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 Daniel Cable
May 2008 - Present: Director of Rural Operations, full time paid staff
member
Daniel graduated from The College of William and Mary in May 2003, with a degree in Economics and a minor in International Relations. He lived in Guatemala from August 2004 to May 2007 as a Peace Corps Volunteer. During his Peace Corps service, Daniel lived for one year in a rural indigenous Quiché village, with the rest of his service spent in a small Ladino town, experiencing both sides of Guatemalan culture. He was in charge of a Heifer International Project, working with over 100 women to improve livestock production and promote sustainable agriculture practices.
 Joanne Wessels
September 2007 - Present: Director for Programs, full time paid staff
member
Joanne graduated from the University of Twente, The Netherlands, in September 2002, with a degree in Public Administration & Public Policy and a specialization in International Relations & European Integration. After working for 3 years as a policy-maker for the Dutch local government, she moved to La Antigua Guatemala in May 2006 to work as a volunteer project manager for Constru Casa, a Dutch housing project. During her one year stay with Constru Casa, Joanne worked with Guatemala’s local social project organizations to select beneficiary families for new homes.
 Frank Peterson
April 2001 - present: President and Founder, full time volunteer.
Frank
Frank Peterson retired from the U.S. Navy Department as Director of the Propulsion and Hydrodynamics Department in July 2000 specifically to develop a way to help the impoverished rural Guatemalans to access surgical care offered by volunteer medical teams. Frank spends half of his time in Guatemala, overseeing operations, and half of his time in the U.S, recruiting teams and raising funds.
 Victor Yat Tiul
July 2004 - present: Sub Director of Rural Operations, full time paid staff member
Victor started as a local community manager in the municipality of Senahu, Alta Verapaz (April 2002 – July 2004). He is a Q’eqchi Mayan with a strong capability in Spanish learned during his six years of formal education. Victor was the first local community manager to begin a community radio program in 2003. Because of his demonstrated leadership skills, he was promoted to the position of Sub Director, which required him to move with his family to Coban, Alta Verapaz.
 Silvia Cojolon
March 2008 - present: Sub Director of Administration, part time paid staff member
Silvia grew up in La Antigua, Antigua. Alter finishing high school, she studied to be a secretary. In 2004, she started working for a local real estate agency which she combined for a little over 4 years with studying part time at the University. In 2009, she hopes to graduate with a degree in Psychology.
Local community managers & assistants
Besides the paid staff members Partner for Surgery works with a network of “local community managers” (gerentes): local leaders who help us with all our activities on a volunteer basis. Currently, we have 12 local community managers, of whom 8 are women. Each gerente has one or more helpers or ayudantes: local youth who help reconfirming patients and accompanying them to the hospital.
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