yanuzzi
Board Member
Cayce Ray, RN
Board Member
Albert Jones
Board Member
Erin Morris Huttlinger
Board Member
Tim Spuler
Board Member
Sharon Smith
Board Member
Yancy Belcher, Esq.
Board Member
Carrie Burdy
Board Member
Advisory Board Members offer steering, direction, and insight to the mission and activities of the Foundation. We're proud of the level of expertise represented on our Advisory Board and grateful for the contribution of it's members.
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Advisory board
Ashish S. Shah, MD
Surgical Director of Heart Transplant
and Mechanical Support at Vanderbilt
University Medical Center
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Michael Mathier, MD
Director of the Heart failure and Pulmonary Hypertension program at University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Scott C. Silvestry, MD
Surgical Director of Thoracic Transplant
AdventHealth Transplant Institute