In Partnership
In connection with the MedSend NFL Draft Experience, we would love you to join us for dinner. Enjoy an evening of fellowship, MedSend updates, and a special message from Derek Webber, a MedSend Grant Recipient, followed by a live viewing of Round 1 of the NFL Draft. Come be part of this exciting evening and celebrate the impact your partnership is making around the world.
We are delighted to invite you to a special gathering focused on philanthropy and generosity—where real estate investors, faithdriven leaders, and nonprofit champions come together to explore meaningful ways to create lasting impact while stewarding resources wisely.
Hosted by Chris Pfeiffer, Vice President of Development for MedSend (Northeast/Midwest) and a passionate Pittsburgh connector with over 25 years in nonprofit leadership. From leading development at Pittsburgh Kids Foundation and Bike MS, to founding the Espwa Foundation serving in Haiti, Chris excels at building meaningful relationships and linking people to causes, missions, and one another. A Clemson University graduate and dedicated Kingdom-builder, Chris will be guiding our conversations and making connections that spark collaboration and impact right here in Pittsburgh.
We’ll hear from Jayson Samuels, CFRE, founder of Summit Advancement Group. With over 25 years raising millions for ministries and nonprofits from Pittsburgh to Haiti, Jayson is passionate about helping faith-driven leaders build joyful, sustainable generosity. He will lead a brief discussion on the vision for a Faith Driven Generosity Hub in Pittsburgh—so donors can learn biblical generosity and strengthen our local nonprofit ecosystem.
Our keynote speaker is the Vice President of Philanthropy for Cornerstone Real Estate Investment Services and registered with WealthForge in Richmond, Virginia. A 1965 graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy, John was commissioned in the United States Marine Corps and served with the Third Marine Division in Vietnam. With over 40 years of experience providing real estate income solutions for investors, he was instrumental in launching one of the country’s largest real estate investment sponsors that later listed on the NYSE.
John has combined his deep expertise in investment real estate with a passion for philanthropy by creating a unique asset-based giving solution. He helps donors access the wealth in highly appreciated real estate to support hospitals, colleges, universities, charities, and faith-based nonprofits. By pairing traditional 1031 exchanges with Delaware Statutory Trusts (DSTs), this innovative strategy allows donors to defer capital gains taxes while transforming what would have been tax liabilities into powerful philanthropic dollars—delivering stable, professionally managed assets to the causes they love.
Our predecessors faithfully built institutions that have served for generations. Our challenge is different. We have inherited those institutions into a world they could scarcely have imagined. Population growth, urbanization, changing disease patterns, financial pressures, conflict, climate shocks, and technological change are reshaping healthcare across low- and middle-income countries.
Drawing on new data about the Christian health ecosystem, strategic consultations with global and African Christian health leaders, and field experience across Africa and Asia, this session explores what it will take for Christian health ministries to flourish by 2040.
Together we’ll imagine what it will take for Christian health ministries to flourish by 2040, strengthening resilient institutions, cultivating exceptional local leadership, and mobilizing a broader range of Christian expertise from medicine and nursing to governance, education, engineering, finance, data science, and technology.
How can Christian health ministries become indispensable partners in building resilient health systems that reflect the compassion and hope of Christ? The legacy of the next generation of medical missions will be measured not only by the number of missionaries sent, but by the resilience, flourishing, and Christ-centered witness of systems they strengthen.
