- Sargent Shriver
Robert Sargent Shriver, Jr., known as Sargent, (born November 9, 1915) is an American Democratic politician and activist. He is best known as an in-law of the Kennedy family, the driving force behind the creation of the Peace Corps, and the Democratic Party's 1972 vice presidential candidate. Shriver's ebullient personality and creative energy made him one of the most effective leaders of John F. Kennedy's New Frontier and Lyndon Johnson's Great Society in the 1960s.
- Gaddi Vasquez
Ambassador Gaddi Holguin Vasquez (born January 22 1955) is the 8th United States Representative to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization, in Rome, Italy. He was nominated by President George W. Bush and unanimously confirmed by the United States Senate on June 29, 2006. Mr. Vasquez was sworn into office on September 7 2006 by Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. Prior to that, he was the Director of the United States Peace Corps.
- Ron Tschetter
Ronald A. Tschetter (born October 4, 1941 in Huron, South Dakota) is the 17th and current Director of the Peace Corps. He earned a bachelor's degree from Bethel University in psychology and social studies. Tschetter and his wife Nancy volunteered with the Peace Corps in India from 1966 to 1968. Prior to his appointment Tschetter was the President of D.A. Davidson & Co., the largest full-service investment firm based in the Northwest.
- Carol Bellamy
Carol Bellamy, president and CEO of World Learning, will deliver the commencement address at Vermont Law School’s 31st commencement ceremony. The public is invited to attend the ceremony, which will begin at 10:30 AM on the South Royalton town green. Bellamy also serves as president of the School for International Training.
- Mark Gearan
Mark Gearan is a politician, lawyer and communications expert. He is the current President of Hobart and William Smith Colleges in Geneva, New York. During the Clinton Administration he served several roles. Gearan was director of the Peace Corps from 1995 to 1999. Prior to his Peace Corps directorship, he was assistant to the President and White House Director of Communications, a position with the title of White House Deputy Chief of Staff.
- Loret Miller Ruppe
Loret Miller Ruppe was a U.S. administrator and diplomat. She was a resident of Bethesda, Maryland, wife of former U.S. Congressman Phil Ruppe of Michigan, and related to the Miller Brewing family. She was appointed Director of the United States Peace Corps in 1981 by President Ronald Reagan and served in that position until 1989. Ruppe was the longest-serving director and a champion of women in development.
- Elaine Chao
Elaine Lan Chao (born March 26, 1953) currently serves as the 24th United States Secretary of Labor in the Cabinet of President of the United States George W. Bush. She is the first Asian American woman and first Taiwanese American to be appointed to a President's Cabinet in American history. Chao is the President's only original cabinet member, making her the longest serving cabinet member during President Bush's administration.
- Paul Coverdell
Paul Douglas Coverdell was a United States Senator from Georgia and was also the director of the Peace Corps from 1989 until 1991. He was elected for the first time in 1992 and re-elected in 1998. He died while still in the Senate of a cerebral hemorrhage. Coverdell, a Republican, was often described as a quiet, soft-spoken man, but he left profound marks on the governments of both the state of Georgia and the nation in a relatively brief period of time.
- Mark L. Schneider
Mark L. Schneider served as the 15th director of Peace Corps (1999-2001). He was the second returned Volunteer (El Salvador, 1966–68) to head the agency. He launched an initiative to increase Volunteers' participation in helping prevent the spread of HIV/AIDS in Africa, and also sought Volunteers to work on information technology projects to enhance development of overseas communities. He is a senior vice-president of the International Crisis Group.
- Kevin O'Donnell
Kevin O'Donnell served as Director of Peace Corps in 1971-72. He was the first for a former Peace Corps country director (Korea, 1966–70). He worked tirelessly to save the Peace Corps from budget cuts, and believed strongly in a non-career Peace Corps. He resigned as director six years after first joining the Peace Corps. He is the father of author Kevin O'Donnell, Jr.
- John R. Dellenback
John Richard Dellenback (November 6, 1918 - December 7, 2002) was a Republican U.S. congressman from Oregon. Born in Chicago, Illinois, Dellenback graduated from Yale University. After serving in the United States Navy during World War II, Dellenback received his law degree from the University of Michigan in 1949 and began teaching law at Oregon State College (later Oregon State University) that same year. In 1960, Dellenback was elected to the Oregon State Legislature, …
- Carolyn R. Payton
Carolyn R. Payton was the first female director of the Peace Corps, and the first African American. She was appointed to the position by U.S. President Jimmy Carter in 1977.
- Dick Celeste
Richard Frank "Dick" Celeste (born November 11, 1937, in Cleveland, Ohio) is an American politician from Ohio, and a member of the Democratic Party. He served as the Governor of Ohio from 1983 to 1991.
- Ronald Tschetter
Ronald A. Tschetter (India 66-68), former NPCA board member and board chairman, was unanimously confirmed by the Senate to be the17th Director of the Peace Corps last Wednesday. He will be sworn in on September 28. In the interim, Jody Olsen continues as the Acting Director of Peace Corps. Click here for links to his Senate testimony, plus bio, press releases and news stories.
- R. Sargent Shriver
R. Sargent Shriver R. Sargent Shriver , first Director of the Peace Corps R. Sargent Shriver , first Director of the Peace Corps.
- Candy Mirrer
Candy Mirrer (San Francisco, USA) Candy has over 20 years experience in human resources, organizational and management issues, accumulated in 23 countries in Europe, Asia, Latin America and the Middle East, where her clients have included Fortune 500, global multinationals, financial institutions and startups. Her understanding of strategy, operations, and systems has facilitated business growth in domestic and international markets.
- Gopal K. Khanna
Mr. Khanna has a long history of civic and charitable involvement. Most recent amongst others, in 1998 Mr. Khanna was invited by Center of the American Experiment, a conservative think tank, to serve as a task force member and to participate in the deliberations that led to the publishing of the Minnesota Policy Blueprint.
- Roger Harmon
Roger Harmon Roger has been connecting people in Asia for over 20 years as an anthropologist, educator, photographer and former Peace Corps director for Thailand. Now living in New Mexico, he shares life and travels with his wife Nancy. Like all our tour leaders, the siren call of tropical Asia keeps Roger going back for more. Roger relishes his role as a tour leader, treating his groups to unique experiences with people and places off the beaten track.
- Suzanne Marks
Suzanne Marks Worked with Village Women, Turning Small Businesses into Success Stories for Entire Families Suzanne Marks is an epidemiologist in the Clinical and Health Systems Research Branch in the Division of Tuberculosis Elimination of the NCHHSTP. She’s been at CDC since 1997. She served in the Peace Corps from 1983 to 1985 in Togo, West Africa.
- Harriet Lancaster
Harriet Lancaster is an executive consultant specializing in organizational development and management training. She recently retired from a career with the US Department of State and the US Peace Corps where she most recently served as Peace Corps director for Ghana, Africa. Harriet has specialized in change management and the development and implementation of training programs within the foreign affairs agencies.
- Mary Abrams
Mary Abrams : Peace Corps Director Peace Corps Niger Receives a New Director Mary Abrams was appointed the Niger Peace Corps Director this past June. She sent us this greeting and message:
- Mark Wentling
Mark Wentling appointed USAID Program Manager in Niger After an intensive year of advocacy on the part of the FON Board of Directors and many FON members, this summer USAID appointed Mark Wentling as the USAID program manager in Niger. Mark left for Niamey in August. Mark has had an extensive career in development and humanitarian work.
- Padraic M. Kennedy
Padraic M. Kennedy Pat Kennedy is the Chair of the Horizon Foundation Board of Trustees. He was born in New York City and did his undergraduate work at Columbia College. He received a Master’s Degree and did his doctoral work in American History at the University of Wisconsin, where he was both a Woodrow Wilson Fellow and a University of Wisconsin Fellow. He is the author of several articles in leading historical journals of American History.
- Timothy Ronald Obert
Timothy Ronald Obert has pleaded guilty to sexually abusing a minor in Costa Rica while serving there as a Peace Corps volunteer. "The Peace Corps has a zero tolerance policy for misconduct that violates the law or standards of conduct established by the Peace Corps," said Peace Corps Director Gaddi H. Vasquez. Could inadequate screening have been partly to blame?
- Pat Kennedy
Pat Kennedy is the Chair of the Horizon Foundation Board of Trustees. He was born in New York City and did his undergraduate work at Columbia College. He received a Master’s Degree and did his doctoral work in American History at the University of Wisconsin, where he was both a Woodrow Wilson Fellow and a University of Wisconsin Fellow. He is the author of several articles in leading historical journals of American History.
- Biography Dr. Charles S. Houston
Biography Dr. Charles S. Houston Born in New York City in 1913, Dr. Charles Houston began climbing at the early age of twelve, initially in the Alps, later in Alaska. In 1936, he organized his first British American Expedition to the Himalayas, which climbed Nanda Devi (7816 m) in Northern India for the first time. In 1938 he led the first American expedition to K2 in Pakistan, reaching an altitude of 7900 m.
- Anthony L. Pinder
Anthony L. Pinder In Esmeraldas, Ecuador Anthony Pinder served as the principal small business advisor to two USAID national associations: the National Association of Coffee Growers and the Association of Fishing Cooperatives. He also developed and facilitated accounting and marketing training. Pinder’s work and contributions as a Peace Corps volunteer were recognized for his selection as a 1990 Peace Corps management fellow.
- Sandra Willett Jackson
Sandra serves at The Development Executive Group Senior Counselor and US Representative. As the White House appointed Special Representative for Commercial and Business Affairs at the U.S. Department of State from 1998-2001, Sandra was responsible for the Department's nonpartisan initiatives to promote the U.S. business community's interests internationally and encourage business support for American foreign economic policy.
- Dwight MacDonald
Dwight Macdonald praised the book for 40 pages in the New Yorker. After that Harrington was bombarded with requests for articles, speeches and media interviews. The book became required reading among social scientists, government officials, student activists, and intellectuals. Economic adviser Walter Heller gave a copy to President Kennedy, who may have read it before ordering a federal war on poverty three days before his death.
- Joseph Blatchford
- Nicholas Craw
- Mark D. Gearan
- Carol Bellamy
- Elaine Chao
- Carolyn R. Payton
- Mark L. Schneider
- Jack Vaughn
- Richard F. Celeste
- Kevin O'Donnell
- Donald Hess