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A dedicated team of leaders, visionaries, and servants committed to transforming lives in Guatemala and beyond.
Pablo Villagran
President
Pablo Villagrán is the founder and executive director of Transforming Futures Guatemala. Born and raised in Guatemala, he is passionate about empowering vulnerable people within his country. With a communications undergraduate degree and master’s degree in marketing, Pablo has worked with Guatemalan orphans and children living in poverty for many years. He left his job at the UN Refugee Agency in Guatemala to start Transforming Futures. Pablo has led numerous humanitarian missions, managed development projects, and crafted communications strategies.
James Rachor
Vice President
Dr. James M. Rachor serves as the vice president of Transforming Futures Guatemala and president of Transforming Futures Charitable Foundation US. A Christian with a heart to help the world’s less fortunate, Dr. Rachor has served on and directed dozens of mission trips and other faith-based relief projects in Guatemala. He has been married to Lucinda Rachor for 29 years and is the father of seven children, two of whom were adopted from Guatemala.
Cinda Rachor
Secretary
Cinda Rachor has been involved with the people of Guatemala since 2005. Every year, Cinda spends several weeks leading mission teams in the country and passionately pursues ways that she and her teams can support and empower communities. She holds bachelor’s degrees in psychology and nursing from the University of Michigan. She is the mother of seven children and resides in Michigan.
Richard Berry
Treasurer
Rick Berry serves as Transforming Futures’ treasurer and has worked with the organization since its inception. He is an entrepreneur, software engineer, and angel investor living in the San Francisco Bay area. Rick holds a bachelor’s degree in computer science from Butler University and a Master of Business Administration from the Darden Graduate School of Business at the University of Virginia. Rick is married to Ana Maria, and they are raising their four boys in the Christian faith.
John Berry
Vocal 1
John Berry is a proud Catholic who has been married for over 29 years to Kelly Berry. They have six children, including a daughter who is from Guatemala. John has served on several boards and has owned his own business for more than three decades. He holds a bachelor’s degree in business management and marketing from Lake Superior State University. John is very passionate and blessed to serve the children of Guatemala.
Brian Panosian
Vocal 2
Brian has been employed at Cisco Systems for over 15 years and has years of experience building teams and developing strategic sales plans in health care and technology. Before joining Transforming Futures, Brian served for over 20 years in his community of Smyrna, Georgia, by running a Sunday school program college students and recent graduates and coaching youth sports. He holds a bachelor’s degree in communication arts from Georgia Southern University.
Don Wenner
Vocal 3
Don Wenner is the Founder & CEO of DLP Capital, a private real estate investment and financial services company focused on making an IMPACT by acquiring, developing, and building relationships, housing, leaders, and organizations. DLP’s purpose is Dream. Live. Prosper: passionately creating prosperity and making an impact by investing in communities. DLP Capital has an expansive array of business divisions and companies, including lending, investment funds, sales, leasing, property management, construction management, development, and loan servicing.
Danny Sells
DLP Representative
Danny Sells is the Executive Director of the DLP Positive Returns Foundation, a non-profit faith-based philanthropic foundation affiliated with DLP Capital, a private real estate investment firm focused on passionately making an extraordinary impact by transforming lives and building thriving communities. On behalf of the foundation, Danny spearheads strategic initiatives, both in the US and internationally, that address immediate relief and long term developmental needs of vulnerable populations such as unhoused families and young, at-risk children.

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Transforming Futures uplifts Guatemala’s most vulnerable youth: orphans who have been abused or abandoned and children who live in extreme poverty. 
Transforming Futures, a 501(c)(3) organization founded in 2019, equips teenage orphans in Guatemala with job skills and emotional support as they transition out of orphanages. In addition, we provide daily meals to hundreds of children living around one of Guatemala City’s largest garbage dumps. Transforming Futures Guatemala is officially registered with the Superintendence of Banks of Guatemala and complies with all regulations to prevent money laundering and the financing of terrorism, ensuring transparency and integrity in every aspect of our work.