Medical Missions For Children Expands Senior Staff To Support Continued Growth
Elizabeth Parkins and John Riehl join Medical Missions for Children
Medical Missions for Children (MMC), a non-profit organization dedicated to elevating the care of catastrophically ill children in underserved U.S. and international communities, today announced the addition of two senior staff members, Elizabeth Parkins, vice president of development and media relations, and John Riehl, executive vice president and chief operating officer. Ms. Parkins and Mr. Riehl join Frank Brady, chairman, and his wife, Peg, executive director, and Ken Konikowski, Chief Technology Officer, on the organization's strategic management team.
Medical Missions for Children enables medical staffs from pediatric healthcare facilities located in Latin America, Africa, and India to instantaneously access the knowledge and experience of pediatric sub-specialists located at 20 different tier-one medical centers in the U.S., England, and Spain. Volunteer physicians are linked through Medical Missions for Children's Global Telemedicine & Teaching Network™ (GTTN), a real-time, interactive, satellite and Internet-based communications platform. The GTTN enables collaborative examinations, diagnoses, and treatment in a real time setting and will soon support regular broadcasts of live and pre-recorded educational programs.
"Over the past year, Medical Missions for Children has expanded significantly its global technology network, incorporating new hospitals in developing countries, adding critical mentoring hospitals, and most importantly, serving the medical needs of many more children than ever before," said Frank Brady. "With this growth, we must now focus on building an experienced and dedicated team to lead our mission. The teamed talents of Betsy and John bring a balance of marketing, operational, technological, and non-profit experience that is critical to growth of Medical Missions for Children. Each is deeply committed to serving the needs of others, particularly the incredibly sick kids who are at the heart of all that we do."
Ms. Parkins, who will oversee MMC's marketing, public relations, and fundraising efforts, joins the organization from O'Keeffe & Company, where she served as an account executive for several market-leading high tech companies, including Polycom, Sanchez Computer Associates, and Robbins-Gioia, LLC. In this position, she managed media and analyst relations, press release development, trade show support, and marketing research for multiple clients.
Prior to O'Keeffe & Company, she spearheaded a number of marketing programs in the corporate setting, including serving as marketing public relations manager for Advance Auto Parts, the second largest automotive aftermarket retailer in the U.S., and as director of public relations for the Girl Scouts' Skyline Council in Salem, VA.
Ms. Parkins has a bachelor's degree from Washington and Lee University in Lexington , VA, and a master's degree from Syracuse University .
In Mr. Riehl's role as executive vice president and chief operating officer, he assumes responsibility for the strategic development and day-to-day management of the various functional components of Medical Mission for Children.
To this challenge, Mr. Riehl brings a vast amount of experience, which he accumulated while working both for and with a number of globally-focused non-profit organizations. While with the medical relief organization, AmeriCares, he oversaw the organization's International Medical Services Group. In this position, he managed the financial and operational success of more than 50 medical relief programs encompassing a myriad of medical disciplines and spanning an equal number of foreign countries.
Prior to his entry into the non-profit sector, Mr. Riehl enjoyed a successful career in the information technology sector, where he headed up the sales and marketing activities for a software development firm, and then managed the implementation of a full-scale technology redesign effort for a 250-attorney law firm headquartered in Boston.
He earned a bachelor's degree from University of Scranton and his MBA from the University of Connecticut.
"Frank and his wife, Peg, have created an amazing organization," said Betsy Parkins. "And it is a privilege to bring my skills and experience to Medical Missions for Children. This is an opportunity to enhance and expand Medical Missions for Children's already solid image and to build the organization's fundraising programs. I am excited to help further the organization's critically important mission."
"The vision and relentless dedication of both Frank and Peg Brady have been at the heart of everything that Medical Missions has accomplished to date," said John Riehl. "It is my hope that I can bring to the Brady's mission the organizational and leadership skills required to meet the fast-paced growth requirements that the agency has set for itself. Similarly, it is my desire to instill in each member of our organization the sense of urgency and compassion that has become synonymous with name Medical Missions for Children."
About Medical Missions for Children
Medical Missions for Children (MMC) is a non-profit organization dedicated to elevating the care of catastrophically ill children in underserved U.S. and international communities. MMC created and manages its programs through the organization's Global Telemedicine and Teaching Network™ (GTTN) - an interactive, satellite and Internet-based communications platform. The Global Telemedicine & Teaching Network supports the real-time treatment of remote, critically ill children, and through a fully FCC licensed broadcast station, WMMC, broadcasts worldwide an extensive program of continuing medical education. Medical Missions for Children is headquartered at St. Joseph's Children's Hospital in Paterson, NJ. Visit for additional information.
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