Patrick Riecke and Kristen Riecke

Consultants

In October 2000 the Riecke’s lost their son, Stephen Daniel, to a second trimester miscarriage. Since that time they have had the honor of walking alongside hundreds of other loss parents, families, and the professionals that serve them.

Kristen and Patrick Riecke, the co-authors of "No Matter How Small: Understanding Miscarriage and Stillbirth," bring a wealth of experience and compassion to their work. In 2015, Kristen began working in local hospitals, where she established grief support groups, annual events to support healthy grieving, and a volunteer program aimed at providing immediate in-patient support to parents experiencing stillbirth. Since 2013 Patrick, a seasoned expert in the field, led a team of professionals that responded to a staggering 15,000 inpatient deaths, including a significant number of miscarriages, stillbirths, and infant losses. Today, Patrick is a speaker, author, and consultant on grief, medical ethics, and workplace burnout. He is also an adjunct professor at Indiana University for the School of Healthcare Sciences.

The Burnout Hub:

Supporting families through pregnancy and infant loss requires presence, compassion, and emotional endurance. But the people providing that care often carry far more than anyone sees.

Through collaboration with consultants Patrick and Kristen Riecke, Piper’s Purpose is able to point healthcare professionals to the Burnout Hub -a growing collection of on-demand courses designed to support those working in emotionally demanding roles.

Because caring for others should not require sacrificing yourself.

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Janet Simon, PhD

Research Consultant

Associate Professor in the College of Health Sciences and Professions at Ohio University in Athens, OH. Bachelor’s degree from Southern Connecticut State University (Athletic Training) in 2008, a master’s degree (Athletic Training) from Ohio University in 2010, a second master’s degree (Applied Statistics), and PhD (Epidemiology and Biostatistics) from Indiana University in 2014.

Research Interests: Evaluating health related quality of life in various patient populations. The use and development of patient-based outcomes instruments for the purpose of outcomes assessment and measuring the end result of healthcare services. Dr. Simon has published over 80 peer-reviewed articles in various sports medicine and orthopedic journals and has been involved as an investigator on over $8 million of grant funding.

A very close friends of the co-founders, Claire and Jared.

Nancy Olson, MA

Operations Consultant

Piper’s Grandma.

30+ years of experience: group facilitation, program development, administration leadership, non- profit consultation.

Retired psychotherapist and counselor.

Nancy currently works as a life coach and is the interim, Director of Faith Formation at All Soul’s Unitarian Church in Indianapolis.