Our Team

• Past-President, Wilderness Medical Society (2006-2008)
• Medical Director, Teton Co. Fire
• Medical Director, Wound Healing & Hyperbaric Medicine, Deaconess Health, Bozeman, MT.
• Medical Consultant, Global Rescue, LLC
• Frequent volunteer for the Himalayan Rescue Association clinics and Everest ER. NAUI instructor #22649 (ret)

• Past President, Wilderness Medical Society (2004-2006)
• Medical Director, Yellowstone National Park
• Founder/Director, Everest ER, Nepal.

• Paul S. Auerbach MD, MS is the Redlich Family Professor Emeritus of Emergency Medicine at Stanford University School of Medicine and Adjunct Professor of Military/Emergency Medicine, F. Edward Hébert School of Medicine, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences.
• He is Editor of the textbook Wilderness Medicine, co-author of Field Guide to Wilderness Medicine, and author of Medicine for the Outdoors, as well as Enviromedics: The Impact of Climate Change on Human Health.
• He was a first responder to the earthquake in Nepal, a founder of the Nepal Ambulance Service, and is a co-leader of the Wongchhu Sherpa Memorial Hospital project.

Dr. Kelly Murphy is a graduate of Brown University’s Program in Medicine and since 1993 an Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine at Stanford University and a Center for Innovation in Global Health Faculty Fellow.

Dr. Murphy received his post-graduate medical education at Brown University in its Internal Medicine program (ABIM Board Certified); sub-specializing in Obstetrical Medicine during his training. Dr. Murphy joined Stanford University in 1993 in its division of Emergency Medicine. After coming to Stanford he worked extensively overseas with cooperative medical projects in Papua New Guinea, Vietnam, Niger (Sahara Relief), and Nepal.  His academic focus is on grassroots medical education and rural clinical care programs; focusing domestically on pre-clinical medical education opportunities for undergraduate and medical students.

Dr. Murphy has directed the Stanford – Papua New Guinea Medical Project since 1997, which has been successful in building a novel locally controlled and managed medical care system in the Sepik region. For his work in Papua New Guinea he was awarded 2007 Independence Medal from their government. Currently, Dr. Murphy is working in rural medical development in the country of Nepal; using professional connections developed in Papua New Guinea to build a model for new medical clinic design which can withstand earthquakes similar to ones which devastated the country in the Spring of 2015.

In 2015, Dr. Murphy was named a Faculty Fellow in Global Health at Stanford. Administratively, Dr. Murphy has been involved in medical center infection control and surveillance, authoring the medical center’s Bloodborne Pathogen exposure program; as well as drug testing as a Medical Review Officer, physician wellness, and policy writing. Dr. Murphy was a San Francisco based Visiting Team Medical Liaison (VTML) for the NFL from 2015-2019.

Carter was president of Carter-Lee Lumber Company located in Indianapolis, Indiana USA from 1997-2005

David served as a mountain guide for Rainier Mountaineering Incorporated from 1986 through 1992.  Carter has climbed numerous mountains in South America, Alaska, and the Pacific Northwest.  David was a member of the 1991 American Everest Expedition and NOVA 1997 Everest Expedition which filmed the documentary “Everest The Death Zone”.  He summited Everest on May 23, 1997.

A native of Indianapolis, Carter graduated from Indiana University with a B.S in political science.   David enjoys trekking in the Himalayas, bee keeping, reading, visiting national parks, minimizing the impacts of climate change, and spending time exploring the outdoors with his wife Marta and daughter Vyla.

Carter believes that we have a moral obligation to future generations to dramatically reduce greenhouse gas emissions and to protect biodiversity by having a deep engagement with the natural world and each other.

Renita Fonseca has dedicated the entirety of her 20-year career to the association sector. She is from Austin, Texas, and she previously worked as the executive director of the Texas Radiological Society, where she spent nearly 16 years managing all facets of association management, including board governance, strategic planning, conference planning, program development, budgeting, operations, membership, and marketing. She holds the top professional designation in the association sector, the Certified Association Executive (CAE), as well as a Bachelor of Arts in Communication Studies from Texas Tech University. She is also a Certified Meeting Professional (CMP).

As the former owner at Lockerby Animal Hospital in Sudbury, Ontario. Canada, Dr. Wilkinson has been a practicing small animal veterinarian since 1993. He is an avid trekker, skier, golfer, and motorcyclist, and enjoys spending his time in Northern Ontario with his family. Dr. Wilkison’s introduction to the wonderful people and country of Nepal began in March 2019, through a fortuitous meeting with Didi Luanne while on a ski holiday in Montana. Her recommendation of Wongchhu Peak Promotion as expedition guides for October 2019 EBC trip was the beginning of a wonderful journey. Experiencing the wonderful landscape and hospitality of Nepal on that trip was life-changing for him, and after meeting and spending time with Lakpa, Ang Dawa (AD), Mingmar, Hari, Pasang, and Sonam, he has developed a deep appreciation for the hardworking, humble, and truly inspirational people of Nepal.

John-Paul Davidson is a passionate director, producer and writer for television and film. After attending Bristol University, The University of Malaya and San Francisco Art Institute he went on to work for the BBC for a number of years before becoming a freelance director, specializing in documentary film making.

In 2018 he directed narrative feature film The Thin Man which has since been retitled The Man in the Hat in France alongside Oscar-winning composer Stephen Warbeck starring Ciarán Hinds and Stephen Dillane.

Late Mr. Wongchhu Sherpa was born in the remote Chyangba VDC of Solukhumbu district in eastern Nepal and spent the early days of his life on the slopes of Chyangba. He arrived in Kathmandu, the capital city of Nepal when he was 16 since then he created a legacy in the sector of tourism. He chose the promotion of tourism in the Himalayan region as his profession and established the Wongchhu Peak Promotion which is now operated and managed by his younger daughter Lakpa Sherpa. Besides tourism, Mr. Wongchhu Sherpa has contributed to the sector of social work. He hustled day and night for the welfare of people living in the Himalayas. The Himalaya Yokpu Foundation is the brainchild of Mr. Wongchhu Sherpa.

Mrs. Lakpa Sherpa, Chairperson of Himalayan Yokpu Foundation, has devoted most of her time to social work along with the travel and tourism industry. She puts a lot of effort into advancing and promoting the entire Himalayan area in order to improve the quality of life for those who call it home. The foundation has reached new heights because of her drive and enthusiasm. She is the younger daughter of the late Mr. Wongchhu Sherpa, who is widely regarded as a pioneer in the development of rural Himalayas.

Ang Diku was Born in Tapting a small village in Lower Solukhumbu district. She completed her high school from Kathmandu and graduated from Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu.

• Former Sales Assistant (Peak Promotion)
• Former tutor & Administrative Ast. (CDCA)
• Former teacher (Divine Buds)
• Former teacher (Jugal English Memorial School)

Mr.Phula is originally from Okhaldunga District, he is currently employed as a Trekking and mountaineering Guide in Wongchhu peak promotion. He has 15 years of working experience with travelers around the globe and is capable to speak English, Nepali, and Hindi along with his native language Sherpas. In his long-run contribution to the tourism sector, he is also a part of Wongchhu peak promotion with the motive to bring positive changes in the mountain and trekking sector. In all these years he has participated in several training programs under the Ministry of Tourism, Trekking Agency Association of Nepal (TAAN) & Nepal Mountaineering Association (NMA) which has made him one of the most experienced and well-trained trekking guides in Nepal. In all these years he has guided numerous trekking groups across the major trekking regions of Nepal.

Academic qualification

• Bachelor in business studies
• Basic Computer Skill

Training & Guiding Experience

• 15 years of Outdoors Experience like Trekking, Hiking, adventures activities in Nepal, Outdoors Backpacking Trekking guide training from the government of Nepal
• Climbing & mountaineering Training from Nepal Mountaineering Association (NMA)
• Advance Backpacking Training Completed from Leave No Trace LNT/WWF
• High Altitude Risk Management and Leadership Training from Nepal Tourism Board NT
• Cultural Tours training

Involvement

• Treasure in Himalayan Yokpu Foundation
• Treasure in Okhaldhunga, Solukhumbu Joint Development & Conservation Committee.
• Member of Nepal-India Human Development & Friendship Association.
• Journalist in Community Radio Solu Fm 101.2 MHz.
• Treasure in Inaccessible, Sector, Development Organization Nepal.
• Founder president of Jantarkhani Sherpa Society Kathmandu

Travel

• National – Most of the District of Nepal
• International- Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, etc.

Awards

• Awards from Everest Summiteers Association.
• Awards from Himalayan Yokpu Foundation.
• Awards from Jantarkhani social service committee Okhaldhunga.
• Inaccessible Sector Development Organization Nepal (ISDO)-Nepal.
• Nepal Sherpa Student Forum.

Roshan Shrestha is an undergraduate student pursuing his Bachelor’s degree in Public Health. He has worked and volunteer for many organizations on various themes including Nutrition, WASH. He is committed to working in the field of public health and ensuring that the general population has access to health care.

Sonam Sherpa has been working with us for years and is the cornerstone of the Himalayan Yokpu Foundation. He oversees the whole financial department as the finance officer. Sonam Sherpa was born in the remote hamlet of Gorakhani in Solukhumbu, where there were no educational institutions of any type. He moved to Kathmandu to pursue higher schooling in order to take advantage of greater chances. Recently he attended an MBS class on TU.