Bangkok--19 Feb--Total Quality PR
The Father Ray Foundation, one of Thailand’s most highly regarded charitable organizations, located in Pattaya, has announced a reorganization of its management staff as it looks to the future and to continue to fulfill its mission in what are seriously difficult economic times. The Foundation, located in Pattaya, has created two new senior management positions. Suporntum Mongkolsawadi has been appointed Managing Director of Projects and will have the responsibility for all projects including Father Ray Children’s Home, Children’s Village, Drop-in Center, Day Care Center, School for Blind Children and the Vocational School for the Disabled and other staff functions.
At the same time Luksamapa Monyarid has been appointed Managing Director of Purchasing and Services, a role that includes the responsibility for Central Purchasing, Publications, the Retreat Center, Maintenance, Security and the Agriculture Farm.
Father Lawrence Patin, President of the Father Ray Foundation said, “a management realignment is necessary to cope with the changing times necessitated by the worsening economies of the world. There is a dire need to concentrate on tightening our controls on expenditures and broadening donor relations. The new positions, with these two outstanding and capable people to fill them, are a strong step in that process.”
Khun Suporntum was a student at the Father Ray Vocational School for Disabled in 1987, where he later became a teacher and in 1995 was named Principal. From 1997 he was also head of the Job Placement Agency and the Redemptorist Foundation for the Disabled. He holds a degree from Ramkhamhaeng University in Accounting, and Masters Degrees from Chulalongkorn University in Political Economics and from Huachiew University in Social Welfare Projects Management.
Khun Luksamapa became manager of Central Purchasing at the Foundation in 2003 and developed procedures to manage purchases for all the projects of the Father Ray Foundation. He graduated from Assumption University with an undergraduate degree in 2001 and a Master’s Degree in Computer Science in 2003.
In commenting about the new positions, Father Patin said, “these key people fully understand our needs and have proven their management abilities with stellar performance with us for many years. I am also pleased to announce that Thomas J. Vincent, Chairman and CEO of the Vincent Foundation of Honolulu, Hawaii, has agreed to join the Board and the Operations Committee of the Fr. Ray Foundation to lend us his management experience and support”.
The Father Ray Foundation was started more than 35 years ago when Father Ray Brennan, an Irish-American Catholic Priest in Pattaya, was given a baby to care for by a young Thai lady who could not care for the baby herself. Others followed. Fr. Ray opened homes and schools over the years to house, feed and educate blind children, disabled young people and children without families. He died in 2003 and his legacy continues with the Foundation today caring for over 800 young people.
For further information, requests for photographs and more details about the different activities of the Father Ray Foundation, all inquires are to be directed to:
Tom Van Blarcom / Wimonpun Wiboonma
TQPR Thailand
Phone: +66 (0) 2260 5820; Fax: +66 (0) 2260 5847 - 8
E-mail: [email protected]