Carrie Hessler-Radelet
| Carrie Hessler Radelet | |
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| 19th Director of the Peace Corps | |
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In office June 5, 2014 – January 20, 2017 |
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| President | Barack Obama |
| Preceded by | Aaron S. Williams |
| Succeeded by | Sheila Crowley (acting) |
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Director of the Peace Corps Acting |
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In office August 21, 2012 – June 5, 2014 |
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| Personal details | |
| 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 former Director of the Peace Corps. She was the Deputy Director and Chief Operating Officer of the Peace Corps from April 2010 to December 2015, serving as Acting Peace Corps Director from September 2012 until June 2014 when she was elevated to Director.
She resigned on January 20, 2017.
Hessler Radelet has deep roots in the Peace Corps, having started her career as a Peace Corps Volunteer secondary school teacher in Apia, Western Samoa from 1981-1984. Upon her return the U.S., she was the Public Affairs Manager at the Peace Corps Regional Office in Boston from 1984-1986.
From 1986-1988, she founded and served as the Executive Director of the Special Olympics in the Republic of The Gambia, planning, developing and managing that country's first national Special Olympics games. She also served as a consultant with The Gambia Family Planning Association.
From 1989 to 1991, Hessler Radelet served as the Acting Director of the Boston International Group with John Snow, Inc. She served as a Technical Advisor for the MotherCare Project for John Snow, Inc. in Indonesia from 1991 to 1994 and as an HIV/AIDS Advisor with the Health and Child Survival Fellows Program at the USAID in Indonesia from 1994-1995. She was the Director of the JSI/Boston International Group, for John Snow, Inc. in Boston from 1996-2000. From 2000-2010 she was the Vice President and Director of John Snow, Inc. (for-profit) and JSI Research and Training Institute, Inc. (non-profit) in the Washington, DC area, managing administrative and financial support to JSI’s long- and short-term global contracts and budgets in excess of $800 million. At JSI she managed an operation of more than 300 VA-based staff and 350 field staff in 45 offices overseas and provided senior technical and corporate oversight of JSI/DC’s thirteen global projects and numerous other international programs, addressing issues such as family planning and reproductive health, sexual assault, healthy lifestyles, HIV/AIDS, infectious diseases and maternal and child health.
On November 9, 2009, President Barack Obama nominated Hessler Radelet to serve as the Deputy Director of the Peace Corps. She was appointed on June 23, 2010.
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 oversaw the management of programs in more than 30 countries. Hessler Radelet was a Board member of the National Peace Corps Association and served on the steering committee for the US Coalition for Child Survival.
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