Lecture: Inspiring the Next Generation of Volunteers

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Date/Time:Thursday, 18 Oct 2012 at 5:45 pm
Location:Great Hall, Memorial Union
Cost:Free
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Phone:515-294-9934
Channel:Lecture Series
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Acting Peace Corps Director Carrie Hessler-Radelet will discuss and take questions about Peace Corps service. She will be joined by Peace Corps Iowa State recruiter Susan Manikowski. This discussion will follow Acting Director Hessler-Radelet's joint presentation with USAID Administrator Dr. Rajiv Shah (4:30 p.m., Great Hall, Memorial Union), with a 10-minute break intervening.

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.