Non-Profit and Development

Notable returned Peace Corps Volunteers in nonprofit and development.

• Lillian Baer,

  founder of Africa Consultants International/Baobab Center (Cote d'Ivoire 1966-68)

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  Carol Bellamy

  Member of the President’s Council (World Learning) (Guatemala 1963-1965)

  Bellamy was the president of World Learning. She also was the first returned Volunteer to serve as director of the Peace Corps.

• Meg Garlinghouse,

  senior director, Yahoo! for Good (Niger 1990-92)

• Rev. Gerald Durley,

  pastor of Providence Missionary Baptist Church of Atlanta (Nigeria 1964-66)

• Gary Engelberg,

  co-founder and director of Africa Consultants International/Baobab Center (Senegal 1965-67)

• Barbara Ferris,

  president and founder, International Women's Democracy Center (Morocco 1980-82)

• Ken Hackett,

  president, Catholic Relief Services (Ghana 1968-1971)

• Alberto Ibarguen,

  president, John S. and James L. Knight Foundation (Venezuela 1966-68)

• Elaine Jones,

  retired director-counsel and president, NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund (Turkey 1965-67)

• Nancy Kelly,

  executive director, Health Volunteers Overseas (Korea 1979-81)

• Jonathan Lash,

  president of World Resources Institute (Dominican Republic 1967-69)

• Marianne Leach,

  public policy and government relations director, CARE (Turkey 1964-66)

• Arlene Mitchell,

  chief of school feeding support, United Nations World Food Programme (Niger 1973-76)

• Fred O'Regan,

  executive director of International Fund for Animal Welfare (Swaziland 1970-71)

• Carl Pope,

  executive director of Sierra Club (India 1967-69)

• Kevin Quigley,

  president of National Peace Corps Association (Thailand 1976-79)

• Mark Schneider,

  senior vice president of International Crisis Group (El Salvador 1966-68)

• Tony Silard,

  founder of Global Education Partnership (Kenya 1990-92)

• Dane Smith,

  faculty at American University (School of International Service), former president of National Peace Corps Association; former ambassador to Senegal and Guinea (Ethiopia 1963-65)

• Thomas Tighe,

  president and CEO, Direct Relief International (Thailand 1986-88)

• Cathy Woolard,

  executive vice president for Global Advocacy and External Relations (CARE) (Micronesia 1980-81)

Last updated Jul 16 2012