Dr. Stephen Covert-Chair of the Board of Directors
Dr. Stephen Covert proudly serves as the principal at Pine View School in Sarasota, FL, and as an adjunct faculty member at the University of South Florida.  He and his wife, Cara, a teacher with Sarasota County Schools, are parents to four wonderful Pine View students.  As an educator for over 30 years, Dr. Covert is committed to making a positive difference in the lives of his students and in the community he serves. In 2022, D... read more

Bob Trisolini Vice-Chairman
Bob Trisolini, resides on Longboat Key and has worked with CAN for the past 16 years. He was the founder and CEO of The West Bank Creative, a Business Theater Agency in the NYC area, with his husband Bob Nosal. Bob has had the privilege of working with Sammy Davis Jr., Howie Mandell, Rita Rudner, David Brenner, Beth Fowler, and the cast of many Broadway shows, while directing and producing corporate events. He was Associate Producer... read more

Robert D. Nosal-Secretary
Bob Nosal of Longboat Key is thrilled to be on the board for CAN. He has been involved with their fundraising campaigns especially CANDance for the past fourteen years. He has worked on numerous shows over the years with his husband Bob Trisolini. Their work consisted of creating The West Bank Creative, a Business Theater Agency in the NYC area. Bob worked on major projects for Walt Disney Entertainment, Celebrity Cruise Lines and B... read more

John Devlin-Treasurer
John is a Finance executive with over 25 years of experience covering Healthcare, Supply Chain, R&D and Private Equity. Having served in numerous leadership roles covering a broad spectrum of knowledge, he brings a wide range of functional expertise in Finance, problem solving, organizational operations, and Strategy implementation. He is currently SVP/CFO of Physician Practices with US Radiology Specialists, a PE backed health... read more

Thomas A. D’Eletto, MD
Thomas A. D’Eletto is a medical and business professional with experience in clinical medicine, pharmaceutical drug development and medical affairs. Dr. D’Eletto is board certified in internal medicine and pulmonary diseases; he has also maintained a hospital-based inpatient and outpatient practice in internal medicine, pulmonary diseases and critical medicine. He has held the position of assistant professor of medicine and was ... read more

Meadow Walker-Assistant Secretary
Meadow Walker has worked with community agencies and faith communities with the purpose to educate and help meet the needs of the community since a young adult. Meadow has eighteen years of counseling experience working with co-occurring clients to help them explore and process their disease of addiction and mental health issues holistically. She has a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology, Master of Arts in Counseling – Emphasis: P... read more

Jackie Rogers
Jackie Rogers has been a Co-Chair of CAN’s gala CANDance for over 10 years and is actively involved in the Sarasota community, working professionally as a producer and marketing consultant nationwide.... read more

Derrick DeSilva, MD
Dr. Derrick DeSilva has been seeing patients for the past 31 years as a Dr. of Internal Medicine.  His focus has always been in bring together Eastern and Western medicine and giving his patients “The Best of Both Worlds”. For the past 15+ years his passion has been in the field of Anti-Aging or Optimal Aging medicine as he like to call it. His five points of wellness includes, the food we eat, bio-identical hormones, our activ... read more

Thomas Laughery
Tom is a former pharmaceutical executive with 30 years of experience across marketing, sales, enterprise services and project leadership, with 16 years of that time spent working in HIV. Having served in several senior executive roles, he brings a broad range of functional expertise as well as HIV experience in international markets including Western and Eastern Europe, Africa, Asia, South America, and Australia. Most recently, Tom... read more

Joshua Rogers, JD MBA
Joshua Rogers is an attorney and currently serves as general counsel for StateServ Medical. His practice has focused on healthcare law, mostly in the pharmacy benefit management and 340B space. Having served as general counsel for multiple organizations, his practice includes all aspects of corporate needs.... read more

Gerald J. Janis, Jr-Assistant Treasurer of the Board of Directors
Jerry is a Director with Clarkston Consulting where he offers invaluable insights to Life Sciences and healthcare leadership teams to define and implement a strategic vision that ultimately drives value to their organizations and their respective stakeholders including healthcare providers, business partners, patients, and communities served.  Jerry's wealth of experience in healthcare, strategic planning, and IT transformation... read more