EAA’s CEO Named to Corporate Angel Network Board

Jack Pelton’s decades of aviation leadership will help support free flights for cancer patients.

Meg Godlewski

Friday, August 28, 2026 at 10:00 AM ET

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Travis Tingle

Experimental Aircraft Association CEO Jack Pelton has joined the board of the Corporate Angel Network. [Credit: Corporate Angel Network LinkedIn]

Key Takeaways:

Jack Pelton, Chairman and CEO of the Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) and former Cessna CEO, has joined the board of directors for the Corporate Angel Network (CAN).
CAN is a nonprofit organization that arranges free flights for cancer patients traveling to treatment facilities using corporate aircraft.
Pelton's appointment is expected to enhance CAN's vital mission and foster collaboration, leveraging his leadership to raise awareness for public benefit flying within the aviation community.

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The Corporate Angel Network (CAN), a nonprofit organization that arranges free flights on corporate aircraft for cancer patients traveling to treatment facilities, has announced that Jack Pelton has joined its board of directors.

Pelton brings decades of aviation leadership to the volunteer position. He serves as chairman and CEO of the Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) and previously occupied the position of chairman, president and CEO of Cessna from November 2000 to May2011.