Quechua Benefit was founded in 1996 by Dr. Mario and Barrie Pedroza, Mike and Julie Safley, and Don Julio Barreda. Quechua Benefit is governed by a diverse Board of Directors, with specialties in a wide range of services and skills.
Wayne Jarvis - President
Dr. Wayne Jarvis graduated from University of Michigan Dental School in 1977 and has been practicing Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery in the Western New York area since that time. Dr. Jarvis first read about Quechua Benefit in an Alpacas Magazine article written by Dr. Mario Pedroza. He made his first trip to Peru with a Quechua Benefit team in 2002 and has returned annually to help the Quechua Benefit cause.
Mike Safley works to organize and fund Quechua Benefit since its inception. He has traveled to Peru over 25 times in the past twelve years on behalf of Quechua Benefit.
Daryl Gohl spent his career as a Human Resource executive in the hospital industry in Kansas City, Los Angeles, Miami and Portland, Oregon before retiring in 2008 and becoming a full-time alpaca rancher. Daryl and his wife Ruthie started Columbia Mist Alpacas in 1998.
