We are very pleased to have Senior Judges and Judge Trainers Kristin Buhrmann and Jill MacLeod judging the 2010 Green Mountain Alpaca Fall Spectacular!

Kristin Buhrmann

Kristin Buhrmann has been involved with alpacas since 1984 when her family became the first alpaca ranching operation in Canada. She has been a Certified AOBA Judge since 2001, a Judge Trainer for the past four years, and a Senior Judge since 2004. Outside of the Alpaca Industry, her educational background is in biology and psychology. She currently works as a Registered Nurse at a small rural hospital, where her practice involves everything from Obstetrics to Palliative Care and everything in between. Kristin and her husband Bob Grier, live near Pincher Creek, Alberta, Canada, on the Eastern Slopes of the Rocky Mountains about 30 miles north of Glacier National Park, Montana. Together they have two very active young sons: Eric (10) and Liam (8).
Jill MacLeod
lives in High River, Alberta, Canada with her husband Art and two daughters, Rachel and Emma. The family has been involved in the Alpaca industry since 1991, when the MacLeods began their breeding operation, Aztec Alpacas. Jill has served as a past director of the Canadian Alpaca Association and also has extensive experience with Alpaca show organization. She spends much of her time traveling as an alpaca halter and fleece Judge and holds international training credentials and is also a Senior Judge and judge trainer for AOBA. Jill has been fortunate to judge across North America as well as Europe, the UK, Australia and New Zealand.

Jill has had a lifelong interest in textiles and obtained a Bachelor of Science in Textiles in 1987 from the University of Alberta. She is interested in development and promotion of alpaca as part of the luxury fibre market and is involved with the development of Canadian channels of alpaca fibre management. Jill is a certified Camelid Fibre Classer and spent a number of years assisting the Canadian fibre cooperative in developing its quality control systems and product development.

The MacLeods have managed a number of federal import and export quarantines from their farm. The challenges of this unique operation have provided an interesting perspective on various aspects of herd management under a variety of environmental conditions as well as long distance land and air shipment of stock.

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