Dear CNS (Children’s Neurobiological Solutions) Family,
As many of you know, the CNS Foundation was founded in 2000 by Fia and Phil Richmond,
after spending years seeking answers to explain their son Palmer’s undiagnosed neurological
condition. The Richmonds immersed themselves in the scientific community; becoming
advocates for therapies that could ultimately lead to the regeneration of damaged brain tissue.
They created the CNS Foundation to function as a parent-driven non-profit research foundation to
assist the scientific and medical communities in reaching this goal.
While Palmer passed away in October 2014, his love, warmth and affection continue to inspire
the Richmonds to nurture and fight for others facing similar challenges. The foundation continued
to grow and was led by Alex, Palmer’s older brother. Alex worked tirelessly for the CNS
Foundation consistently bringing information, hope and support to special-needs families around
the globe.
Today, we are pleased to announce our plan for the future. While the mission and the goal of
CNS will remain very much the same, we have broadened our scope in order to serve a more
comprehensive pediatric community and their families, and therefore have decided to re-brand
the organization to the PEDIATRIC BRAIN FOUNDATION. As CNS transforms into the
Pediatric Brain Foundation, our experienced and well-trained executives will work to increase
awareness and educational opportunities for anyone touched by pediatric neurological disorders,
injuries or cancers. We will provide annual grants to the scientific and medical community to
support high risk/high reward research that we hope will provide breakthroughs to be shared
among our community, scientists and doctors openly.
In addition to continuing to bridge the gap between the scientific community and the children and
families advocating for continued advancements and proper medical attention; the Pediatric Brain
Foundation is pleased to announce the expansion of our leadership and foundation support team.
Leading this cause are Rochette and Matthew Dahler, highly accomplished executives and family
friends of the Richmonds, who are thrilled to take over the executive level operations of the
foundation as the new President and Vice President of the Pediatric Brain Foundation. Rochette
and Matthew reside in Springfield, Missouri where Rochette’s passion for creating environments
for young children to grow and flourish came to life with her creation of Little Sunshine’s
Playhouse, a nationally branded preschool franchise system. Their long-time passion has been to
develop cognitive, social, emotional and physical abilities in young children in a way that was not
being delivered in the field of early education previously. Rochette and Matthew are touched and
honored that the Richmond family has trusted the pair to work to continue the foundations
mission and carry on Palmer’s story in addition to working as advocates for children around the
world who also face new challenges as a result of neurological conditions.
2925 E. Battlefield Rd, Suite 225B, Springfield, MO 65804
Phone: 310-889-8611 | www.PediatricBrainFoundation.org
A partnership of the Pediatric Brain Foundation and Little Sunshine’s Playhouse (Dahler’s
company) is a natural fit that will be mutually beneficial to both entities. Separate but similar
work with children in typical cognitive development and in impacted children’s neurological
development/treatment creates a synergy and an opportunity for deeper understanding of the
brain, applicable to all children and both entities.
As part of the vision the team expansion also includes the addition of passionate entrepreneur,
Stan Krempges. Stan has served on the board of Bridges for Youth, is an active Rotarian and
established The Lance Gold Live with Passion Award in memory of one of his franchisees. Lance
lost his battle with brain cancer after a courageous battle. Stan and his wife, Sonja reside in
Springfield, Missouri, where the pair created and sold a national brand franchise system, Renew
Crew. Stan is thrilled to be serving as the foundation’s Executive Director and looks forward to
helping continue and build on the success the Richmonds have created over the past 15 years.
Rochette, Matt and Stan have also recruited additional passionate professionals who will bring
special skillsets to the foundations operational efforts in order to further support the mission of
the Pediatric Brain Foundation. You can read more about the new team, the mission, and the
research grants available at www.pediatricbrainfoundation.org.
Over the coming weeks and months we will continue to provide you with additional news and
announcements on innovative and groundbreaking ways we are continuing to support the
Pediatric Brain Foundation (formerly CNS Foundation) Family.
Thank you again for your generous gifts of sacrifice over the past 15 years. We look forward to
sharing the next 15 years of successful advancements with you.
If you would like to re-new or re-commit your involvement and support of our research and
efforts for children with special needs, traumatic brain injuries, and brain cancers please reach out
to Stan at stan@pediatricbrainfoundation.org. It truly takes a village! And, we would be honored
to have your support in our pursuit of tearing down the current boundaries in pediatric neurology
and neuro-oncology.
Most Sincerely,
2925 E. Battlefield Rd, Suite 225B, Springfield, MO 65804
Phone: 310-889-8611 | www.PediatricBrainFoundation.org