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Jessica Momberg
April 2010-Present: Director of Rural Operations, full time paid staff member.
Jessica Momberg graduated from the University of California San Diego in 2007 with a degree in Political Science. She lived in Guatemala from January 2008 until April 2010 as a Peace Corps Volunteer. During her Peace Corps Service, Jessica coordinated two pilot projects working with the Ministry of Education implementing health and hygiene programs in rural schools in the department of Chimaltenango, continuing the Healthy Schools Project in 26 schools and implementing the project in 46, co-developing a more extensive and sustainable program.
Felipe Sutantri
January 2010-Present: Director of Operations and External Relations, full time paid staff member.
Felipe graduated from the University of Florida in 2004 with a degree in Electrical Engineering. After graduating, he worked as a consultant at Accenture in the D.C. area for 3 years. In 2007 he was invited to serve as a Peace Corps volunteer in Guatemala. During his service he worked in coordinating and directing small infrastructure projects focused on health in the rural areas of Guatemala. Felipe finished his 2 year service and in January 2010 joined Partner for Surgery.
Silvia Eugenia Macario
March 2010-Present: Sub Director of Administration, full time paid staff member.
Silvia is a Guatemalan national from a small town of Buena Vista in the department of Chimaltengo. She graduated as an Accountant and is currently finishing her Law degree. Silvia has experience working at various organizations,
including Fundacion para el Desarrollo and Fortalecimiento de las Organizaciones de Base.
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.
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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