Advisory Council

Law and Business

Ron Boring (Guinea 64-66)
Former Executive Vice President, Vodafone Japan

Marvin A. Brustin
Honorary Consul General to Nepal

David Caprara
Non-resident Fellow, Global Economy and Development Director, Brookings Institute Initiative on International Volunteering and Service; former National Director of VISTA

Jason Carter (South Africa 98-00)
Co-Founder, Democrats Work
Grandson of Jimmy Carter
Great-Grandson of RPCV Ms. Lillian Carter

Virginia L. Davies, SJD
Former Vice President, United Nations Foundation
Graduate of the Advanced Management Program and former member of Alumni Board, Harvard Business School
Advisor to the Tanenbaum Center for Inter-Religious Studies
Formerly a Consultant to IFAD and IDRC

Annie Donovan (Jamaica  87- 89)
Chief Operating Officer, NCB Capital Impact

John E. Earhart (Guatemala 75-77)
Chairman of the Board and Founding Shareholder, Global Environment Fund
Peace Corps Fellow (1979)
Peace Corps APCD (Paraguay 80-82)

W. Frank Fountain (India 66-68)
Senior Vice President, External Affairs and Public Policy
Chrysler LLC
2008 Peace Corps Director's Awardee

Meg Garlinghouse (Niger 89-92)
Senior Director, Yahoo!
Yahoo! for Good

Janet Greig (India 66-68)
State Farm Insurance Companies, Retired Agency Field Executive
Board Member, One World Children’s Fund

Wylie Greig (India 66-68)
Retired Managing Director, Deutsche Bank
President, One World Children’s Fund
CARE Field Representative for India, Afghanistan and Jordan (68-70)

Jan Guifarro (Honduras 73-75, 79-81)
Chair, Board of Directors, National Peace Corps Association (NPCA)

Steve Gunders
Retired Partner, Deloitte

Chris Jeffers (Nepal 64-67; Peace Corps Headquarters 68-70)
President (ret), Teklicon Inc.

Ginny Kirkwood, (Turkey 64-66, Thailand Country Director 90-93)
Owner Shawnee on the Delaware Inn and Resort

Andrea Koppel
Senior Vice President & Director of Communications, M+R Strategic Services

Mike McCaskey (Ethiopia 63-65)
Chairman, Chicago Bears

Ray McGuire (Nigeria 65-67)
Kauff, McClaim & McGuire LLP

Arlene Mitchell (Niger 74-76, Mauritania 77-78, headquarters 77-84, Ukraine 92-93)
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

Kevin O’Donnell (Korea Country Director 66-70, Peace Corps Director 71-72)
Managing Director, O’Donnell & Associates

Donald K. Ross (Nigeria 65-67)
Co-Founder and CEO, M+R Strategic Services
Chairman of the Board, Greenpeace USA

Tom Scanlon (Chile 61-63)
President, and Founder, Benchmarks, Inc.

Honorable John E. H. Stackhouse (Malaysia 62-64)
Supreme Court NY

Kevin Thompson (Ghana 96-98)
Senior Program Manager, IBM Service Corps

Daryl B. Wall (Ecuador 71-73)
Regional Director for Boeing Customer Service (retired)
Eastern USA and Latin America

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Media and Publishing

Michelle Press (Malawi 62-64)
Former Managing Editor, Scientific American

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Non-Profit

Bob Arias (Colombia 64-66)
Executive Director, Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA)
Polk County District Attorney's Office
Recipient, Peace Corps Presidential Service Award

Gilbert Asher (Kenya 65-67)
Asher-Sussman Foundation

Lillian Baer (Cote d'Ivoire 66-68, Peace Corps Headquarters 73-74, Senegal 74-79)
Co-founder and Former President and Director, African Consultants International (ACI) Baobab Center

Pauline Baker
President, The Fund for Peace

Concetta Anne Bencivenga (Thailand 92-94)
Chief Financial Officer, Please Touch Museum
Peace Corps Admin., New York Regional Office (95-99)

John Chromy (India 63-65)
Vice President, CHF International
Peace Corps Staff (India 67-69)
Country Director, Eastern Caribbean (77-79)
Peace Corps Associate Director (79-81)

Dick Brown (India 62-64)
Peace Corps Trainer, India 64-67
UNDP Representative in Indonesia, Korea, Sri Lanka (72-80)
USAID Director, European Affairs (85-90), and Mission Director in Sir Lanka (90-93), Bangladesh (93-98), and Egypt (1998-200)

Ami Dar
Founder and Executive Director, Idealist.org

Karen DeWitt (Ethiopia 66-68)
Vice President for Content and Framing, Leadership Conference on Civil Rights

Abby Falik
Founder, Global Citizen Year

Nancy Kelly, MHS (South Korea 79-81)
Executive Director, Health Volunteers Overseas

Judith McGuire (Nigeria 65-67)
President, Advisory Board, Glucksman Ireland House at NYU

Brett McNaught (Niger, 2001-2004)
Vice President of International Programs, Building with Books

Virginia Emmons McNaught (Niger, 2000-2003)
Co-Founder & Executive Director, Educate Tomorrow, Corp.

Tom Murphy (Paraguay 70-72)
Senior Fellow, Urban Land Institute
Former Mayor, Pittsburgh, Pa.

Michelle Nunn
Co-Founder and CEO, Hands on Network

Michael E. O'Hanlon (Kinshasa 1980's)
Senior Fellow, Foreign Policy, Brookings Institution
Director, Opportunity 08: Independent Ideas for Our Next President
Director of Research, 21st Century Initiative
The Sydney Stein, Jr. Chair
Former Defense Budget Analyst

Fred O'Regan (Swaziland 69-72)
President, International Fund for Animal Welfare

Kevin F. F. Quigley (Thailand 76-79)
President, National Peace Corps Association (NPCA)

Bill Reese (Brazil 71-74)
President and CEO, International Youth Foundation (IYF)
Former Peace Corps Deputy Director of Latin American and Caribbean Regions

Lex Rieffel (India 65-67)
Non-Resident Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution

Steven Rosenthal
Founder and Executive Director, Cross-Cultural Solutions

Lynn  Russell (Iran 65-67)
Retired Pre-School Teacher

Peter Russel (Iran 65-67)
Chairman of the Board (former),  Academy for Educational Development (AED)

Mark L. Schneider (El Salvador 66-68)
Senior Vice President, International Crisis Group

Alex Shakow
1963-67 Peace Corps Country Director, Indonesia; Acting Director, Office of Training
Thirty-five years experience with USAID and the World Bank

Timothy Shriver
Chairman of Special Olympics International

Mark K. Shriver
Vice President and Managing Director of U.S. Programs, Save the Children

Helen Claire Sievers
Executive Director, WorldTeach

Sharon Stash  (Nepal 84-86)
Director, John Snow International (JSI)

Joby Taylor (Gabon 91-93)
Director, Shriver Peace Worker Program, University of Maryland - Baltimore County

Thomas Tighe (Thailand 86-88)
President and CEO, Direct Relief International

Steve Werner (Korea 76-78)
Former Executive Director, Water For People
Former Senior VP for Programs, Habitat for Humanity International
Former Regional Director, CARE

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Arts and Entertainment

Ron Arias (Peru 1963-64)
Author, The Road to Tamazunchale and Moving Target: A Memoir of Pursuit
Former People Senior Writer

Tony D'Souza (Cote d'Ivoire 2000-02 and Madagascar 2002-03)
Author, Whiteman, The Konkans, and other titles

Peter Hessler (China 96-98)
Author of River Town and Oracle Bones
Staff Writer, New Yorker
Contributing Writer, National Geographic

Kris Holloway-Bidwell (Mali 89-91)
Author, Monique and the Mango Rains: Two Years with a Midwife in Mali
Winner of the Paul Cowan Nonfiction Award 2007, Book Sense Reading Group Pick Summer 2008, Entertainment Weekly Pick

Lawrence Leamer (Nepal 64-66)
Author, The Kennedy Women: The Saga of an American Family, Sons of Camelot: The Fate of an American Dynasty, Fantastic: The Life of Arnold Schwarzenegger, and other books.

Gordon Radley  (volunteer Malawi 68-70;  training project director Western Samoa 79)
Former President, Lucasfilm Ltd.

Susan Rich (Niger 84-86)
Author, The Cartographer's Tongue, Poems of the World, Cures Include Travel, and The Alchemist's Kitchen (forthcoming)
Winner, Peace Corps Writers Award and the Pen USA Award for Poetry

Mary-Ann Tirone Smith (Cameroon 65-67)
Author of ten books, Including the first novel published by a Peace Corps volunteer, Lament for a Silver-Eyed Woman, Girls of Tender Age, and Dirty Water: A Red Sox Mystery (co-written with son, Jere, forthcoming, September 2008)

Paul Theroux (Malawi 63-65)
Author of over 50 works including The Great Railway Bazaar: By Train through Asia (2006), The Mosquito Coast (1986), Riding the Iron Rooster: By Train through China (1989), Sir Vidia's Shadow: A Friendship Across Five Continents (2001), and Sunrise with Seamonsters: Travel & Discoveries (1962-84).
Recipient of numerous literary awards including the Whitbread Award, James Tait Black Award, and the Yorkshire Post Best Novel of the Year Award

Richard Wiley (Korea 67-69)
Author of Six Novels including Ahmed's Revenge and Soldiers in Hiding
Winner, PEN/Faulkner Award
Director, Black Mountain Institute, University of Nevada, Las Vegas

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Science and Health

Dr. Charles Parton, M.D.
Author of The Fork Once Taken: From the British Crown Colony of North Borneo to the Federated State of Sabah, East Malaysia 1963-65
Peace Corps Associate Representative (Borneo 63-65)

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Education

Dr. Harris A. Berman, MD (Peace Corps Physician, India 1965-67)
Vice Dean, Tufts University School of Medicine and Professor of Public Health and Family Medicine
Former CEO, Tufts Health Plan, Waltham, MA

Henry S. Bienen
President, Northwestern University

Mark Brazaitis (Guatemala 90-93)
Associate Professor of English and Director of Creative Writing, West Virginia University
Author of The River of Lost Voices: Stories from Guatemala; Steal My Heart; and An American Affair: Stories.
Recipient of Iowa Short Fiction Award; George Garrett Fiction Prize; Maria Thomas Fiction Award; and National Endowment for the Arts Literature Fellowship

James A. Cooney, Ph.D
Associate Provost and Director of International Programs, Colorado State University

Professor Daniel B. Botkin (Philippines 62-63)
Professor (Emeritus) Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Microbiology, University of California, Santa Barbara
President, The Center for the Study of the Environment

Ambassador  (ret) Thomas N. Hull III (Sierra Leone 1968-70)
Warburg Professor of International Relations, Simmons College
U.S. Ambassador to Sierra Leone (2004 - 2007)

Eric Janus (Turkey 68-70)
President, William Mitchell Law College

Anne Lundquist (Marshall Islands 82-85)
Dean of Students, Wells College

Robert D. Mowry (Korea 67-69)
Alan J. Dworsky Curator of Chinese Art and
Head of the Department of Asian Art,
Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Harvard University, and
Senior Lecturer on Chinese and Korean Art,
Department of the History of Art and Architecture, Harvard University

Robert A. Pastor (Sarawak, Malaysia, 1970-72)
Professor of International Relations, American University
Sargent Shriver Award for Distinguished Humanitarian Service, 1995
Former Director of Latin American Affairs, National Security Council (1977-81)

John Roberts (Somalia 64-66)
Professor of International Studies, Colorado State University
Peace Corps Country Director (Tunisia and Malta, 93-95, Soloman Islands, 95-98)
Coordinator, The Peace Corps Experience: Our Lives, Your World

George Zeidenstein
Visiting Distinguished Fellow, Harvard University, Center for Population and Development
Peace Corps Country Director (Nepal 1965-67)
Past President and Trustee of the Population Council
Former Resident Representative, Ford Foundation (Bangladesh)
Former (Founding) Chairman, International HIV/AIDS Alliance

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Government

Ambassador (Ret) Frank Almaguer (Belize 67-69)
Secretary for Administration and Finance, Organization of American States (OAS)
US Ambassador to Honduras (1999-02)
USAID Director in Bolivia, Ecuador, Eastern Europe and Panama (80's and 90's)
Peace Corps Country Director, Honduras (76-79)
Program and Training Officer, Peace Corps Belize (74-76)

Ambassador Charles R. Baquet  III (Retired) (Somali Republic 65-67)
Director of International Programs, Xavier University of Louisiana

Ambassador (ret.) J. R. Bullington
Editor, American Diplomacy
Peace Corps Country Director, Niger (2000-06)
U.S. Ambassador to Burundi, 1983-86

Jimmy Carter
Former President of the United States
Son of Lillian Carter (India 1968-70)

Dick Celeste
Director, U.S. Peace Corps (1979-81)
Governor of Ohio (1983-91)

Christopher Dodd (Dominican Republic 66-68)
US Senator from Connecticut

Jim Doyle (Tunisia 68-70)
Governor of Wisconsin

Jessica Doyle (Tunisia 68-70)
First Lady of Wisconsin

James W. Fox (El Salvador 62-64)
Senior Economist, USAID (92 - 98)
Chief Economist, Latin America Bureau, USAID (1982-92)
Special Assistant to the Under Secretary for Economic Affairs, U.S. State Department (1981-82)

John Garamendi (Ethiopia 66-68)
Lt. Governor of California

Patricia Garamendi (Ethiopia 66-68)
Former Peace Corps Associate Director

Ron Gillespie (India, Poultry Extension 64-66)
Training Officer (Micronesia 72-74)
Peace Corps Program and Training Officer (Malaysia 74-76)

Tondalaya Gillespie (India, Poultry Extension/Community Development 65-57)
Peace Corps Training Officer, Maharashtra, India (1967)
Academic Director, Experiment in International Living (Ahmedabad, India, 1971)
Peace Corps Staff (Micronesia 72-74)
Peace Corps Staff (Malaysia 74-76)

Ken Hill (Turkey, 65-67)
Peace Corps Chief of Staff, '01
Chief of Operations, Europe & Asia, '00
Country Director, Russian Far East, Bulgaria, Macedonia

Ambassador (ret) Vicki Huddleston (Peru 62-64)
Charge D'Affairs, Ethiopia (2005-06)
U.S. Ambassador to Mali (2002-05)
Chief of the United States Interests Section - Havana, Cuba (1999-02)
U.S. Ambassador to Madagascar (1995-97)

John Jacoby (Nepal 1970-72)
General Manager, Newark Liberty International Airport

Ambassador (ret) Dane F. Smith (Ethiopia/Eritrea 63-65)
President, National Peace Corps Association (1999-2003)
U.S. Ambassador to Senegal (1996-99)
Special Presidential Envoy for Liberia (1995-96)
U.S. Ambassador to Guinea (1990-93)

Daniel Sprague (Colombia 63-65)
Chairman, University of Kentucky Martin School for Public Policy and Administration Board of Advisors
Fmr. Executive Director, Council of State Governments

Jack H. Vaughn
Second Director of the Peace Corps (66-69)
First Regional Peace Corps Director for Latin America (1961-64)
U.S. Ambassador to Colombia, Bogota (69-70)
Assistant U.S. Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs (65-66)
U.S. Ambassador to Panama (64-65)
USAID Mission Director for Senegal, Mali and Mauritania (59-61)
Rifle Company Commander, Combat Intelligence Officer, Marine Corps (42-46)
Head Boxing Coach, University of Michigan

Harris Wofford
Former US Senator from Pennsylvania
Founding Peace Corps staff member; Special Peace Corps Representative to Africa: Ethiopia/Eritrea, Sierra Leone 62-64; Associate Peace Corps Director, 64-66