About Children’s Flight of Hope
Our Mission
Children’s Flight of Hope (CFOH) offers hope and healing to families by providing air transportation to children in need of specialized medical care. For most families, this means we reserve tickets on commercial airlines for the child and one adult companion to travel for treatment. Some families travel once a year, some every three weeks and many have changing needs as a child’s treatment evolves. On limited occasions, our resources allow us to provide private flights for a child who is medically unable to travel on a commercial airline.
Our Team
Staff
Pat Nelli
President and CEO
pat@cfoh.org
O: 984.465.0482
M: 919.815.0405
Leigh Longino
COO
leigh@cfoh.org
O: 984.465.0483
M: 252.670.7190
Heather Miller
Manager of Events and Community Engagement
heather@cfoh.org
984.465.0484
Desiree Vassel
Manager of Mission Delivery
missions@cfoh.org
984.465.0481
Board of Directors
Jennifer Wade
CFOH Chair
Moe’s Southwest Grill
Owner
Joe Dillon
CFOH Treasurer
Curi Capital
Managing Director
Rick Gardner
CFOH Immediate Past Chair
RGA Investments
President
Deborah Nunn
CFOH Secretary
D&H Support Solutions, Inc.
Owner
Rachid Bendali
Parker LORD
Vice President, Global Aerospace & Defense
Gill Cooper
Benchmark Community Bank
Vice President, North Carolina Market
Ric Richards
The Richards Advantage, Inc.
President and CEO
Matt Callahan
Callahan Construction & Development Co.
President & CEO
Ben Griffith
Microsoft
Naval Aviation Advisor/Technology Sales
Jeff Stocks
The Nautical Group
Chairman and CEO
Jeff Causey
Causey Aviation
Chief Operating Officer
Debra Perry
Vice President of Alliances
Kurmi Software
Dale L. Thomas, Jr.
Attorney
Gray Newell Thomas, LLP
Advisory Board
Rob Gooding
Vice President
Accentuate Staffing
Abel Zalcberg
Owner
ABCZ Properties, LLC
Robert Sasser
Partner
Barringer Sasser LLP
Richard (Dick) Ambrose
Retired
LORD Corporation