Carrie Hessler-Radelet
| Carrie Hessler-Radelet | |
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| 19th Director of the Peace Corps | |
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Assumed office August 21, 2012 Acting: August 2012 – June 5, 2014* | |
| President | Barack Obama |
| Preceded by | Aaron S. Williams |
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| Nationality | American |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Steven Radelet |
| Children | Meghan, Sam |
| Alma mater |
Boston University Harvard School of Public Health |
| Profession | Public health |
Carolyn "Carrie" Hessler Radelet is the 19th and current Director of the Peace Corps.
Career and Education
A former volunteer (Western Samoa; 1981-1983) she was the Deputy Director of the Peace Corps, a position she held since 2010 until her elevation to Director.[1]
From 2000 to 2010 she worked for John Snow, Inc. as the Vice President and Director of the Washington, D.C. office and Director of the Boston International Group from 1996 to 2000.[1]
Hessler Radelet served as an HIV/AIDS Advisor with the Health and Child Survival Fellows Program at the USAID in Indonesia from 1994 to 1995 and as a Technical Advisor for John Snow, Inc. in Indonesia from 1991 to 1994.[1]
From 1989 to 1991, she served as the Acting Director of the Boston International Group with John Snow, Inc.[2] From 1986 to 1988, she founded and served as the Executive Director of the Special Olympics in the Republic of The Gambia,[3] and served as a consultant with The Gambia Family Planning Association.[2]
She had also served as a Public Affairs Manager at the Peace Corps Regional Office in Boston from 1984 to 1986.
She received a B.A. from Boston University and an M.S. from Harvard School of Public Health.[2][3]
Service in the Peace Corps
Radelet served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Western Samoa, where she taught high school and helped design a national public awareness campaign on disaster preparedness.[1][3]
Family
Hessler-Radelet's aunt was the 10,000th Peace Corps Volunteer and served in Turkey (1964–66), her grandparents served in Malaysia (1972–73), and her nephew recently completed his service as an HIV education Volunteer in Mozambique (2007–09).[1]
She and her husband, Steve, have two grown children.[1]
Nomination as Deputy Director of the Peace Corps
On November 9, 2009, President Barack Obama nominated Radelet to serve as the Deputy Director of the Peace Corps.[3] She was appointed on June 23, 2010.[1]
At the time of her nomination she was the Director at the JSI Research and Training Institute, Inc, a global public health organization, where she oversees the management of programs in more than 30 countries.[3] Radelet was a Board member of the National Peace Corps Association and served on the steering committee for the US Coalition for Child Survival.[3]
Deputy Director of the Peace Corps
During her time as deputy director, she led the roll-out of the Focus In/Train Up initiative, which provides targeted technical training to Volunteers to increase their capacity-building abilities.[1]
Nomination as Director of the Peace Corps
On July 18, 2013, President Barack Obama announced his intent to nominate Hessler-Radelet as the Director of the Peace Corps.[2][4] She was confirmed as Director on June 5, 2014.[1][5]
Service in Presidential Delegations
Hessler-Radelet has served as the leader or part of a Presidential delegation in two instances.
On January 13, 2012, President Barack Obama announced the delegation to attend the Inauguration of Ellen Johnson Sirleaf of Liberia. On January 16, 2012, Hessler-Radelet, then Deputy Secretary, went to Monrovia as part of a Presidential delegation along with the then United States Ambassador to Liberia, Linda Thomas-Greenfield and United States Senator of Delaware, Christopher Coons, amongst others, led by then Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.[6]
On February 20, 2013, President Barack Obama announced the delegation to attend the Inauguration of Ernest Bai Koroma of Sierra Leone. Hessler-Radelet led the delegation.[7]
See also
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "Director: Carrie Hessler-Radelet". Peace Corps. Retrieved 13 June 2014.
- 1 2 3 4 "President Obama Announces His Intent to Nominate Carrie Hessler Radelet as Director of the Peace Corps". whitehouse.gov. Office of the Press Secretary. 18 July 2013.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 "President Obama Announces More Key Administration Posts, 11/9/09". whitehouse.gov. Office of the Press Secretary. 9 November 2009. Retrieved 13 June 2014.
- ↑ "CARRIE HESSLER-RADELET CONFIRMED AS 19th DIRECTOR OF THE PEACE CORPS". United States Peace Corps. Archived from the original on 10 June 2014. Retrieved 13 June 2014.
- ↑ "United States Senate Periodical Press Gallery". Retrieved 13 June 2014.
- ↑ "President Obama Announces Presidential Delegation to Monrovia, Liberia to attend the Inauguration of Her Excellency Ellen Johnson Sirleaf". whitehouse.gov. Office of the Press Secretary. 13 January 2012.
- ↑ "President Obama Announces Presidential Delegation to the Republic of Sierra Leone to Attend the Inauguration of His Excellency Ernest Bai Koroma". whitehouse.gov. Office of the Press Secretary. 20 February 2013.
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| Preceded by Aaron S. Williams |
Director of the Peace Corps 2014-present |
Succeeded by Incumbent |
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