Our Team
Executive
Director
Lillian Beretta
Development
Director
Gabrielle Shepherd
609-502-4096
Program
Director
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
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
CEO, Healthcare Strategies, Nashville, TN
Robert Dougherty
Executive Board Member
President/Group Publisher, Scholars in Medicine
Beth Ober
Board Member
Housing Supervisor, Family House Inc.
Kevin New
Board Member
Owner, Painter Ready
Mark Wasko
Board Member
Account Manager & Sales Leader
Donnie Andreozzi
Purchasing Manager,
Hilton Nashville Downtown
Nadine Oglesby
Board Member
Non-Profit Fundraising Consultant
Beth Roman
Board Member
Lynn Turner
Board Member
Retired 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
Dr. Jonathan Menachem
Board Member
Associate Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Ran Carthon
Board Member
Football Executive
Kirbee Miller
Entrepreneur, Author, Speaker & REALTOR®
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.
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
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
Samantha Beretta, MS, LPC-MHSP
Owner, Samantha Beretta Counseling
Travis Terrell
Soundstripe, Founder, Co-CEO
Tom Huey
Major Gifts Officer,
University of Pittsburgh
Heather Blum
Owner, Petagogy
Dana Hester
Executive Director of Habitat for Humanity of Simpson County, KY
Ken Schnarrs
CFO, Regent Holding Companies
Glenn Rockwood
CFO, Heart Brothers Foundation
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