Bringing Healthcare to Honduras
Each year Serving at the Crossroads provides medical supplies, equipment and healthcare professionals to their clinic founded in La Entrada Honduras.
SATC Board of Directors
Serving at the Crossroads is governed by a nine-member Board of Directors who see to the day-to-day business of the corporation. The following people are members of the Board:
| Charles R.B. Beckmann |
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| MD, FACOG |
| Director of Academic Affairs and Ambulatory Services and Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, at Albert Einstein Medical Center and Thomas Jefferson University. Interests include primary women’s health care, medical and health professions education, and medical infomatics. RB is the author of one of the major textbooks on obstetrics and gynecology used in medical schools today |
| Claudia A. Beckmann |
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| PhD, RNC |
Associate Professor and Director of the Women’s Health Nurse Practitioner at Rutgers University. Her research interests are asthma in pregnancy. Dr. Beckmann is also a certified midwife and Women’s Health Practitioner.
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| Karen Gadson |
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| MBA |
Karen has 20 years of comprehensive experience in fundraising for educational
and health care institutions. She has helped develop strategic plans and
case statements, and has worked closely with donors and volunteers toward
achieving major institutional goals. Karen also is active with Chester
County Bridge of Hope, an organization for at-risk single mothers and their children.
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| Karen Hoerner |
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| BSN, RN |
Karen L Hoerner is a graduate of Eastern Mennonite College. Karen has spent much of her career in critical care, attending to the needs of open heart surgery patients. She has also worked in cardiac rehabilitation.
Most recently, she served as a parish nurse in her local congregation. From that experience, she applies the concepts of body, mind, and spirit in assessing health needs and providing solutions |
| Jodie S. King |
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| MTS |
Jodie holds a Masters Degree in Theological Studies from
Eastern Baptist Theological Seminary with an emphasis in public policy.
She taught health and physical education for several years, during which
time she developed health curricula for both public and private
schools. Equipped with a myriad of experiences acquired over many years
working as a volunteer with church and para-church ministries, she also
held a professional staff position in the Youth for Christ organization.
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| Paul J. Larson |
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| CFA |
Paul is a Chartered Financial Analyst and serves as the Treasurer for SATC. He has a Master of Science Degree in Management from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. For 30 years Paul was a securities analyst and pension fund manager for various financial institutions including the Bank of New York and the YMCA Retirement Fund. He is retired and lives in Chadds Ford, PA. Finance and business development are his areas of interest.
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| Robert L. Sumner |
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| DDS |
Robert "Bob" Sumner practiced dentistry for 36 years in West Chester, PA, where he was a partner in Sumner, Spellman, and Thompson, P.C. Prior to coming to West Chester, Bob served 2 years as a dentist in the United States Air Force. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Maryland and a Doctor of Dental Surgery degree from Temple University School of Dentistry. In 1987, he took the first of numerous trips abroad to provide dental care to people in need. Over the next 15 years he travelled to the Marshall Islands, Costa Rica, Baja peninsula of Mexico, Brazil, and Honduras, serving the impoverished in those countries. He retired from practicing dentistry in 1995. In 2004, he founded Serving at the Crossroads.
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| Peter D. Thompson |
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| DDS |
| Peter has been in dental practice for mote than 25 years in West Chester. He is a former member of the West Chester Board of Education and serves as a professional staff member of Community Volunteers in Medicine, helping
the Latino community and unemployed citizens of the county receive
medical and dental healthcare. He is also an active participant with
the Maternal and Child Health Consortium of Chester County, reaching out
to women facing language, cultural or financial roadblocks in the
receipt of health coverage and prenatal care. |
| Michael Tysowsky |
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| PhD |
Entomologist and former Manager of Environmental & Scientific Affairs at Zeneca in Wilmington, DE. His areas of interest are public health, communications, strategic planning and implementation.
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