Supporter Spotlights

Barbara Carson of Vermont started to support PIH in response to the 2010 earthquake in Haiti after reading Mountains Beyond Mountains by Tracy Kidder.

Naomi Janowitz and Andrew Lazarus were inspired to deepen their partnership with PIH after Andrew’s father, Arthur Lazarus, Jr., passed away in 2019. Arthur had devoted his career to Native American legal rights and training the next generation of Native American lawyers. For their family, supporting PIH’s work in the Navajo Nation felt like an opportunity to honor his values.  

Simpson (they/he) heard about PIH through the VlogBrothers, John and Hank Green. “PIH earns trust, striving to make itself irrelevant by promoting systemic changes that allow communities to care for themselves,” they shared.

Austin “Gwiz” Gwiazdowski was inspired to learn more about PIH in 2019 after seeing a video from John and Hank Green, the VlogBrothers on YouTube, highlighting PIH’s work in Sierra Leone.

After retiring from her career as a partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers, Partners In Health (PIH) trustee Christine Brown is now determined to make a greater impact on public health. To that end, she is donating her time, resources, and project management expertise to health-focused non-profits.

Mimi spent time in rural Haiti researching child malnutrition and learned about PIH when a friend gave her “Mountains Beyond Mountains.”

Donna Nixon’s first gift to Partners In Health came after she watched the documentary “Bending the Arc”. Donna was impressed with PIH’s unique mission and community-empowering approach as she learned more, and began giving monthly.

In the early 2000s, Al and Diane Kaneb were inspired by Tracy Kidder’s article “The Good Doctor” in The New Yorker and wanted to learn more about Dr. Paul Farmer and PIH. They knew PIH Co-founder Tom White, and asked Tom for an introduction. 

Working at PIH, Tomesha Campbell got a firsthand look at the power of partnership among patients, clinicians, and donors.

Kaori Fujishiro and Reginald Dyck of Cincinnati, Ohio, admire how PIH holds a local focus and global vision for a more just world.

In the 1980s, Partners In Health co-founder and friend Thomas J. White funded PIH’s first clinic in Cange, Haiti, and said, “For the first time in my life, I was able to give with complete confidence, knowing my donations would be used in the best possible way.”

For Kevin Buckley, Mountains Beyond Mountains was more than a quick read. The book, which tells the story of Dr. Paul Farmer and his life’s work, was a jolt that broadened his worldview, and a potent message to remember the world’s poorest people as he refined his will and life insurance policy.

As Maura High and Peter Burian approached retirement age, they wanted to give even more to support PIH. But they did not feel wealthy enough to make a large outright gift. 

Michael Chastain of Dripping Springs, Texas, started supporting PIH as a legacy donor after the earthquake. “PIH does more than have visions and talk; they achieve goals,” Chastain said. 

Sam Conlogue first learned about Partners In Health as a nursing major in college. He connected with the organization’s philosophy instantly. “PIH’s model of building, teaching, and staying is inspiring,” he says. 

A few years ago, Chelsea Revell rummaged through a cluttered storage room at her college and picked up a dusty copy of Mountains Beyond Mountains...

A friend gave Taimoon Stewart Mountains Beyond Mountains by Tracy Kidder and told her, simply, “read this.”