Dr Richard Manning M.D. completed his undergraduate studies at the University of Pennsylvania, medical school at Thomas Jefferson University, and surgical training at the George Washington University Hospital. In 1993, he joined a local team of healthcare workers on a ten-day medical missionary trip to Haiti, where his desire to serve in the developing world was born. From 2004 through 2013, Dr Manning worked with a team of expatriate healthcare professionals in Kabul, Afghanistan to transform a bombed-out and dilapidated hospital into one of the nation's leading academic healthcare institutions. By the time he left, over three hundred Afghan staff were managing the hospital completely. Dr Manning has continued supporting the hospital and Afghan team operationally and financially by solidifying the hospital's links with outside funding agencies. Rick and his wife Linda are blessed with five children and eight grandchildren.