Founder, Staff, Key Volunteers
Founder & President
Dr. Chuck Dietzen
As Founder and President of Timmy Global Health, Dr. Chuck Dietzen boasts a diverse career as pediatric physical medicine and rehabilitation specialist, international medicine enthusiast, entrepreneur, professor, and athlete. Growing up in Kokomo, Indiana, over 150 foster children came through his family’s home. It was then that it became apparent to his mother that he had a special gift with children and encouraged him to become a pediatrician.In 1996 and 1997, Dr. Chuck traveled to India on orthopedic missions working alongside Mother Teresa. Inspired to make a deeper commitment to the medically-underserved, Dr. Chuck founded Timmy Global Health (formerly the Timmy Foundation) in 1997. His work with Timmy Global Health has taken him to Ecuador, Guatemala, Nigeria, Haiti, and the Dominican Republic. He has also traveled to Albania, Cuba, Kenya, Honduras, Bolivia, El Salvador, the Ukraine, and Brazil. Dr. Chuck earned his Bachelors Degree in Agriculture from Purdue University and his Doctor of Medicine from Indiana University. He received his training as a pediatric physical medicine and rehabilitation specialist at the University of Alabama Birmingham. He currently practices at St. Frances Hospital and Easter Seals Crossroads, where he also serves as Medical Director.
Staff
Matt MacGregor, Executive Director
Matt re-joins Timmy Global Health after spending the last 6 years serving in a wide variety of capacities in international development and education. Matt has worked alongside the Vietnamese Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development on economic development projects in Hanoi, consulted on rural development topics for Catholic Relief Services (CRS) in Guatemala, worked with Planet Tech Associates on its sustainable development initiatives in Boston, and taught courses in government and history at private high schools in Boston and Costa Rica. During 2005-2006, Matt served as Timmy Global Health’s Medical Brigade Coordinator in Quito, Ecuador, where he helped manage Timmy’s medical brigades and health programming in cooperation with its local Ecuadorian partner.
A native of Little Compton, Rhode Island, Matt earned a BA in International Affairs and History from Tufts University and a Master of Arts in International Affairs from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy. During his undergraduate years, Matt was a captain of the Tufts Men’s Soccer Team and was selected as an Academic All-American during his senior year. While at the Fletcher School, he was the 2007 recipient of the Robert S Stewart Prize and the 2008 recipient of the Edward Gullion Prize, both for academic excellence. He was also selected as a 2007-2008 DACOR Fellow by the Association of Retired Diplomatic Officials of the United States, and a 2008-2009 Henry Luce Scholar by the Luce Foundation in New York City. Matt is fluent in Spanish, speaks conversational Vietnamese, and is working on his French. He has lived in Spain, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, and Vietnam.
Kathy Morris, Programs Coordinator
Kathy joins Timmy Global Health as the Programs Coordinator after completing her Masters in Public Affairs in Nonprofit Management and Policy Analysis at Indiana University. During graduate school, Kathy interned in San Lucas, Guatemala, with Children’s Aid Mission International, a Kentucky-based nonprofit that coordinates short-term surgical teams to Guatemala.
Originally from Louisville, Kentucky, Kathy graduated in 2008 from Western Kentucky University where she studied Spanish, Religion and International Business. She also dedicated her time to teaching ESL, organizing a local foreign language competition and enjoying her favorite hip hop cardio class. Kathy is fluent in Spanish and has done short term service work in Guatemala, Honduras and Jamaica. She is thrilled to be a part of Timmy Global Health and the Indianapolis community.
Anna Butterbaugh, Finance & Operations Coordinator
Anna originally joined Timmy Global Health as Office Manager in June 2009 after her involvement with the Butler University Timmy Chapter. She went on her first Timmy trip to Guatemala in May 2009 and has traveled again with the organization to both Ecuador and Guatemala since to see Timmy’s on-the-ground efforts grow over time. Currently as Finance & Operations Coordinator, Anna helps oversee the organization’s finances, marketing, and fundraising efforts in Indianapolis.
Anna graduated with honors from Butler University in May 2009 with a BS in Marketing and a minor in Visual Arts. Aside from her involvement with Timmy, she was involved in various business organizations as an undergraduate. Locally, she has had marketing internships at Eli Lilly & Co. and The Childrens TherAplay Foundation, a nonprofit organization that provides hippotherapy, occupational, and physical therapy for children with special needs . Her international experiences began when she studied abroad in Rome, Italy as an undergrad and hopes to continue her travels to both developed and underdeveloped countries in the future.
Meg Sullivan, MD, Medical Director
Meg Sullivan, MD, is a Board Certified Pediatrician. She completed her residency at Children’s Hospital of New York/Columbia University Medical Center in New York City. While at Columbia, Meg was selected to for the Community Pediatrics Track, an enhanced program for residents with a particular interest in community pediatrics. As a resident, Meg served the primarily Latino community of Washington Heights where she did extensive clinical work in Spanish. Meg has also done work in the area of school-based health and was awarded a CATCH (Community Access to Child Health) grant by the American Academy of Pediatrics for her work in this area. In addition, Meg has past medical experience in Mexico, Honduras, and the Dominican Republic. Prior to entering the medical field, Meg taught middle school math in New York City as a Teach For America corps member. Meg has a B.S. in Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry from Yale University, where she was also a member of the Women’s Soccer Team. Meg received her MD from the University of California, San Diego, where she was awarded Mark B Sesferman, MD Humanitarian Award. She grew up in Minneapolis, MN. Immediately prior to joining Timmy Global Health Meg spent six months on an around-the-world extended honeymoon with her husband. Meg is looking forward to working with Timmy Global Health and the Pop-Wuj clinic on improving health care delivery and programming in Guatemala.
Anna Pollock, Medical Project Coordinator – Guatemala
Anna Pollock recently joined Timmy as a Medical Project Coordinator in Guatemala in August 2011. She recently completed a Master’s in Public Health from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health where she studied international health, with a specific focus on food and nutritional issues. She also holds BAs from the University of Rochester in Psychology and Health & Society. At Rochester Anna played Varsity Softball and studied for semesters in Barcelona, Spain and Valparaiso, Chile.
Anna has worked on a variety of public health projects including working as a counselor at Diabetes camps in Ecuador and Bolivia, and coordinating an obesity prevention project for Latino families in Washington DC. She has studied malnutrition in rural Chile and, most recently, worked on a UNICEF project for the promotion of iodized salt. Anna is fluent in Spanish and speaks basic Portuguese. She is excited to begin working with Timmy to improve health outcomes in Guatemala!
Jess Reichard, Assistant Medical Project Coordinator – Guatemala
Jess Reichard joins the Timmy Team as an Assistant Project Coordinator in Guatemala in October 2011. In addition to immense amounts of energy and enthusiasm, Jess brings a background of resource development and years of experience working with a variety of non-profits in the States. She graduated from the University of Puget Sound with degrees in International Political Economics and Religion, both of which have proved helpful in continued understanding of cultural and political development all over the world. She speaks Spanish, and her fluency is increasing daily thanks to both classes and friendships in Guatemala.
While in Guatemala, Jess hopes to help strengthen the infrastructure of Timmy projects both there and all over the world with her experience in grant writing and fundraising. After finishing her time with Timmy in Quetzaltenango, Guatemala, Jess looks forward to gaining a masters in Public Administration and continuing her pursuit of increased health and environmental development in Latin America.
August Longino, Medical Brigade Coordinator– Tena, Ecuador
August joins Timmy Global Health following his senior year at Tufts University, where he graduated with Bachelors degrees in International Relations and Spanish. He first volunteered with the Tufts chapter of Timmy Global Health in 2011 as a senior in college. That brigade mixed August’s experience and interest in the development of Latin America, and motivated him to join the Timmy Team after graduation. Having traveled, volunteered, and learned Spanish in Central America before and during his time at Tufts, the MBC position in Ecuador is his ideal job.
Following his time with Timmy, August hopes to continue his studies in the field of Latin American development before returning to the region to continue working. The chance to work on the ground in the field of international health is truly one of a kind, and one that he hopes will contribute to his future as a professional in the world of international development.
Alyson Davidson, Medical Program Coordinator- Dominican Republic
………………………….Health Program Project Assistant, Banelino- Montecriste
Alyson joined Timmy Global Health after eighteen months volunteering in rural areas of the Dominican Republic as a United States Peace Corps health volunteer. She graduated from the University of California at Santa Cruz where she received her B.S in Health Sciences. In the Dominican Republic, Alyson’s focus has been training health promoters in general health education and youth leaders in adolescent pregnancy prevention and HIV/AIDS education. Alyson’s experiences in the health field outside of the Dominican Republic include supporting HIV-positive patients with the Santa Cruz AIDS project, working as a health clerk in a Spanish/English bilingual school in California, and participating in several clinical internships in France and California. Alyson has also participated in the American Medical Student Association Global Health Leadership Institute where she presented a case study on access to essential medicines in Latin America. Additionally, Alyson is a leader of the Peace Corps’s Medical Missions group, who provide translators to other American medical groups that serve in the Dominican Republic.
During college, Alyson studied physics and French abroad at the University of Grenoble in the French Alps for a year. An avid winter sports athlete for the last 20 years, Alyson is a certified snowboard instructor and currently SCUBA dives with Indiana University’s Underwater Science Program as one of their certified scientific divers. She also enjoys training for half marathons and is passionate about Latin dance. She speaks Spanish and French and is excited to learn Haitian Creole during her work with Timmy near the Haitian/Dominican border.
Tim Dawson, Timmy Global Fellow
Tim joins the Timmy team after his senior year at Butler University, where he graduated Cum Laude with a BS in Science, Technology, and Society. Tim first traveled to Guatemala with Timmy Global Health in May of 2009 and has been hooked ever since. He spent a month in Guatemala studying Spanish and working in one of Timmy’s clinics in May of 2010, and returned as the Trip Leader of the Butler University Brigade in May of 2011. Tim has been involved with the Butler Timmy chapter since his sophomore year, and is excited to become a more integral part of the day to day operations of the organization.
As the new Timmy Fellow, Tim will help with programming and fundraising efforts as well as provide an extra hand around the office. After finishing his time at Timmy Global Health, Tim plans to attend graduate school where he will be completing a dual degree. He hopes to receive his Masters in Public Health as well as his Doctor of Medicine in order to prevent and treat illnesses both at the individual and community level.
Key Volunteers
Becky Lomax-Sumner, Medicine Woman
Becky Lomax-Sumner is one of the two “Medicine Women” at Timmy Global Health . Becky has been a volunteer at Timmy for eight years and has been on ten Timmy brigades—five to Jamaica and five to Guatemala. She is a clinical microbiologist, but on the brigades assumes a variety of roles, including pharmacy and triage nursing. She loves procuring medications and supplies for the trips, as well as spending the week with the college students and other medical professionals helping the underserved. In her spare time, Becky volunteers at Gennasaret Free Clinic and at Eagle Creek Park. She has monitored the Eastern bluebird populations at Eagle Creek Park for 19 years and serves on two boards associated with the park. She is also an active member of Impact 100.
Susie Sauter, Medicine Woman
Susie is one of Timmy’s two “Medicine Women.” Susie was born and raised in Indiana and presently lives in Fishers, Indiana. She and her husband, Bill Sauter, DDS, have four children. Susie graduated from Indiana University with a BS in Nursing and has spent most of her career working in maternal and child healthcare. She presently volunteers with Volunteers in Medicine, working at Good Samaritan in their pediatric clinic. She has volunteered with Timmy since 2002, working to procure, organize and prepare the medications that are sent on the medical brigades. She has travelled with Timmy to Jamaica and Quito, Ecuador. Beyond Timmy, her interests include hiking, running, cycling, the Indianapolis Colts, and Indiana University football and basketball.
Rachel Snell, High School Outreach Coordinator
Rachel first became involved with Timmy Global Health during her sophomore year at Ball State University. During her time there she served as president of the chapter for two years and participated in three medical brigades to both Guatemala and Ecuador. Wanting to focus on a new aspect of Timmy’s programming, Rachel now joins us as the High School Outreach Coordinator. She is looking forward to engaging young students in Timmy’s work and expanding the impact and reach of Timmy’s high school chapters.
Rachel recently graduated cum laude from Ball State University with a Bachelors of Science in Chemistry. She will begin pursuing a Masters of Public Health from Indiana University School of Medicine in the fall, and afterwards plan to attend medical school. Rachel’s experiences with Timmy Global Health have helped to shape the person she is today and the physician she hopes to become.
Jessica Abbinett, Medical Supply Warehouse Coordinator
Jessica currently oversees Timmy’s Medical Supply Warehouse as part of our local outreach efforts. In line with our mission of expanding access to health care resources, Timmy utilizes its 5,000-square foot medical warehouse to broker medical supplies to free or subsidized clinics within the Indianapolis community, as well as other Indianapolis-based mission organizations. Jessica oversees Timmy’s warehouse volunteers, the inventory system, and outreach efforts to get supplies to organizations and individuals who need it most.
Jessica is a junior at Butler University and is a member of the Butler Timmy chapter member. She is currently studying Chemistry and Biology and plans on attending medical school in the future. This summer, Jessica is also working in the ER at Methodist Hospital.
