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
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
Fundraising Committee Co-Chair
Executive Board Member
Rev. Andrew Wharton
Vice-President of the Board
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
Operations Director
Fundraising Committee Co-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 Standard at
The Smith House
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
Mark Wasko
Board Member
Dan Roman
Board Member
Operations Manager, Target
Donnie Andreozzi
Purchasing Manager,
Hilton Nashville Downtown
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
Candice Lee, MD
Thoracic and Cardiac Surgeon,
Allegheny General Hospital
Jason Ridgel
Entrepreneur, Community Activist &
Owner of Guidance Whiskey
Jennifer Gray
Senior Medical Science Liason, CareDx
Duc Nguyen, MD
Cardiothoracic Surgery Specialist,
Tristar Centennial Medical Center
Keith Troupe
Owner, CEO
Be Appsolute
Susan Orr
Public Relations & Outreach Liaison,
Veterans Place of Washington Boulevard
Gabrielle Inks
Heart Transplant Coordinator at Allegheny Health Network
Frank Fish, MD
Pediatric Cardiologist at Vanderbilt
University Medical Center
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