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Peace Corps Entrepreneurs
Listen to returned Peace Corps volunteers as they describe their new lives as social entrepreneurs. This series of weekly interviews, produced by Patrick O'Heffernan for Social Edge with the help of the National Peace Corps Association, is available here and on iTunes.
2007-12-31
Jenni Morello - Morocco
Jenni Morello is currently serving in the Peace Corps as a health teacher in a small village in Southern Morocco where she addresses hygiene and HIV/AIDS issues. read more...
2007-12-24
John Shores - Colombia & the Dominican Republic
John Shores, Peace Corps volunteer in Colombia (1972-1976) and the Dominican Republic (1976-1978), has consulted on environmental topics in more than 35 countries and has seen the emergence of some positive environmental social enterprise. read more...
2007-12-18
Matthew Kopac - Benin
Matt Kopac, Peace Corps volunteer in Benin (2001-2003), worked with an agricultural credit union to create a microfinance program for women. He also developed courses in business. He is currently a student at the Yale School of Management. read more...
2007-12-11
Diane Davis - Kenya
Diane Davis, Peace Corps volunteer in Kenya (2001-2003), taught HIV prevention in schools, women's groups and orphanages. She later volunteered with the California Habeas Project and has led six youth groups to Mexico to build homes. read more...
2007-12-04
Mary Balmaceda - Benin
Mary Balmaceda, Peace Corps volunteer in Benin (1996-1998), trained cotton producers to form credit unions. She later joined the Calvert Foundation and is now Marketing Director for Unitus where she tries to reduce global poverty through microfinance. read more...
2007-11-27
Luke Filose - Mauritania
Luke Filose, Peace Corps volunteer in Mauritania (2004-2005), worked with a micro-finance organization giving loans to women's groups. He later went to Chad to create a supply chain to distribute fuel-efficient cook stoves. He is now an MBA student at Berkeley’s Haas School of Business. read more...
2007-11-20
Meg Garlinghouse - Niger
Meg Garlinghouse, Peace Corps volunteer in Niger (1989-1992), ran an economic development project after interning at the U.S. State Department. She now runs Yahoo for Good, conceiving programs and campaigns that inspire and connect 550 million Yahoo users with causes that can change the world. read more...
2007-11-13
Steve Wright - Micronesia
Steve Wright, Peace Corps volunteer in Micronesia (1989-1991), had to be evacuated after contracting a life–threatening disease. He later worked in education where he helped his students understand a broader world. Now with the Salesforce Foundation, he helps the non-profit sector use data more effectively. read more...
2007-11-06
John Hatch - Colombia and Peru
John Hatch, Peace Corps volunteer in Colombia (1962-1964), served as an urban community development volunteer and later went to Peru where he managed an agricultural cooperative. In 1984, he founded FINCA, one of the world's leading microcredit institutions based on the village-banking model. read more...
2007-10-30
Judi Aubel - Ivory Coast
Dr. Judi Aubel, Peace Corps volunteer in Ivory Coast (1970-1972), is now leading The Grandmother Project, an organization she co- founded two years ago based on 10 years of work developing a grandmother-inclusive approach to maternal and child health programs. read more...
