Henry Klyce lived and worked in Central America for two years and first traveled to Guatemala in 1970. He has developed and manufactured medical devices for the past 40 years and currently serves as the Executive Chairman of Active Implants, which makes orthopaedic implants. He is the chair of the Development Committee of the HDLF.

Chris has practiced law in San Francisco for over 30 years. He is currently in solo practice as an outside general counsel and business consultant. Chris also works as the general counsel for other non-profit and public benefit corporations in the health and music education areas. In the 2000s, he was a founder and the general counsel for a publicly traded broker-dealer investment bank. Chris has also spent many years as a trial lawyer for public and private clients in civil disputes. “I started my career in public service for cities and counties, but moved to private practice. My work with the Foundation satisfies my desire to give back as a response to all that I have received over my lifetime.”

Andy first traveled to Guatemala in 1978 and has worked in Hospital de la Familia’s Eye Center yearly since 1989 with his brother Bob. The region of San Marcos desperately needs a self-sustaining Guatemalan-led Eye Center– a vision that animates Andy’s work with HDLF Foundation and health workers in Guatemala.

Jennifer Younger has been traveling to Nuevo Progreso since 1989 and fell in love with the culture and people. “I feel very lucky that my grandfather, as a founding member of the organization, had the foresight to share this experience with me, and that I am able to continue the work of this very important and noble cause into the next generation.”