The Face of Faces of Courage
Peggie Sherry lived in Tampa a majority of her life, but recently moved to Pinellas with her two children, Chris and Isabella, and two Morkies. She loves reading, antiquing, sports and drives a red BMW K1200RS Motorcycle. Peggie is a two-time breast cancer survivor and she also survived a serious motorcycle accident that left her shoulder and arm rebuilt with Titanium; you just can't keep her down! A week after completing a year of rehab for her arm, she took an 1,800 mile motorcycle ride around the state of Florida as a breast cancer outreach. She also had the great privilege to ride the final leg of the Lance Armstrong Tour of Hope into Washington, DC.
In 2001 she was offered a job as Tampa Regional Director of a cancer camp headquartered in Upstate New York. Two years later she was diagnosed with breast cancer. Six months later she had a reoccurrence. The founder of that camp decided that Peggie was unable to run the program while undergoing treatment and closed the office in December 2003. Unwilling to leave her campers, Peggie took $110,000 of her inheritance and started Faces of Courage in January 2004.
Peggie says the name and meaning of the organization are synonymous. “The name is exactly what we see everyday when dealing with grown ups and children battling this horrid disease. You just cannot image what they face…not only their possible death, devastating treatments and side effects, most often financial ruin and public shunning. We provide a sanctuary where then can just be normal and no one minds them being bald or ill or afraid. We all understand because most of us have been there, and done that. We have been to hell, slapped the devil on the face and are here to talk about it.”
Board of Directors
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Andy Dogali, President of Board, Director Managing Partner Forizs & Dogali Read Anthony Dogali's bio |
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Fred Bennet, Treasurer, Director CFO Lykes Bros., Inc Read Fred Bennet's Bio |
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Patricia Mackall, Treasurer, Director Mortgage Loan Consultant |
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Joyce Brake, Director Owner/Broker Advantage Realty Services |
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Diane Sharp, Secretary, Director Retired |
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Joyce Pellegrini, Director Stress Management Coach |
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Jennifer McDonald, Director Account Executive Travelers Insurance |
Andy Dogali
Anthony "Andy" Dogali was born in San Diego, California in 1962. He received his B.A. Degree, magna cum laude, from Florida State University in 1983. He received his Juris Doctor, with honors, from the Florida State University College of Law in 1986. He was admitted to the Bar in 1986 and later co-founded the firm of Forizs & Dogali, P.A. Mr. Dogali is admitted to practice in all state and federal courts in Florida, and has appeared in litigated matters in more than a dozen other jurisdictions. He is a member of the American, Florida, Hillsborough County, St. Petersburg and Clearwater Bar Associations. He has been a member of many bar sections and committees, including a number of chairmanships and board positions. He is currently the Chair of the Florida Bar’s Law Office Management Assistance Service Advisory Council. Mr. Dogali’s law practice includes a wide range of civil litigation matters, chiefly in the areas of insurance defense, insurance coverage, construction law, and economic fraud litigation, as more fully described below.In construction law, Mr. Dogali’s litigation practice has encompassed all types of construction disputes involving performing arts centers, power plants, industrial facilities, retail and movie complexes, bridges, college and educational facilities, hospitals, nursing home and retirement facilities, residences, commercial office structures, condominiums, roads and highways. Mr. Dogali has represented all aspects of the construction industry: architects and engineers, developers, owners, contractors, subcontractors, surveyors, and insurers, and has done so for all types of claims: cost overrun and delay claims, defect claims, lien claims, performance and payment bond disputes, claims of professional malpractice in design and construction administration, and personal injury matters. Mr. Dogali has also lectured for design professionals. In insurance law, Mr. Dogali’s practice has encompassed both coverage and defense. In coverage matters, Mr. Dogali has most often represented the insurance industry in liability coverage and bad faith disputes, involving CGL policies, professional liability policies, first party casualty and collapse coverages, and others in relation to claims arising from construction defects, mold, pollution and environmental risks, professional negligence, building collapse, asbestos, and products liability. In defense matters, he has defended a myriad of professional malpractice claims, on behalf of medical and legal professionals, architects, engineers, surveyors, accountants, and real estate agents and brokers. He has also defended general liability claims arising out of products liability, vehicular negligence, premises liability, and completed operations. Finally, Mr. Dogali has defended a number of self-insured municipalities in Florida, in connection with claims relating to all facets of municipal and governmental liability, such as defective public facilities, inverse condemnation, police torts, civil rights claims, public records and Sunshine Law questions, and vehicular negligence.
In commercial litigation, Mr. Dogali’s practice has been diverse. Exemplary commercial cases include representation of lenders and borrowers in usury disputes, lenders in foreclosures and collections matters, corporations, shareholders, directors and officers in shareholder derivative suits, and malfeasance matters. In investment, fraud and class action litigation, Mr. Dogali has represented corporate entities and victims in connection with investment and consumer fraud and class action litigation. Mr. Dogali also has represented hundreds of victims of economic fraud, including victims of sales of improper and unsuitable securities, investment, annuity and insurance products, in both individual lawsuits and class actions. These claims have often involved disguised retirement plans, hidden surrender or other charges, deceptive vanishing premium and replacement transactions, and unsuitable investments and equities. Mr. Dogali previously served as nationwide Liaison Counsel for all individual plaintiffs against the Prudential Insurance Company of America, in connection with claims regarding that company’s life insurance sales practices.
Fred Bennett
Fred Bennett joined Lykes Bros. Inc. on July 14, 2004 where he is Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer as well as President of the subsidiary companies of Lykes Land Investments and EcoAsset Solutions. Lykes is an agricultural and land management company with principal activities in the citrus, ranching, land investment and insurance industries. Fred moved from Pennsylvania to Florida in 1991.
When he joined Lykes in 2004, Mr. Bennett brought with him over 20 years of experience serving as a senior member of management. He was a CFO for one of the Pritzker family companies, developing the Lansbrook subdivision in Palm Harbor and other projects throughout the state. He also served in a similar capacity for Nohl Crest Homes, an Oldsmar based home builder and Arthur Rutenberg, a home building franchise organization.
After receiving his undergraduate degree in economics and accounting, he was awarded a graduate post in the master’s program at Shippensburg University in Pennsylvania, where he received his MBA in Finance, graduating with honors.
He is co-founder and chair of the Advisory Board of the Applied Ethics Institute at St. Petersburg and serves as current chair of the Advisory Board of the Center of Business Ethics at the University of Tampa. He is also a member of the Florida Workers Compensation Joint Underwriters Association Board of Governors, Audubon of Florida Board, Faces of Courage Foundation, the Beth Waters Friendship Fund, Florida TaxWatch and Leadership Tampa Bay. In addition, he is an Adjunct Professor of Ethics at St. Petersburg College and is currently a graduate student at the University of South Florida seeking an advanced degree in philosophy, with a focus on ethics.
