The American Heart Association is honored to have Joe Natoli serve as the 2010 Miami-Dade Heart Ball Chair.

Joe Natoli is the University of Miami's senior vice president for business and finance and chief financial officer. Since joining the University in September 2006, Natoli has played a leadership role in planning the Miami Hurricanes football team's move from the Orange Bowl to Land Shark (Dolphin) Stadium, the purchase of Cedars Medical Center (now the University of Miami Hospital) and significant changes in employee benefit offerings.

Prior to joining the University, Natoli spent 30 years with Knight Ridder, Inc., at the time, the nation's second largest newspaper company, where he served as chairman and publisher of the company's largest newspapers, The Philadelphia Inquirer and Daily News. He previously was president and publisher of the San Jose Mercury News, and president of the Miami Herald Publishing Company.

Natoli is a member of the Florida Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the Orange Bowl Committee and serves on the boards of the United Way of Miami-Dade County and the Community Advisory Board of the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation. He has chaired or co-chaired community-wide United Way campaigns in Miami-Dade County, Silicon Valley (San Jose) and Southeastern Pennsylvania (Philadelphia). He is a member of the board of directors of Perry Ellis International, a publically-traded, leading designer, distributor and licensor of apparel for men and women.

Past honors include Volunteer Fundraiser of the Year by the Silicon Valley Philanthropy Association, Humanitarian Award by the South Florida Epilepsy Foundation, Business School Alumni of the Year by the University of South Florida, Award of Excellence by the Thurgood Marshall Scholarship Fund, Special Achievement in Business by the National Italian-American Foundation and Emerging Leaders by Florida Trend Magazine.