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RFP: Medical Teams Seeks New Agency for Strategic Communications & Digital Marketing Services
Medical Teams is looking for a new agency or agencies to support strategic communications and digital marketing.
We are seeking an agency partner that has experience growing a nonprofit organization's profile internationally through communications, shares our values, and has experience in...
Medical Teams International Receives $350,000 Grant to Launch Response to Venezuelan Crisis
Grant received from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation will increase access to primary healthcare services for Venezuelan migrants in Colombia
PORTLAND, Ore. – Medical Teams International received a $350,000 grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to increase access to...
Medical Teams International Reveals their Top 19 Photos of Global Social Impact for 2019
Tigard, OR – Medical Teams International is providing a window into the lives of people in crisis around the world. Working alongside well-renowned humanitarian photographers, the organization is giving a look into what life is like in refugee settlements and work sites around the world – from an...
Medical Teams International Commemorates 40 Years of ‘Love in Action’
Pacific NW-based nonprofit to host Open House at exhibit representing life-saving work around the world
Portland/Seattle –This month, Medical Teams International marks 40 years of delivering life-saving care to people in crisis with a commemorative event at the Real Life Exhibit in Portland on...
Medical Teams International Welcomes Dr. Dora Barilla to Board of Directors
PORTLAND, Ore. – (October 31, 2019) Medical Teams International announced that Dr. Dora Barilla has been appointed to the organization’s board of directors. Dr. Barilla joins the Medical Teams board with twenty years of experience in public health policy. She has held various positions in the health...
Medical Teams’ Healthy Women, Healthy World Motivates Portland Community to Take Action on Global Health Issues Affecting Women and Children
Philanthropic event raised $243,000 for global programs
Portland, OR —Medical Teams International’s female-led Healthy Women, Healthy World hosted their fourth annual fundraiser luncheon on Thursday, Oct. 24 at the Multnomah Athletic Club. The event is intended to inspire local Oregon...
Medical Teams’ Healthy Women, Healthy World Motivates Seattle Community to Take Action on Global Health Issues Affecting Women and Children
Philanthropic event raised $147,000 for global programs
Seattle, WA—Medical Teams International’s female-led Healthy Women, Healthy World hosted their third annual fundraiser luncheon on Wednesday, Oct. 23 at The Golf Club at Newcastle. The event is intended to inspire local Washingtonian...
Syria Crisis: Medical Teams International Begins Disaster Response Assessment to Serve Vulnerable People Fleeing to Northern Iraq
Tuesday, Oct. 22, Portland, OR — Earlier this month, Turkey announced the start of military operations in Northeastern Syria. Since then, airstrikes, heavy artillery and fighting on the ground have killed more than 146 civilians and more than 160,000 people have been forced to flee, including more...
$2.9 million USD granted to Medical Teams International to improve humanitarian health response for refugees in Tanzania
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Portland, OR, 30 August 2019—Medical Teams International extends its gratitude to the U.S. Department of State Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration (PRM) for the...
$3.4 million USD granted to Medical Teams International to improve humanitarian health response for refugees in Uganda
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Portland, OR, 30 August 2019—Medical Teams International extends its gratitude to the U.S. Department of State Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration (PRM) for the generous contribution of $3.4 million USD to...
Medical Teams International Announces New Vice President, Chief of Finance
PORTLAND/SEATTLE—Medical Teams International is pleased to announce Gayle Rietmulder, CPA, has joined the executive leadership team as Vice President, Chief of Finance.
Bringing more than 20 years of experience in finance and human resources to Medical Teams from both the corporate and...
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Martha Holley Newsome
President & CEO
Joe DiCarlo
Global Ambassador
Gayle Rietmulder
Vice President, CFO
Jon Beighle
Vice President, Marketing & Development
Roger Sandberg
Vice President, Field Operations
Cindy Breilh
Executive Director, U.S. Programs