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Notable Former Volunteers / Business and Industry:
Bob Beckel, political analyst, Bob Beckel & Associates (Philippines 1971-72)
 
Heather Buckmaster, executive director, Oklahoma Beef Council (The Gambia 1992-94)
 
Dan Chance, manager of Wasatch Micro Cap Fund (Paraguay)
 
Charlie Clifford, founder, Tumi luggage (Peru 1967-1969)
 
Patricia Cloherty, chairman of The U.S. Russia Investment Fund (Brazil 1963-65)
 
Edward Dolby, president, Bank of America, Carolinas (India 1966-68)
 
John Earhart, chairman of the board and a founding shareholder of Global Environment Fund Management Corporation (Guatemala 1975-77)
 
David S. Geiman, chairman of the executive committee, board of directors, president and chief executive officer of the CattleSale Company (Sierra Leone 1967-70)
 
Samuel Gillespie III, senior vice president, Exxon Mobil Corp. (Kenya 1967-69)
 
Jan Guifarro, World Wide Director of Global Consumer Affairs for the Colgate Palmolive Company (Honduras 1973-75)
 
Frank Guzzetta, CEO of Hecht's (India 1968-72)
 
Robert Haas, chairman of board for Levi Strauss (Ivory Coast 1964-66)
 
Reed Hastings, founder and CEO of Netflix (Swaziland 1983-85)
 
Wilber James, CEO of Citizens Power (Kenya 1971-72)
 
Ginny Kirkwood, owner of Shawnee on the Delaware Inn and Resort (Turkey 1964-66, and Thailand 1990-93)
 
James Kouzes, president of Tom Peters Group (Turkey 1967-69)
 

Michael McCaskey   Michael McCaskey, chairman of the board, Chicago Bears (Ethiopia 1965-67)
 
McCaskey serves as chairman of the board for the Chicago Bears.
Robert McCormack, executive vice president of Citicorp (Colombia 1968-70)
 
Ann and Michael Moore, former CEO and chairman of Snugli Co. and Airlift Company (Togo 1962-64)
 
Frederic Poses, CEO of American Standard Co. (Peru 1967-1969)
 
Gordon Radley, president of Lucasfilms Ltd. (Malawi 1968-70)
 
Dwight A. Roberts, Chief Executive Officer, U.S. Rice Producers Association (Paraguay 1977-80)
 
Tom Scanlon, president of Benchmarks (Chile 1961-63)
 
Kathy Tierney, CEO of Sur La Table (Fiji 1967-69)
 
Priscilla Wrubel, founder of the Nature Company (Liberia 1961-63)
 
  

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