North Carolina Based Non-Profit That Helps Infertile Couples Announces Board of Directors
Posted: 02-08-2010 : RALEIGH, N.C.

Raleigh, NC - The Pay It Forward Fertility Foundation, a non-profit organization that helps couples afford fertility treatments, announces the appointment of its Board of Directors.

Serving as Chair of the Pay It Forward Fertility Foundation is its Founder, Lori Moscato of Raleigh. Sameh K. Toma, MD from the North Carolina Center for Reproductive Medicine is the President and Executive Director; Anna Pattison from Surety Systems is Treasurer; Sharon Delaney McCloud from McCloud Communications LLC serves as Secretary. Also serving on the Board of Directors are Grace Couchman, MD from Carolina Conceptions, Susannah Copland, MD of Duke Fertility Center, Anne Steiner, MD of UNC Fertility, Rob Moscato from TRX Pharma and Gene Chianelli from Manning, Fulton & Skinner.

Ms. Moscato also announces the creation of the Advisory Board for the Pay It Forward Fertility Foundation. Those serving are Gerald Mulvaney, MD from the North Carolina Center for Reproductive Medicine, Hugh Hensleigh, Ph.D., from the North Carolina Center for Reproductive Medicine, William Meyer, MD from Carolina Conceptions, John Park, MD from Carolina Conceptions, Sheridan Robinson from Carolina Conceptions and Amanda Kanaan from Carolina Conceptions.

The Pay It Forward Fertility Foundation is a non-profit 501 (c)3 organization that was created to help people of various circumstances afford expensive fertility treatments that are not covered by health insurance. The Foundation awards grants once a year to couples who live in North Carolina needing assistance in paying for assisted reproductive techniques such as in vitro fertilization (IVF), in vitro fertilization using donated eggs and embryo adoption. Grant recipients must be treated at a certified fertility clinic that is a member of the Society for Assisted Reproductive Technology (SART).

The Pay It Forward Fertility Foundation was started in December 2008 with a generous donation from Lori and Rob Moscato of Raleigh. The Moscatos conceived their daughter through IVF at the North Carolina Center for Reproductive Medicine (NCCRM). After giving birth to Sophia in 2007 they conceived their son Ryan on their own. “Rob and I feel so blessed and so fortunate to have two little miracles, each in their own way,” explains Lori Moscato. “We were fortunate to have health insurance coverage for our IVF treatments but we know most people don’t. We want to help those couples because we can’t imagine life without our beautiful children and we want to pay it forward.”

Couples interested in applying for grants should visit www.payitforwardfertility.org to learn about the requirements and to download an application.

Media Contact: info@payitforwardfertility.org

About the Pay It Forward Fertility Foundation:
The Pay It Forward Fertility Foundation on is a non-profit 501 (c)3 organization, IRS identification number 26-3906064. The Foundation assists couples in North Carolina in paying for fertility treatments not covered by health insurance.