The alarm still goes off around 3:30 a.m. for Brig. Gen. Ron Sconyers, although he no longer reports to work for the U.S. Air Force, where he served in numerous staff and command positions for 32 years.
Sconyers was recently in Washington, D.C., to accept a large donation of prosthetic limbs — many of which will be sent to the Philippines — on behalf of Physicians for Peace, a nonprofit that trains and empowers health care professionals working with the world’s underserved populations.
Sconyers doesn’t have a medical background, but timing allowed the retired director of public affairs for the secretary of the Air Force to step into the role of CEO for Physicians for Peace 10 years ago. The organization was looking for someone to take on the challenge of growing and branding the nonprofit — and Sconyers was looking to escape retirement and “alphabetizing the canned vegetables in my house,” he said jokingly.