PHILANTHROPY IN ACTION AWARD

Dr. Richard Park is a Managing Partner and Co-Founder of Ascend Partners, a middle-market growth private equity firm focused on healthcare. Dr. Park is the founder and former CEO of CityMD, a leading urgent care company that has treated over 8 million patients throughout New York and New Jersey. He is a board-certified emergency medicine physician and prior to founding CityMD in 2010, Dr. Park was an Attending Physician in the Emergency Department at Long Island Jewish Medical Center. As a physician educator, he served as Associate Program Director and was voted Teaching Attending of the Year by the residents from 2003 to 2006. Dr. Park is also a co-editor of McGraw Hill’s Intensive Review of Emergency Medicine. Dr. Park received a B.S. in Economics from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and an M.D. from Albert Einstein College of Medicine.

Nicole Park is a proud mom of two adult sons who are on the autism spectrum disorder. She has served as a Parent Member of the Committee on Special Education in the Mineola School District for ten years advocating for parent participation at all levels. Nicole currently serves on the board of CIDA (Community Inclusion and Development Alliance) in their mission to increase equality and inclusion opportunities for children and families with exceptional and diverse needs including disabilities, language and cultural barriers, and socioeconomic challenges.