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Notable former Peace Corps Volunteers in Government.
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Harry Birnholz, mission director, USAID/Albania (Benin 1974-77)
Patricia Buckles, USAID/Peru director, Peace Corps (Guatemala 1973-77)
Donald B. Clark, USAID mission director, Senegal (Burkina Faso 1969-71)
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Christopher Dodd, U.S. Senator, Connecticut (Dominican Republic 1966-68)
Dodd is a U.S. Senator from Connecticut. There are six returned Volunteers in the U.S. Congress — one in the Senate, and five in the House of Representatives.
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Jim Doyle, Governor of Wisconsin and wife Jessica Doyle (Tunisia 1967-69)
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Sam Farr, U.S. Representative from California (Colombia 1964-66)
John Garamendi, State of California Insurance Commissioner (Ethiopia 1966-68)
Gene George, USAID mission director, Bangladesh (Nepal 1972-73)
Richard Goughnour, USAID/Brazil Director (Brazil 1974-76)
Gordon Gray, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs (Morocco 1978-1980)
Mike Honda, U.S. Representative from California (El Salvador 1965-67)
Elisa Long, public defender in Mariana Islands (Marshall Islands 1987-89)
Joseph W. Lown, mayor of San Angelo, Texas (Bolivia 1999-2001)
Dan McAllister, treasurer tax collector of San Diego, CA (Micronesia 1974-77)
Thomas Murphy, Jr., mayor of the City of Pittsburgh, PA (Paraguay 1970-72)
Matthew Patrick, Massachusetts State Representative (Ghana 1977-79)
Sarah Parker, associate justice, North Carolina Supreme Court (Turkey 1964-66)
Terry Peterson, deputy secretary of U.S. Department of Education (Brazil 1967-69)
Thomas Petri, U.S. Representative from Wisconsin (Somalia 1966-67)
Ken Roberts, Assistant Administrator, Foreign Agriculture Service, USDA (Paraguay 1977-79)
Denny Robertson, USAID Director for the Caucasus Region (Philippines 1977-79)
Tod Satterthwaite, mayor of Urbana, Illinois (Grenada 1990-92)
Donna Shalala, former U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services (Iran 1962-64)
Christopher Shays, U.S. Representative from Connecticut (Fiji 1968-70)
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Robert Taft, served as governor of Ohio from 1999 to 2007. (Tanzania 1963-65)
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James Walsh, U.S. Representative from New York (Nepal 1970-72)
Cathy Woolard, Atlanta City Council (Micronesia 1980-81)
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Peace Corps recruiters appear at information sessions,
campus and community events, and career fairs. Pick your state and find
a Peace Corps event near you.
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