Our Team
Founding
Director
Lillian Beretta
Development
Director
Gabrielle Shepherd
609-502-4096
Program
Manager
Marla Cochran
615-502-0510
Executive Support Coordinator
Chelsea Brackett
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
Angelo Roman
President of the Board
Owner, Roman Wealth Management
Rev. Andrew Wharton
Vice-President of the Board
Lead Pastor, The Church at Pleasant Grove
Sharon Smith
Board Secretary
Executive Board Member
Ashok Sudarshan
Board Treasurer
COO, Spiras Health, Nashville, TN
Robert Dougherty
Executive Board Member
President/Group Publisher, Scholars in Medicine
Beth Ober
Board Member
Universal Banker, Truist Bank
Gloria Andreozzi
Executive Board Member
Specialist Sales, AP Branded Solution
Mark Wasko
Board Member
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Donnie Andreozzi
Purchasing Manager,
Hilton Nashville Downtown
Nadine Oglesby
Board Member
Non-Profit Fundraising Consultant
Beth Roman
Board Member
Fundraising Co-chair
Lynn Turner
Board Member
Senior Project Manager, Schneider Electric
Cayce Ray, RN
Board Member
RN, BSN, Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Erin Morris Huttlinger
Board Member
Owner, Morris Public Relations
Ken Schnarrs
CFO, Regent Holding Companies
Advisory Council
Advisory Council 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 Council and grateful for the contribution of it's members.
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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
Candice Lee, MD
Thoracic and Cardiac Surgeon,
Allegheny General Hospital
Jennifer Gray
Senior Medical Science Liason, CareDx
Yancy Belcher, Esq.
Owner, Law Office of Yancy Belcher
Jason Ridgel
Entrepreneur, Community Activist &
Owner of Guidance Whiskey
Keith Troupe
Owner, CEO
Be Appsolute
Duc Nguyen, MD
Cardiothoracic Surgery Specialist,
Tristar Centennial Medical Center
Gabrielle Inks
Heart Transplant Coordinator at Allegheny Health Network
Frank Fish, MD
Pediatric Cardiologist at Vanderbilt
University Medical Center
Lisa Allen
Certified School Nurse for North Allegheny School district and a member of National Association of School Nurses
Joey Beretta
Owner, Nightly, LLC
Tom Huey
Major Gifts Officer,
University of Pittsburgh
Samantha Beretta, MS, LPC-MHSP
Owner, Samantha Beretta Counseling
Travis Terrell
Soundstripe, Founder, Co-CEO
Heather Blum
Owner, Petagogy
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