Carrie Hessler-Radelet, CEO for Global Communities in Washington, D.C. and past Director of the Peace Corps –https://globalcommunities.org/team/carrie-hessler-radelet/ – Carrie was director when the Rotary/Peace Corps Partnership was first formed and she signed the original MOU with John Hewko. She comes from a Rotary family and she is an Honorary Rotarian in the D.C. Rotary Club. Carrie and her husband Steve served as Peace Corps volunteers in Western Samoa. Carrie is a leader in international public health. She has a Master’s in Public Health from Harvard and a Bachelor’s from Boston University. She and Steve have two children.

John Hewko, Rotary International General Secretary and CEO – https://www.rotary.org/en/staff-corner-john-hewko – has a lot of international development experience from serving as VP at the Millennium Challence Corporation, a U.S. government organization, friend of Peace Corps for many years. Member of the Rotary Club of Kiev, since grew up in Ukraine before his family moved to Michigan. Holds a law degree from Harvard, Master’s from Oxford University, and Bachelor’s from Hamilton College. He and his wife Marga have one daughter and they live in Evanston, Ilinois.

Jody Olsen, grew up in Utah, but spent a lot of her career in higher education with the University of Maryland where she was involved with global studies and social work. She served as a volunteer in the Peace Corps in Tunisia and she held many Peace Corps headquarters jobs, including Acting Director, before serving as the overall Director of the Peace Corps.

Peter Kyle, past Rotary International Board Member and leader in Rotary’s Peace Program –https://spacecenterrotary.com/speakers/79a5fa7f-3785-4e03-bc51-6fb4ebf29669/ – Peter is originally from New Zealand, but spent many years in Washington D.C. since he worked for, and retired from, the World Bank. Peter is a member of the Rotary Clun of Annapolis. Peter and his wife Margaret, live close to their two children on the Eastern Shore of Maryland.

Pat Merryweather-Arges, past Rotary International Board Member and Rotary Vice President – https://zones25b-29.org/Stories/get-to-know-ri-director-pat-merryweather-arges – Pat is a noted public health leader and she also has been a leader in many Rotary public heath programs. She lives in Naperville, Illinois, where she also in Rotary. She and her husband George, who is also a Rotarian, have four sons and seven grandchildren.

Charles (Chic) Dambach, has had an illustrious career in the nonprofit, academia, and government sectors –https://www.american.edu/sis/faculty/cdambach.cfm – he served as a volunteer in Peace Corps – Colombia. He was President of the National Peace Corps Association and then President of the Association of Peace Building Organizations. Chic has been involved with many Peace Building initiatives during his career. Chic and his wife Kay live near Annapolis, Maryland and they have three sons