Angel Flight - the organisation and the journey

Marjorie Pagani, Chief Executive Officer and Director of Angel Flight. Marjorie is also a practising barrister, and has assisted Angel Flight, on a pro-bono basis, particularly in aviation law, since the inception of the charity in 2003. She was also one of the first volunteer pilots, and holds a commercial pilot licence with instrument rating and twin-engine endorsement, and owns her own aircraft.

Marjorie took up the position of full-time CEO in early 2015. In addition to her legal practice, and assisting Angel Flight, she was a long-serving presiding member of the Qld Anti-Discrimination Tribunal, the Queensland Mental Health Review Tribunal, and the former North Qld Parole Board, as has held positions on both government and private Boards. She has retired from the RAAF after 17 years of service as a Squadron Leader in the RAAF specialist legal corps reserve, and has recently been appointed to the governing body of James Cook University (the JCU Council).

Marjorie lives in on her farm in Tolga on the Atherton Tablelands west of Cairns, with her husband (a chief pilot and Angel Flight volunteer), where she runs a farm-animal rescue program. She has three sons and six grandchildren, and flies down to the Brisbane office of Angel Flight each week.

Check out Angel Flight at https://www.angelflight.org.au/