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.
Contact:
615-852-7804
dshepherd@thejoeberettafoundation.com
Davey Shepherd
Our highly engaged board is made up of experts in the fields of:
Medicine | VADs | Social Work | Nonprofit Management | Fundraising | Finance | Marketing
board of directors



Lillian Beretta
President of the Board
Nominating Committee Chair
Executive Board Member
Rev. Andrew Wharton
Vice-President of the Board
Program Committee Chair
Executive Board Member
Lead Pastor, The Church at Pleasant Grove
Gabrielle Shepherd
Board Secretary
Executive Board Member
Operations Manager, BF Group

Ken Schnarrs
Board Treasurer
Finance Committee Chair
Executive Board Member
CFO, Regent Holding Companies

Angelo Roman
Fundraising Committee Chair
Executive Board Member
President/Owner, Roman Wealth Management, LLC

Robert Dougherty
Marketing Committee Chair
Executive Board Member
President/Group Publisher, Matrix Medical Communications

Gloria Andreozzi
Executive Board Member
Specialist Sales, AP Branded Solution

Joey Beretta
Board Member
Owner, Nightly, LLC

Samantha Beretta, MS, LPC-MHSP
Board Member
Owner, Samantha Beretta Counseling

Nadine Oglesby
Board Member
Non-Profit Fundraising Consultant

Beth Roman
Board Member
Fundraising Co-chair

Gerard Yanuzzi
Board Member
Marketer, BBB Industries, LLC

Cayce Ray, RN
Board Member
RN, BSN, Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Erin Morris Huttlinger
Board Member
Owner, Morris Public Relations

Lynn Turner
Board Member
Marketing Committee
Senior Project Manager, Schneider Electric

Albert Jones
Board Member
Performance Improvement-SWAT Team Director at HCA Healthcare


Sharon Smith
Board Member
Operations Manager, The Smith House at
The Standard
Yancy Belcher, Esq.
Board Member
Owner, Law Office of Yancy Belcher
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Carrie Burdy
Board Member
General Manager, J.C. Mottinger Assoc., Inc.

Marla Cochran
Board Member
Marketing Committee
Associate Executive Director, M3 Events



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.
Advisory board
Ashish S. Shah, MD
Surgical Director of Heart Transplant
and Mechanical Support at Vanderbilt
University Medical Center
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