Krys Sipple, CFRE, Executive Director

Krystine (Krys) Sipple has over fifteen years of experience in the medical field, in the areas of long-term care, Alzheimer’s care, fund development and board development. She is a graduate of Virginia Wesleyan College with a BA in Psychology, and a 2006 Graduate of the Chester County Leadership Connection.  Krys holds a Certified Fundraising Executive (CFRE) designation as well as a certification as a Pennsylvania Personal Care Home Administrator. She  is secretary of the Health Care Access Board in Phoenixville, and was recently appointed to the board of the National Association of Free Clinics.

As executive director of The Clinic, Krys is responsible for the overall operation of a medical center which provides free or low cost health care to over 11,000 uninsured patients each year. Krys’ expertise is with creating development programs and governance infrastructures for small, grassroots non-profit organizations like The Clinic. She has worked extensively with non-profit boards to move them from the early stages of hands-on staff support to the mature stages of governance and fundraising for their organizations. 

Lorna B. Stuart, MD, Medical Director

Dr. Lorna B. Stuart is the founding physician and medical director of The Clinic, a nonprofit medical clinic for uninsured and under-insured persons located in Phoenixville Pennsylvania. She holds degrees from Simon Fraser University in British Columbia, the University of British Columbia School of Medicine, and Oxford University, and was a post-doctoral fellow at Harvard University. After 25 years in private practice, Dr. Stuart recognized the need for dignified health care for the uninsured and founded The Clinic. She has been widely recognized for her contributions to health care by local, national, and even international media, and was featured on CNN, the Today Show, Voice of America – the Chinese edition, and in People Magazine.