Lecture: Inspiring the Next Generation of Volunteers
Date/Time: | Thursday, 18 Oct 2012 at 5:45 pm |
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Location: | Great Hall, Memorial Union |
Cost: | Free |
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Phone: | 515-294-9934 |
Channel: | Lecture Series |
Categories: | Lectures Student activities |
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Carrie Hessler-Radelet previously served as deputy director of the Peace Corps and as a volunteer in Western Somoa from 1981 to 1983. She has worked in the field of public health for the past two decades, specializing in HIV/AIDS and maternal and child health. Hessler-Radelet was actively involved in the establishment of the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) and was a primary author on PEPFAR's first strategic plan. She was a Johns Hopkins Fellow with USAID in Indonesia and assisted the Indonesian government in developing and implementing its first national AIDS strategy.