Senior Leadership Team
Dr. Lorrie Henderson, Executive Director Dr. Lorrie Henderson, PhD, MBA, LCSW serves as the Executive Director for Childhelp. In this role, he works with Childhelp throughout the country ensuring that the programs and services offered to children, adolescents and families continue to be of the highest quality within the behavioral healthcare industry.
Dr. Henderson has over 25 years of leadership experience in the field of behavior health including psychiatric hospitals, foster care, residential care, group homes, schools and outpatient settings. Prior to coming to Childhelp, Dr. Henderson was Chief Clinical Officer and Senior Vice-President of Devereux, a national behavior healthcare provider for children, adolescents and adults, headquartered at Villanova, PA. Prior to that he was Acting President and CEO, as well as Chief Operating Officer and Executive Vice President of KisPeace, Inc. headquartered in Schnecksville, PA. KidsPeace is also a national behavioral healthcare provider.
Dr. Henderson has served on multiple national boards and is currently on the Autism Speaks National Family Services Board. Dr. Henderson has conducted research, published and presented numerous journal articles on a variety of behavioral health topics.
Dr. Henderson earned a bachelor's degree in social work from Florida Atlantic University, a master's degree in social work from Florida International University and a PhD in social work from Barry University in Flordia. In 2005, Dr. Henderson earned an MBA, summa cum laude, from Jones International University. He is also a licensed clincal social worker.
Len Ksobiech, Chief Financial Officer
Len Ksobiech serves as the Chief Financial Officer for Childhelp. He is responsible for financial and fiscal management of Childhelp's operations including providing strategic leadership and establishing long-range planning in the areas of accounting, budgeting, and business planning and administration.
Prior to joining Childhelp, Len was partner at Four Peaks Financial Management in Scottsdale where he directed start-up companies in developing capital structures, accounting, budgeting and reporting systems and high-level sales and finance transactions.
Len earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting from DePaul University in Chicago and is a Certified Public Accountant.
Porter McKinnon, Vice President of Major Gift Development
Porter McKinnon serves as Vice President of Major Gift Fundraising for Childhelp. His emphasis is on creating and maintaining new donor relationships for Childhelp. He focuses on exposing Childhelp to high net-worth individuals and corporations in several geographical areas of the U.S., most of which have heard little or nothing regarding the services, programs and benefits of Childhelp.
Prior to joining Childhelp, Porter held Senior Sales and Marketing positions with Lyle Anderson Companies of Scottsdale, AZ., Weston Communications in New Canaan, CT., and NBA Properties in New York. His duties have involved him in revenue producing campaigns both nationally and internationally with emphasis on the United Kingdom and Europe.
Porter has a B.S. in Economics from MT. Union College in Alliance, OH. He resides in Scottsdale, AZ with his wife, Sherry. He has six children and ten grandchildren.
Paul Penzone, Vice President of Special Projects & Prevention Programs
Paul Penzone serves as Vice president of Special Projects & Prevention Programs. He is responsible for the oversight and supervision of Childhelp Prevention Programs, which includes Good-Touch Bad-Touch. He also serves as a panelist and recognized expert on CNN, where he represents Childhelp and Law Enforcement.
Prior to joining Childhelp Paul spent 21 years in Law Enforcement and retired as a Sergeant with Phoenix P.D. He supervised Phoenix P.D. "Silent Witness Program", where he worked with all law enforcement agencies within Maricopa County, media partners and in coordination with the civilian partner non-profit board of directors. Paul has extensive experience in investigations, operations, media relations and management.
Paul studied Criminal Justice from Northern Arizona University, and Business Management through the University of Phoenix. A few of Paul's achievements are: two time "Supervisor of the Year", Phoenix P.D.; DEA Task Force Agent Investigator of the Year; two time Distinguished Service Award recipient.
Elizabeth Reich, Vice President of Sustained Giving
Elizabeth Reich serves as Vice President of Sustained Giving. Her areas of responsibility at Childhelp include oversight of government and private grants, and planned giving.
Elizabeth has a strong professional background in both government and the non-profit sector. Prior to joining Childhelp she was CEO of VisionQuest 20/20, the nation's only non-profit organization dedicated to eliminating preventable blindness through effective vision screenings conducted in schools. She also served as the Vice President of Development for the Banner Health Foundation dedicated to raising funds to support Banner Desert Medical Center and Cardon Children's Medical Center. During Governor Jane Hull's term as Governor of Arizona, Elizabeth was Executive Director for the office now known as the Governor's Office for Children, Youth, and Families and was a member of the Governor's policy staff. She also spent twelve years with the Lutheran Healthcare Network as their Director of Women's and Children's Services.
She earned a Bachelor's Degree from Whittier College.
Sarah Rodriguez, Vice President of Corporate Relations
Sarah Rodriguez serves as Vice President of Corporate Relations for Childhelp. Her senior management responsibilities include supervising all event fundraising activities for the organization as well as all cause marketing activities. She is the corporate officer who directly interfaces with major corporations to form joint alliances and cause marketing sponsorships to benefit Childhelp.
Prior to joining Childhelp, Sarah held senior sales and marketing positions and won numerous awards for outstanding sales results. Sarah has overseen a variety of key management assignments at Childhelp. She has lead responsibilities in major events such as Barrett -Jackson Drive the Dream Gala, cause marketing alliances with Isagenix, SEMA, IHOP, philosophy, Eufora, the Chicago Blackhawks and Verizon, all of which directly benefit Childhelp in administering programs for abused and neglected children. Sarah graduated from UCLA with a Bachelor of Arts degree.
Sarah's experience in fundraising reflects a very strong B2B and individual sales track record. She has managed a number of key relationships for Childhelp that have developed into significant donations, in many cases ongoing year-after-year.
Dennis J. Sajdak, Vice President of Program Operations
Dennis J. Sajdak serves as the Vice President of Program Operation for Childhelp. He is an experienced and accomplished Behavioral Healthcare Executive with over twenty-five years of proven success in managing the business and operations of psychiatric hospitals and human service provider systems. Starting as a volunteer, he progressed to CEO of several psychiatric facilities operated by Charter and Ardent Healthcare Systems. His non-profit career includes a variety of executive positions for Baker Victory Services in NY and the Board of Child Care. His integrity and professional accomplishments have twice been recognized by both his colleagues and by consumers of behavioral healthcare services when he was awarded the designation "Professional of the Year".
Dennis was educated at Canisius College in New York, where he was awarded a full academic scholarship, and earned a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Psychology. He went on to earn a Master of Social Work Administration Degree from the State University of New York, then conducted Post-graduate studies at both universities while matriculating towards a Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology and completing coursework in the Master of Business Administration (MBA) program.
Walt Stutz, Director of Marketing
Walt Stutz serves as the Director of Marketing for Childhelp. Walt is responsible for preparing and managing Childhelp's marketing budget, assisting in the development of promotional activities including marketing brochures, advertisements and other related press releases. He also oversees the electronic marketing efforts, including supervision of the Childhelp website, social media vehicles and managing Childhelp's marketing relationships with our national public relations firm and other key vendors.
Prior to joining Childhelp, Walt was the President at Roman Brand Group, a subsidiary of J. Walter Thompson Worldwide, and one of the largest integrated marketing communication firms in Indiana. He has also served as an adjunct faculty member of Butler University's School of Journalism and Advertising.
Walt earned an MBA from Indiana Wesleyan University and a BS in Advertising/Communications from the University of Evansville.
