Aviators. Innovators. Advocates.
Freedom Aviation Network aims to be the first organization in the world dedicated to transporting survivors of human trafficking and their advocates.
Freedom Aviation Network is composed of aviation professionals who remain on-call to use our time, resources, and skills specifically completely free of charge for counter-human trafficking efforts. Pilots will volunteer their time and skills, and aircraft owners will volunteer their equipment and resources in order to provide the best service possible. We simply could not achieve any of this without the passionate volunteers that dedicate their time in helping people access the freedom they deserve.
Our Team
Stephanie Lamar, Operations Officer
Co-Founder Stephanie began flying in 1996 and is currently a First Officer with GoJet Airlines/United Express. She holds a Master's Degree in Special Education, and is a wife and proud mother of three exceptional young men, two of which she continues to homeschool.
In 2020, Stephanie started a pilot program flying for Rescue 1 Global which has now grown into Freedom Aviation Network. She flies and organizes flights that transport survivors of human trafficking, along with their rescue volunteers, who are taking their first important steps to recovery. “At first, I was overwhelmed by the idea that we couldn't save everyone, and that as many people as we fly to safety, there would always be those left behind. Then Jesus reminded me that he is the shepherd, and he will leave the 99 to get the one. So, we at Freedom Aviation Network are here ‘For the One.’" Each flight carries someone to safety. One at a time we are making a difference.
Prior to her work with Freedom Aviation Network, Stephanie was Board President of Nashville Peacemakers for three years working side-by-side with community activist, Clemmie Greenlee.
Stephanie is actively involved with FAST (Female Aviators Sticking Together), the Ninety-Nines, and Women in Aviation. She is also the proud recipient of the Global Service Award for her work with Rescue 1 Global.
As well as having a heart for education, teaching, children and mothers, Stephanie is an advocate for promoting women in aviation by introducing young women to careers in the aviation industry.
Jared Miller, Executive Director
Co-Founder Jared’s passion in life is to develop resilient people, communities, and systems. He lives by a quote from Jim Elliot who said “Wherever you are, be all there. Live to the hilt every situation you believe to be the will of God.” Jared is an entrepreneur at heart who seeks out opportunities to create innovative solutions to modern challenges. He has served with international development, government, missions, and nonprofit agencies in a variety of capacities all over the world. He has established medical clinics, identified and brought aid to people living with HIV/AIDS in rural villages, supported church and mission development, led youth and family services initiatives, rescued survivors of human trafficking, and actively serves on an international disaster response team. All of this has taken him to 34 countries and counting where he has seen desperation and destruction, but also immense joy.
Over the last 5 years, he has led the operations and served on the board of Rescue 1 Global where he was introduced to the ever-growing blight that is human trafficking. In 2020, he recognized that survivors do not have adequate access to safe transportation when leaving their situation, and that anti-human trafficking agencies often struggle to secure efficient and rapid transportation for survivors when needed most. Discerning that private aviation may hold the key to this dilemma, he set out to become a private pilot. Shortly into his training, he connected with Stephanie Lamar and shared the vision to counter human trafficking by providing a transportation solution for survivors and their advocates. Since then, a network of aviators has been assembled and lives have been changed through these efforts. In the summer of 2022, he and Stephanie decided it was time to establish an organization dedicated to the safe, efficient, and rapid transportation of survivors and their advocates. Thus Freedom Aviation Network was born.