HELEN HUMPHREYS

AOBA CERTIFIED HALTER & FLEECE JUDGE

Helen Humphreys is a graduate of Penn State University (Bachelor's, Liberal Arts) and La Roche College (Master's, Human Resource Management). She has worked as Human Resource Manager for her family's business, Trace Services, Inc., a contracting company for Utility Companies. Helen has always been an animal lover and longed to be a Veterinarian growing up in the North Hills of Pittsburgh. Jim & Helen were married in 1998 and soon after bought a farm on ten acres north of Pittsburgh. It was Helen who was determined to put "something" out in those pastures and barn, and began to do research on Alpacas. Helen is very involved in the alpaca community. Helen served as President of the Pennsylvania Alpacas and Breeders Association (PAOBA). She has been a member of the AOBA Nominating Committee.

JIM HUMPHREYS

Jim Humphreys is a graduate of the University of Pittsburgh with a Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration and Studio Art. He has worked in both Sales and Management. Jim is also a web designer, artist, photographer and Songwriter/Musician. Like Helen, an animal lover while growing up, Jim always dreamed of becoming a Veterinarian (Jim's father was a Physician). When Helen came to Jim with the idea of raising alpacas, Jim was very skeptical. Soon, Jim fell in love with these animals as well and after a great deal of research into this business was thoroughly convinced that this was their calling! Jim now manages the day-to-day operations and marketing at Silvercloud Farm, handling all of the animal husbandry duties. You'll see Jim in the show ring at the alpaca shows as Jim handles most of the animals in the ring.