HEP Leadership

Now retired, Mr. Beauchamp offers an extensive background in the health care industry having served Morton Plant Mease Health Care as President and CEO for over a decade. He led many strategic planning initiatives within the hospital, which allowed the organization to undertake remarkable growth. He also established the Morton Plant Mease Physicians Advisory Council, providing a forum for the hospital and its physicians to discuss future health care challenges as a collaborative team.

In addition to his career with Morton Plant Mease, Mr. Beauchamp was president and CEO of Sarasota Memorial Hospital as well as ImageAmerica, and has served a number of organizations throughout Florida including Ruth Eckerd Hall, American Red Cross of Tampa Bay, the Clearwater Chamber of Commerce and HEP. Mr. Beauchamp held the rank of captain in the U.S. Army Medical Service Corps.

Mr. Beauchamp holds a Bachelor’s Degree from the University of Rhode Island. He earned a Master of Hospital and Health Care Administration from the University of Minnesota where he received the American Surgical Trade Association Award for highest academic average in Public Health.

He serves on the following HEP Board committees: Executive, Quality & Outcomes, and Resource Development. He is an active member of his church and enjoys spending time with his family.

Nancy is newly retired from here position with ProVise Management Group LLC where she she spent the last 24 year’s of her career in Finance.  Nancy is a Certified Financial Planner profession with over 30 years of business and financial planning experience. She graduated from Florida State University and then went on to receive an MBA with an emphasis in finance and accounting from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Prior to her career at ProVise, she was a shareholder and Controller for a privately held company in Northern California responsible for accounting, claims and customer service.

Nancy is a former member of both the Financial Planning Association of Tampa Bay and served on the Board of Directors for over five years, and the North Carolina Certified Public Accountants. She has served on the HEP Board since 2019, as well as the Chairman of the Resource Committee overseeing the organizations fundraising efforts. Nancy is also active in many other planning and charitable organizations such as, Women in Philanthropy, Pinellas County Estate Planning Council, Morton Plant Mease Health Care Foundation Planned Giving Advisory Council, Empath/Suncoast Hospice Foundation Professional Partners Council, 100 Women Who Care, and Dunedin Fine Art Center Planned Giving Committee.

Nancy lives in Tarpon Springs with her husband Bob, and has one daughter, Kathleen, who is a veterinarian in Savannah, Georgia. Nancy and her daughter are both passionate animal lovers and have fostered kittens for the Humane Society of Pinellas County and the Suncoast Animal League for over five years. Nancy enjoys playing golf, hiking, reading and traveling.

Eric is the President of ProVise Management LLC and joined the group in 2000 after five years managing the financial assets of a Tampa entrepreneur and his family. He has experience in estate planning and charitable giving as well as managing equity and fixed income investment portfolios. A CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ professional, Eric also earned a Master’s in Business Administration from Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business and a BA in Economics from Hamilton College.

Eric presently serves on the board at The Forman School, a Connecticut college prep boarding school that teaches bright students who learn differently and joined the HEP Board of Directors in 2019. He recently completed a term as a member of the Charles Schwab Advisor Services Advisory Board. He was a gubernatorial appointee and vice chairman of the District 6 Community Health Purchasing Alliance and a past member of the board of The Spring of Tampa Bay and The Community Foundation of Tampa Bay’s Professional Advisory Committee. He also completed the Leadership Tampa program.

Prior to entering the financial advisory field nearly two decades ago, Eric worked for IBM in San Francisco and Tampa, and was Sports Editor for a Connecticut newspaper. He and his wife, Blythe, live in Tampa with their two sons.

Adam, a third generation member of Bouchard Insurance, joined the organization in April 2006.  Prior to our merger with Marsh & McLennan Agency in February 2019, Adam was part of the majority ownership group and Board of Directors of Bouchard.   

Adam’s role with the agency involves working directly with the clients and prospective clients of Bouchard to develop innovative risk management and insurance solutions.   

 Prior to this role, Adam was in the agency’s Marketing Department, where he worked with Bouchard’s many insurance company partners to structure and negotiate coverage for our clients.  Before joining Bouchard Insurance, Adam worked in the banking industry with AmSouth Bank in Jacksonville, Florida, where he specialized in consumer lending.   

 Adam earned a Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Administration from the University of Florida, and has since earned the professional insurance designation of Accredited Advisor in Insurance (AAI).  He is currently working towards the completion of his Chartered Property and Casualty Underwriter (CPCU) designation.   

 Adam is a board member and strong supporter of The Homeless Empowerment Program (HEP) in Clearwater, and is a graduate of Leadership Pinellas.  He is active and involved in several trade associations that support the interest of our clients in both the PEO and the nonprofit industry.  A native of Pinellas County, Adam currently lives in Clearwater with his wife Amy and his two daughters. 

Mr. Biddinger offers an extensive background in the financial industry with over 35 years of experience. He was the founder, Chairman and CEO of Sun Financial, and previously founded and led Sun Financial Group as well as Bay4Capital. Mr. Biddinger has also served as President and CEO to GATX Technology Finance, Inc. and to GE Technology Finance.

As a founder of Kenyon Energy – a provider of sustainable energy services specializing in the development, construction and successful operation of solar facilities across the nation – Mr. Biddinger currently serves as the company Chairman.

In addition, Mr. Biddinger serves as Chairman/Managing Partner of the Biddinger Family Foundation and his family partnership Tomstemark, LP.  He has served as a Board Member to Florida Doctors Insurance Company, CMR Associates, LLC, and Florida Banks, Inc., and is a member of the Society of International Business Fellows (SIBF).

Mr. Biddinger earned his BS in Business Administration from Rollins College, and has three sons.

Haley is the Co-President of FrankCrum, a company that offers professional employer services to businesses of all sizes. FrankCrum provides payroll and tax solutions, workers’ compensation insurance, employee benefits, HR support, risk management, compliance guidance and commercial insurance. Her career at FrankCrum started when she began working as a Customer Care Representative while studying for her Bachelor’s degree in Business Management from Eckerd College, St. Petersburg, FL.

Haley also leads FrankCrum Staffing as President, an enterprise that has served both hiring managers and job seekers for more than 39 years. Haley earned her law degree from Stetson University College of Law and serves as in-house counsel. She is a member of National Association of Professional Employer Organizations (NAPEO) Board of Directors, as well as a member of Florida Association of Professional Employer Organizations (FAPEO) and the American Staffing Association (ASA). Haley is very involved in the community, and is Chairperson of HEP’s Board of Directors.  Haley lives in Palm Harbor with her wife Shelby and their two children.

A former police officer with the Clearwater Police Department, Mrs. Fyfe has dedicated her life to philanthropic projects within her community. She is a founding member of HEP, having written and produced the necessary documents to allow HEP to classify as a 501c3 nonprofit organization within the State of Florida. She has also served as a volunteer director of Kids Who Care, which consists of youth-volunteers aged 12-18 who dedicate hours towards helping to meet the needs of low-income and homeless people.

Mrs. Fyfe is a committed and active member of Everybody’s Tabernacle, a non-denominational community church in Clearwater, which helps to support the HEP mission. She dedicates much of her time to Everybody’s Tabernacle Sunday School, which welcomes all ages of children and adults. Sharing her love of music, Mrs. Fyfe has been a member of the traveling Abundant Life Choral Group, performing gospel songs at public meetings and events. She has also worked with Plus One giving society, focused on empowering women and girls to make a difference in their community.

Mrs. Fyfe serves of the following HEP Board committees: Building & Grounds, Directors & Governance, and the Otis C. Green Memorial Golf Tournament Committee. She is also an Endowment Trustee. She resides in Dunedin, FL; she and her late husband Bruce Fyfe have a son, Alec.

Jennifer Garbowicz is the West Florida Market President for BNY Mellon Wealth Management. She oversees all aspects of the firm’s Wealth Management business in the Orlando, Tampa Bay, and Naples markets, including investment management, banking, lending, wealth planning, and fiduciary services for individuals, families, endowments, and foundations.   

Jennifer enjoyed a ten-year career in the healthcare industry and has almost two decades of wealth management experience. She previously served as Senior Vice President and Private Client Advisor with Bank of America Private Bank where she led a team of seasoned investment professionals, and prior to joining Bank of America was a principal at Sabal Trust, an independent trust and investment management firm. Jennifer’s background consists of managing portfolios including equities and fixed-income assets for high-net-worth individuals, trusts, and charitable organizations. She also served on the investment committee at Sabal and was responsible for developing new client relationships. Jennifer earned a B.A. degree in management at Eckerd College and an M.B.A. with a finance concentration at the University of Tampa. She is a graduate of the ABA National Trust School and completed a certificate program in leadership and strategic impact at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College. In addition, Jennifer Garbowicz is a CFA® charterholder and is a member of the CFA Institute.  

Passionate about her community, Jennifer has been involved with many non-profit organizations. She has served on the board of trustees of St. Anthony’s Hospital Foundation and American Stage Theatre Company, and currently serves as a board member of the Florida Holocaust Museum and Homeless Empowerment Program. In addition, she serves as chair of the Board of Trustees for HCA Florida St. Petersburg Hospital, and is on the advisory board of both Webtalk, Inc. and Airyvl. Jennifer is a past president of the board of directors of CFA® Society Tampa Bay and was elected by her peers through CFA® Institute as the chair of the Presidents Council after serving two consecutive terms as the Presidents Council Representative for the Southeastern U.S. Region. 

Carol Hague is a seasoned professional having lived and worked in Pinellas County for 50 plus years.  She was a legal administrator for 40 years, serving as Chief Operating Officer at Johnson Pope Bokor Ruppel & Burns, LLP for the last 22 years of her legal career.  She was an adjunct instructor at St. Petersburg College for 30 years and was instrumental in placing hundreds of students in career.  In 2013, as a Board member of the Chamber, Carol was instrumental in founding ACHIEVEHERS professional women’s group under the auspices of the Chamber.  ACHIEVEHERS legacy thrives to this day with the infusion of youthful talent and passion driving its evolution. In 2015 Carol left the legal profession and accepted the position of President/CEO of the Clearwater Regional Chamber of Commerce and served until her retirement at the end of 2019.  In retirement Carol serves as a volunteer Board Member for the NFPs: Jolley Trolley of Clearwater, Homeless Empowerment Program and West Coast Players.  She is also the support human to two miniature Schnauzers:  Skylark and Cooper.

Michael D. Kindt, is a Certified Financial Planner™ professional. Mike, formerly a partner in a national CPA firm, now non-practicing, brings 32 years of tax planning experience to Morgan Stanley. He acquired his Certified Financial Planner designation in 2003 to meet his clients’ financial and investment tax planning needs. Today, Mike pairs his CFP® education with his experience as a former CPA to analyze a client’s financial condition and provide proactive planning solutions.

Mike is a Florida native and holds a B.A. degree in Accounting from The University of South Florida. He also serves as a Board Member of Charity Works, Inc., a non-profit that aids charitable organizations in acquiring and managing their funding resources efficiently. He is a member of the American Institute of CPAs (AICPA) and the Florida Institute of CPAs. Mike and his wife of 34 years, Gina, reside in New Port Richey. They enjoy spending time with their 3 grown children and two grandchildren.

Mrs. Kirby is the Founder and President of Solutions for Life’s Events started in 2021 to help people get their life organized, and affairs in order.  Lanette was a client service specialist for ProVise Management Group, LLC for over 15 years. She is a Premier Program Investment Advisor, specializing in managing financial portfolios of premier clients.

Mrs. Kirby has been an HEP Board Member for more than a decade, and she serves as President of the Board at Everybody’s Tabernacle.

She received credentials as a Chartered Life Underwriter and a certificate of Paraplanner Development from the American College. Mrs. Kirby also earned credentials as a Registered Paraplanner from the College for Financial Planning in 2014.

Dedicated to serving her community, Mrs. Kirby began her time at HEP by volunteering with all fundraising events from the annual Otis Green & Bruce Fyfe Memorial Golf Tournament, the Renewing Hope on the Runway Fashion Show, and everything else in between. Mrs. Kirby received her Bachelor of Business Administration, majoring in International Business and Finance, from Ohio University. Born and raised in Ohio, Mrs. Kirby now resides in Oldsmar, Florida.

Reverend David McAbee, Senior Pastor of Everybody’s Tabernacle since 2005, has been involved with the church for over 52 years. Previously, Rev. McAbee served as the assistant pastor. Not only does he serve the church but he is also the President and Founder, along with his wife Patricia, of David McAbee’s Ministries created in 1989. David McAbee’s Ministries has served over 83 nursing homes throughout the years with words of encouragement and song.

Rev. McAbee is a founding member of HEP and his wife Patricia was is a longtime volunteer.

Reverend McAbee and his wife Patricia have one son, Ashryn.

A founding member of the firm in 1974, Wally has over 47 years of experience as a business civil trial lawyer. His associates voted him to be the most effective litigation trainer. The judges of the Pinellas County Circuit Court voted him the most professional civil trial lawyer in the circuit for the year 1999.
DISTINCTIONS & MEMBERSHIPS
Admitted to The Florida Bar in 1970
Admitted to U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida – 1970
Admitted to U.S. Supreme Court – 1975
Admitted to U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit – 1981
Admitted to U.S. District Court, Southern District of Florida 
– 1987
Admitted to U.S. District Court, Northern District of Florida – 1987
Admitted to U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida, Civil Mediator – 2007
Clearwater Bar Association, President, 1980-1981
Hillsborough County Bar Association Member
 St. Petersburg Bar Association Member
American Bar Association Member
The Best Lawyers in America© since 1991, in the fields of Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Litigation – Antitrust, Litigation – Labor and Employment, Litigation – Real Estate, Litigation and Controversy-Tax
Best Lawyers® “Lawyer of the Year”, 2013 Litigation Controversy-Tax,Tampa area
American Bar Association Member.  Former member of the Council of Litigation, and former Editor-in-Chief of Litigation, the journal of the Section of Litigation.
Member, Board of Governors of The Florida Bar, 1982-86
EDUCATION
University of Florida B.A. – 1962
Boston University A.M. – 1965
University of Florida J.D., with honors – 1969
WHEN HE’S NOT WORKING HARD FOR CLIENTS
Wally likes to get away to Colorado for some hiking, biking and music festivals.

Sharon Reid-Kane, Ed.D. serves as Vice President & Chief Education and Community Engagement Officer at Ruth Eckerd Hall, overseeing arts education programs currently reaching 58,000+ students of all ages and abilities throughout Tampa Bay. Prior to joining the Hall, Sharon served as a community relations specialist and educator within the state’s public school system and as Director of the United Way in Pinellas County. Throughout her career, she has been the recipient of several prestigious accolades including the Florida Alliance for Arts Education’s Arts Education Professional of the Year Award, the Juvenile Welfare Board’s Cooperman-Bogue Award for service to children and families, and has been nominated for the Tony Awards^® Excellence in Theatre Education Award and the Pinellas County Dillinger-McCabe “Putting Children First” Leadership Award. Most recently Sharon was named as a subject matter expert by Americans for the Arts.

With a doctoral degree in education specializing in arts education and integration, she is devoted to fostering the next generation of non-profit and arts leaders. Sharon shares her passions regularly as a guest speaker and instructor at colleges and universities about the immeasurable value of mission-driven work. Her personal background includes years of instruction and performance in all artistic genres, leading to a lifelong passion for the arts and arts education.

Dr. Shulman is board certified by the Board of Neurological Surgeons as well as a member of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons. Dr. Shulman specializes in both minimally invasive cranial and spinal neurosurgery. Her comprehensive practice emphasizes brain aneurysms, stroke, tumors, spinal disorders and chronic pain.  Dr. Shulman also focuses on spinal motion preservation as well as spinal disc restoration and outpatient spine surgery.

Dr. Carrie L. Shulman graduated from Georgetown University’s Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service before she was commissioned in the United States Army in 1994. Dr. Shulman studied medicine at the Howard University College of Medicine in Washington, DC and completed her neurosurgical training at the premier military hospital in the United States, Walter Reed Medical Center, the National Capital Consortium. She was promoted to Chief Resident and became the first female Army graduate from the program.

Dr. Shulman served as an active duty neurosurgeon in the United States Army and was awarded several distinctions for her extraordinary service, dedication and care of her patients. During her military service she served as the Neurosurgical Director for Operation Iraqi Freedom and oversaw neurosurgery throughout the Theater of Operations.

Dr. Shulman is board certified by the American Board of Neurological Surgeons as well as a member of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons. She specializes in minimally invasive brain and spine surgery.

 As a veteran, I am extremely proud of my service in the United States Military. Serving in the US Army for 16 years presented some of the most gratifying and challenging moments of my career. I am so fortunate to have served with some of the most talented and dedicated medical professionals our nation has to offer.  I take great pride in continuing to help our service men and women and their families recover from their injuries through my civilian practice. 

Born in a rural village in Germany, Kate Tiedemann immigrated to the United States at age 18, speaking no English and having no formal education beyond 8^th grade.   Her first job was on the household staff of New York Governor Thomas Dewey. Fortuitously, one of the clerical positions that followed was at a surgical instruments business that exposed her to what would be her career. When Storz sold, she and her boss launched an eye, ear, nose and throat division at Weck (which sold to Squibb). She then co-founded SPARTA (which sold to Cooper Labs).  In 1975 in the basement of her home in Denville, NJ, she founded KATENA Products whose name represents Kate in North America.  Assembling a team of skilled craftsman making over 1400 products and creating a multi-national sales force in over 100 countries, Katena set industry standards for product quality and excellence of customer service in ophthalmic instruments for eye surgery.   Katena sold in 2009 to the Cortec Group, a private equity firm.  Philanthropy has become her second career, funding the Katena Birthing Center at Saint Claire’s Hospital in Denville, establishing the Tiedemann Technology Fund at Morton Plant Mease in Clearwater and the Kate Tiedmann College of Business at USFSP.  She and her spouse, Ellen Cotton, continue to support numerous Tampa Bay charities with transformational gifts.

Thomas E. Whiddon, Retired. Former Advisory Director of Berkshire Partners, LLC (private equity firm), Boston, Mass., 2005 until his retirement in 2013, and served various Berkshire portfolio companies in an executive capacity on an interim basis. Board member since 2001. Chair of the Audit committee and member of the Corporate Governance and Nominating, and Executive Compensation committees.

In the past Mr. Whiddon was Executive Vice President-Logistics & Technology at Lowe’s Cos., Inc., Chief Financial Officer & Treasurer at Zale Corp., Advisory Director at Berkshire Partners LLC, Treasurer at Eckerd Corp. and Trustee at BayCare Health System, Inc.

Tom Whiddon is retired and lives in Bellaire. At the community level, Tom has been a Board of Trustee for the BayCare Health System Board of Directors and has served on the HEP Board of Directors since 2022. He is an active Volunteer at HEP in the Veterans Clubhouse and is also a member of HEP’s Finance Committee.

Thomas E. Whiddon received an undergraduate degree from The University of Alabama.

Barb has dedicated her entire life to going above and beyond for those less fortunate. From serving meals out of her home (still located on campus) before HEP’s kitchen was established, to cleaning the bathrooms of HEP’s very first dorms. Today, because of her hard work, HEP spans a beautiful 8-acre campus.

barbgreen@HEPempowers.org

See more of Barb’s story here.

Ashley holds a B.S. in Marketing from the University of South Florida – Kate Tiedemann College of Business, St. Petersburg. She graduated in 2012 and was a member of the National Honor Society. She is currently in pursuit of an MBA from USFSP-KTCOB.  Before assuming her current position with HEP in July 2017, Ashley served as Director of Development, Director of Marketing and Marketing Coordinator, where she was able to gain thorough understanding of the ins and outs of the organization.

Ashley is a past Achievements Director on the Board of Directors for Ad 2 Tampa Bay, a national club for young professionals in the advertising industry, as well as an Alum of Leadership Pinellas Class of 2016. She currently serves as a member on the Homeless Leadership Alliance’s Providers Council, serves as a Board Member for the Pinellas Continuum of Care, and is a member of the Steering Committee for AMPLIFY Clearwater’s AchieveHERS, a women’s networking group in Clearwater.

Ashley has a strong passion for fundraising, and considers herself fortunate to have the opportunity to dedicate her career to helping improve the lives of homeless individuals, veterans and families in our community.

In her free time, she enjoys CrossFit, cooking, the beach and traveling. Ashley and her husband Mat currently reside in Seminole with their sweet daughter, Estella

Zak holds a B.S. in Psychology from the University of South Florida. Before coming to HEP, Zak was a Practitioner in the Pinellas Ex-Offender Re-entry Coalition, assisting ex-offenders in obtaining employment, housing, and medical treatment services. Zak was also a Targeted Case Manager for Boley Centers for Behavioral Health, Inc., assessing the needs of clients to facilitate independence through treatment, training, education, and employment and housing opportunities. Zak loves working at HEP because of the collective positive impact the program has on its clients and the community. Zak is a member of the Homeless Leadership Board Provider’s Council.

Kathleen is a graduate of the University of South Florida and is a Certified Public Accountant.  Prior coming to HEP, Kathleen was the Vice President of Business and Finance at the Museum of Science & Industry, Inc.  She was also the past Comptroller at Hillsborough Kids, Inc. a not for profit lead agency for foster children in Hillsborough County.  Kathleen has also served on the board as treasure for the St Pete Mad Dog Triathlon Club.  She is a frequent volunteer at triathlons and road races as well as a competitor in Ironman races and a marathon runner.  She is a member of the USA Triathlon Club.  She is a volunteer for the Cavalier Rescue of Florida fostering dogs.  Kathleen is a member of the Florida Institute of Certified Accountants.