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Jeppesen ForeFlight expands leadership team with three
The appointments have added experienced leaders in finance, customer operations and people strategy to support long-term growth and organisational development.
“Safety, reliability and trust are the foundation of our relationships with customers,” says new chief customer officer, Toya Del Valle.

Jeppesen ForeFlight has expanded its leadership team with the appointment of three senior executives, naming Joe Ayers as chief financial officer, Toya Del Valle as chief customer officer and Richa Gupta as chief people officer, with Gupta assuming her role from January 5, 2026.

Joe Ayers joins the company with more than 15 years of experience in finance and operational leadership within mission-critical enterprise software. In his role as chief financial officer, he leads financial strategy and operations with a focus on financial discipline and strategic investment to support sustainable growth. He previously served as EVP and CFO at Epicor Software, where he led global finance and operations teams and supported enterprise value creation alongside organic and inorganic growth initiatives.

Toya Del Valle oversees customer success, customer support, training and consulting and value assurance teams as chief customer officer. She joins Jeppesen ForeFlight from Cornerstone OnDemand, where she served as chief customer officer. Her earlier career included senior leadership roles at US Airways and American Airlines, including responsibility for integrating human resources operations following the merger of the two carriers.

Richa Gupta brings 25 years of experience in leading global HR functions across multiple industries to her role as chief people officer. She currently serves as chief human resources officer at CloudBees and has previously held senior HR leadership positions at G-P, Castlight Health, PayPal and GE Digital.

The executive leadership team reporting to chief executive officer Brad Surak also includes chief product officer Tim Schuetze, chief transformation officer Kale Booher and chief revenue officer Stephen Newman.

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