Our family has long admired the devotion and dedication to humanitarian efforts that our parents, Esperanza and James McNeilly, have lived through their lives. Their compassionate leadership has always driven them to lend a hand to people in need, and their efforts in health, human services, and education have resulted in new and innovative research, policy changes, community services, and the establishment of organizations.

We recognize that Hope’s and James’ commitment to such significant work stems from their essential humanitarian values of benevolence, compassion, generosity, integrity and a deeply spiritual perspective. Hope and James’ great love for their children extends to the “family” of community and the world.

This is what inspired Dr. Maya McNeilly and her husband, Barry deVille, to establish The Hope James Foundation.