Our Fort Wayne hub was founded by Laura Carrico in 2008 after she heard of the Honor Flight organization and wanted to take her World War II father to Washington. With her help and determination, she planted the seeds that have now become a dedicated group of volunteers, dedicated to seeing our veterans be celebrated with their trip to Washington D.C. There is the primary board of directors and then we also have a special volunteer corps. Our board and volunteer corps. is made up of 100% volunteers, no paid positions. Many of our board members are Veterans themselves.

Our current volunteer board of directors as of February 2025:

Executive Board

Cathy Berkshire (President)
Adam Brouwer (Vice President)
Gene Languell (Secretary)
John Bireley (Treasurer)

Board of Directors

Cathy Berkshire

John Bireley

Adam Brouwer

Mike Buhr 

Ben Clay

Duane Ginder

Carl Huber 

Gene Languell

Tom Meyers

Max Robison

Brent Roddy

Michael Thena

Bill Turriff

Aleta Weiss

Bill Weiss