National Life Group CIO Nimesh Mehta named to Parkland Health Foundation Board of Directors

Addison, TX - (November 29, 2023) National Life Group Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer Nimesh Mehta has been named to the Parkland Health Foundation Board of Directors.

Mehta was appointed senior VP and CIO of National Life Group in 2018. He focuses on all aspects of technology operations to effectively align business and technology strategy with a customer centric focus.

Parkland Health Foundation is dedicated to securing substantial financial resources that advance the goals of Parkland Health. Parkland Health’s Pediatric Behavioral Health Program has been the recipient of the National Life Group Do Good Fest benefit concert since it came to the Dallas area in 2022, bringing in $70,000 last year. The Parkland program, which is dedicated to reducing stigma and increasing access to mental health support, also receives support from the National Life Group Foundation. Last year, more than 2,000 children and adolescents received behavioral health care through the program. 

“It is a privilege to serve Parkland in support of their outstanding work to expand access to care in the Dallas community,” Mehta said. “Parkland’s mission to heal aligns beautifully with National Life’s work in supporting the ever-growing needs of youth mental health and I look forward to contributing to this great cause.”

Every child seen at Parkland receives a behavioral health screening as part of their routine pediatric primary care, allowing healthcare providers to address minor problems immediately and refer to more specialized behavioral health services if needed. Parkland Behavioral Health services are now available at all 10 Parkland Pediatric Clinics across the county, in primarily underserved neighborhoods. Parkland also implemented a trauma-informed care approach that fully integrates physical and mental health care for children. 

“Nimesh is a proven enterprise leader whose deep understanding of how to develop and scale customer-centric systems aligns with Parkland Health Foundation’s commitment to harness the power of high-impact philanthropy to expand a patient-centered model of community-healthcare across Dallas County,” said Michael Horne, EdD, MPP, president and CEO, Parkland Health Foundation. “Equally impressive is Nimesh’s unwavering commitment to upholding the dignity of our community’s most vulnerable residents—a core element of Parkland Health’s mission to ‘advance wellness, relieve suffering, develop and educate.’”

Learn more here about National Life Group’s corporate philanthropy with programs that include LifeChanger of the Year, Do Good Heroes, a commitment to ending childhood hunger and supporting children’s mental health, among others.

About Parkland Health
In 1894, Parkland Hospital opened its doors to the citizens of Dallas. Its mission was simple: to provide medical care to patients in need.

Now, 127 years later, Parkland is building on that legacy while breaking ground on a new generation of innovative healthcare initiatives. Today, Parkland is an integrated health system comprised of a state-of-the-art acute care hospital and outpatient clinics located throughout the county, a health plan for those who qualify and many educational and outreach programs. As a preeminent public academic medical center, Parkland has developed countless innovations that save lives, improve access to services and reduce healthcare costs.

About National Life Group
National Life is here to bring you peace of mind. We’ve been keeping our promises since 1848. Believe in tomorrow, do good today. Learn more at NationalLife.com

Contact: Daphne Larkin, corporate communications, National Life Group, 802.229.3607.

National Life Group® is a trade name of National Life Insurance Company, founded in Montpelier, Vt., in 1848, Life Insurance Company of the Southwest, Addison, Texas, chartered in 1955, and their affiliates.  Each company of National Life Group is solely responsible for its own financial condition and contractual obligations.  Life Insurance Company of the Southwest is not an authorized insurer in New York and does not conduct insurance business in New York.