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Sam Tucker
Sam Tucker was born and raised in Atlanta and is a graduate of the University of Georgia and a diehard Bulldog. He and his wife Jo Ann moved to Greensboro in 1994, where they raised two daughters and grew to love their adopted hometown. Sam joined VF Corporation in 1978 and has enjoyed a 38 year career there, where he currently serves as Vice President of Human Resources for the company’s Jeanswear, Imagewear and South America Divisions.
Sam has enjoyed playing an active role in the community and has held leadership positions with the American Heart Association, Downtown Greensboro, Foster Friends and the North Carolina Textile Foundation. He is active in his church, First Christian Greensboro, where he has served as Board Chair, Chair of the Elders, Trustee and was a Youth Leader for over 20 years. Sam has enjoyed traveling the world, both with his career and with his family. In 2009 he fulfilled a lifelong dream by hiking to the base camp at Mount Everest.
Statement to Support Operation Smile
When I visited Nepal in 2009, I chanced to meet a group of Doctors on the trail who had come to use their talents to give the gift of sight to people who suffered from cataracts and had no access to appropriate treatment. It touched my heart and when I learned about the work of Operation Smile, it touched my heart in that same special way. I am proud to play a small part in the effort to provide treatment to children worldwide who suffer from cleft palate and related conditions.
About Operation Smile
Operation Smile is an international medical charity whose global network of thousands of credentialed medical volunteers from over 80 countries is committed to helping improve the health and lives of children from more than 60 countries. Since 1982, we've worked with local medical professionals, governments, hospitals and other NGOs to deliver the safest care to each of our patients, and have established care centers wherever possible to give children ongoing medical treatment.
Operation Smile continues to provide training and education for local medical professionals so they can provide care within their own communities and share their expertise. To date, we have provided more than 220,000 free surgeries for children born with cleft lip, cleft palate and other facial deformities.
