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![Photo of Kristie Tagg, CEO](/sites/default/files/styles/person_photo_default_1x/public/person/2023-12/Kristie%20Tagg%20v2.jpg?h=3d0f44e5&itok=MTa0lr4D)
Kristie Tagg
Chief Executive Officer
My Wish
I wish to be a pilot and fly the Concorde jet from New York to Paris
![Mary Elizabeth Bennett](/sites/default/files/styles/person_photo_default_1x/public/person/2023-09/Mary%20Elizabeth%20FY24.jpg?h=c86ae7dd&itok=JAGlxyY2)
Mary Elizabeth Bennett
Vice President of Development
My Wish
I wish to meet Michael Jordan and host the most epic fundraiser with Tar Heel legends
![Jackie Jordan Welker](/sites/default/files/styles/person_photo_default_1x/public/person/2022-10/KOP_2611.jpg?h=95b910cc&itok=DV4cAaSG)
Jackie Jordan Welker
Senior Director of Marketing & Communications
My Wish
I wish to be a host of a late-night talk show
![Robin Dorfman](/sites/default/files/styles/person_photo_default_1x/public/person/2023-09/Robin%20FY24.jpg?h=6b1f9845&itok=YGUmi7I4)
Robin Dorfman
Vice President of Strategy and Project Development
My Wish
I wish to be part of a Broadway musical in NYC
Mission Delivery
![Karen Harris](/sites/default/files/styles/person_photo_default_1x/public/person/2020-09/Karen.jpg?h=4dc57be6&itok=6vyE6i1F)
Karen Harris
Director of Referrals & Medical Liaison
My Wish
I wish to go snorkeling in a crystal clear ocean.
![Laura Jasmine](/sites/default/files/styles/person_photo_default_1x/public/person/2020-09/Laura.jpg?h=4dc57be6&itok=RXBYvvnk)
Laura Jasmine
Director of Wish Granting
My Wish
I wish to adopt a puppy from a dog rescue
![Rosie Swinehart](/sites/default/files/styles/person_photo_default_1x/public/person/2020-09/Rosemary.jpg?h=4dc57be6&itok=FKrOYAd_)
Rosie Swinehart
Bilingual Wish Manager
My Wish
I wish to be a mermaid
![Alina Byrne](/sites/default/files/styles/person_photo_default_1x/public/person/2022-01/Alina.jpg?h=220666c0&itok=XjydVv5a)
Alina Byrne
Wish Manager
My Wish
I wish to go on a road trip in the Oscar Mayer Weinermobile
![Emily daCamara](/sites/default/files/styles/person_photo_default_1x/public/person/2022-01/Emily.jpg?h=0c07b565&itok=GCkKM4bl)
Emily daCamara
Wish Manager
My Wish
I wish to go to Alaska to see the Northern Lights
![Serina Heinze Headshot FY24](/sites/default/files/styles/person_photo_default_1x/public/person/2023-10/Serina%20Heinze%20Headshot%20FY24.jpeg?h=92df1a9a&itok=tIHHpMH7)
Serina Heinze
Volunteer Manager
My Wish
to have a coffee & crochet day with Sutton Foster
Fundraising
![Janis Netherland Headshot](/sites/default/files/styles/person_photo_default_1x/public/person/2023-10/Janis%20Netherland%20Headshot%20FY24.jpg?h=f0b7d2fc&itok=5Xwzn1XX)
Janis Netherland
Director of Philanthropy - Wilmington Area
My Wish
I wish to be a set designer for the television show, The Chosen
![Nick Eichen](/sites/default/files/styles/person_photo_default_1x/public/person/2022-11/Nick-Eichen.jpg?h=8ece06c1&itok=h6xhsjt9)
Nick Eichen
Director of Community Development
My Wish
I wish to go bike on the Greenbriar River Trail
Olivia Gibney
Director of Corporate Partnerships
My Wish
I wish to go horseback riding in Montana
![Reily Brazier headshot](/sites/default/files/styles/person_photo_default_1x/public/person/2024-03/Reily.jpg?h=b04e478f&itok=U1yRY8Qv)
Reily Brazier
Events Coordinator
My Wish
I wish to meet Dolly Parton and perform a duet of "Jolene"