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On January 20, 2021, President Joe Biden designated Spahn as acting director of the Peace Corps, [4] [5] and she served in this capacity until November 16, 2021, [6] and as CEO from November 2021 until November 2022. [6] [7] In April 2022, President Joe Biden nominated Spahn to serve as director of the
This category is for persons who have been director of the Peace Corps. Pages in category "Peace Corps directors" The following 20 pages are in this category, out of 20 total.
She was the Peace Corps Chief of Staff from 1989 to 1992, the executive director of the International Exchange of Scholars (CIES) from 1992 until 1997, the senior vice president of the Academy for Educational Development from 1997 until 2002, a development consultancy. Olsen served as the Deputy Director of the Peace Corps from 2002 to 2009. [4]
The Peace Corps is an independent agency and program of the United States government that trains and deploys volunteers to provide international development assistance. It was established in March 1961 by an executive order (10924) of President John F. Kennedy and authorized by Congress the following September by the Peace Corps Act.
Ron Tschetter, 17th Director of The Peace Corps (India 1966–68) [36] Mark Schneider, 15th Director of the Peace Corps, senior vice president of International Crisis Group (El Salvador 1966–68) [37] Carol Bellamy, 13th Director of the Peace Corps, former head of UNESCO, president of World Learning (Guatemala 1963–65) [38]
While Ruppe was director, the Peace Corps began or resumed programs in seven countries: Sri Lanka, Haiti, Burundi, Guinea-Bissau, Chad, Equatorial Guinea and the Cape Verde Islands. [13] Ruppe also started the African Food Initiative, Women In Development , and the Leadership for Peace Campaign. [ 9 ]
The White House announced Tschetter's nomination on July 25, 2006, [1] and Tschetter was confirmed as Director of the Peace Corps by the U.S. Senate on September 13, 2006, and was sworn in on September 26, 2006, becoming the third returned Peace Corps volunteer to serve as director and the first under a Republican administration. [3]
The cover of "Action Update" (August 16, 1979) showing Sam Brown (right), the Director of the Action Corps which administered the Peace Corps, Volunteers in Service to America (VISTA) and other service programs. Richard Celeste (left) was appointed Peace Corps director after the resignation of Peace Corps Director Carolyn Payton.