OUR PEOPLE

US Leadership Team

  • Michelle Kvandal - President

  • Scott Kvandal - Director of Strategic Development

  • Olivia Tersieff - Communications Specialist

  • Cathy Hoving - Accounting Manager

  • Ruth Apffel - Volunteer Coordinator & Ambassador

  • Rick Riehman - Ambassador

  • Charlotte Mishler - Child Sponsor Coordinator

  • Julie Woodruff - Mission Trip Coordinator & Child Sponsor Assistant

  • Sandy Cole - Corporate Secretary

  • Greg Metzger - Corporate Treasurer

  • Kevin Grangetto - Board Member

  • Jonathan Rourke - Board Member

  • Todd Guckenberger - Board Member

Paraguay Leadership Team

  • Pastor Alcides Gonzalez - President

  • Patricio Melgarejo - Corporate Treasurer

  • Mary Mooney - Corporate Secretary

  • Pedro Yambay - Board Member

  • Klaus Hipke - Executive Director

  • Analia Figueredo - Director of Development & Communications

  • Marco Klaue - Music School Director

  • Liza Ferreira - Children’s Care Center Director

  • Alex Escobar - Center of Hope for Women Director

  • Wilzon Paez - Accelerated Learning Program Director

  • Claudia Escobar - Administrator

Peru Leadership Team

  • Valentin Popescu - President

  • Rosa Arnao - Corporate Treasurer

  • Rosa Katherine Bazo de Popescu - Corporate Secretary & Administrator

  • Franco Granja - Children’s Care Center Coordinator

  • Moises Cutipa - Children’s Care Centers, Cusco

Argentina Leadership Team

  • Pastor David Ibarra - President

  • Guillermo Navarro - Executive Director, Corporate Treasurer

  • Fernando Cabral - Corporate Secretary

  • Silvina Gatti de Navarro - Director of Children’s Care Center & Administrator

  • Daniela Rossler - Director of Education