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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
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Olsen worked as a Peace Corps volunteer in Tunisia from 1966 to 1968. [3] From 1979 to 1981, she served as the Country Director in Togo before becoming the Regional Director for North Africa, Near East, Asia, and Pacific (NANEAP) from 1981 to 1984. From 1984 until 1989, Olsen served as Vice President of Youth for Understanding, a national ...
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]
Carolyn Robertson Payton (May 13, 1925 – April 11, 2001) was appointed Director of the United States Peace Corps in 1977 by President Jimmy Carter. She was the first female and the first African American to be Peace Corps Director. Payton was a pioneer in black women's leadership within the American Psychological Association and psychology.
A UNC-Chapel Hill student was found dead Sunday after disappearing on a hike in a South African national park, authorities said. Brook Cheuvront, 20, of Avery County, went missing Saturday when ...
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]