Adrienne Gordon Fagler served as a small business development Volunteer for the Russian-American Cultural Center in Saratov, Russia, from 1995 to 1997.

Fagler is involved with Atlanta Area Returned Peace Corps Volunteers (AARPCV), having served as newsletter coordinator, vice president, and acting president of the group. In coordination with AARPCV, she has volunteered with Habitat for Humanity, Hands on Atlanta, The International Community School, Atlanta Food Bank, and AIDS Walk Atlanta. She also volunteers as a mealtime assistant and helps with special events at the Shepherd Center in Atlanta.

She is married to Johnny Fagler and has four stepdaughters. She is a program analyst for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in Atlanta.

Anna Omura served as a natural resource management extension agent in Togo, West Africa, during her service (2004–2006). Her work included reforestation, energy conservation techniques, and training for ecotourism and agroforestry. Additionally, she worked with Togolese women's groups to start small enterprise organizations. She also built, stocked, and staffed a rural health clinic.

Currently, Omura is operations manager at the Legatum Center for Development and Entrepreneurship at MIT, which promotes for-profit entrepreneurship in underdeveloped countries.

Omura also heads a speakers bureau for the Boston Area Returned Peace Corps Volunteers (BARPCV). She regularly shares her West African experiences at schools and with the Girl Scouts. Omura is currently redesigning the BARPCV website and volunteering for the BARPCV video subcommittee for Peace Corps' 50th anniversary celebration.

Cecilia Villarruel served as an English as a second language (ESL) teacher in Namibia. Enlisting the help of her village, she raised over $5,000 through a Peace Corps Partnership Program grant to renovate and install electricity in four of the school's classrooms.

Since her return to the U.S. in 2009, Villarruel has been working on a master's degree in creative writing at Roosevelt University in Chicago. She is scheduled to graduate in May 2011. Most of her work, fiction and nonfiction, is based on her experiences as a Peace Corps Volunteer. Earlier this year she won fourth place in the National Society of Arts and Letters Short Story Competition.

She currently volunteers at Comer Children's Hospital at the University of Chicago.

Veneeth Iyengar served in the Philippines from 2002 to 2004, working on economic policies with the Department of Trade and Industry and the governor of the Province of Negros Oriental. His work helped bring about thousands of IT jobs and an estimated $120 million in economic impact.

After his service, he worked for two publicly listed companies in a mergers and acquisitions role and advised American Orient Capital on IT-related acquisitions.

He returned to Louisiana in June of 2009, observing the societal and economic impact of Hurricane Katrina and the Gulf oil spill. Currently, he is managing director for Young Professionals in Foreign Policy and vice president of a leading business club at Johns Hopkins University where he is pursuing a master's degree in finance.

Tony Chung served as a secondary English education teacher in the Ukraine from 2004 to 2006. In addition to his primary duties, he worked as a camp leader for "Camp Unity," educating Ukrainian youth on diversity and tolerance.

Born and raised in Southern California, he attended the University of California, San Diego and majored in biology. He also had a double minor in computer science and visual arts.

Chung currently works as a pharmaceutical sales representative for Boehringer Ingelheim and actively assists the Los Angeles recruitment office by speaking to the Korean community about Peace Corps. He is engaged to a fellow returned Volunteer who served with him in the Ukraine. They plan to marry later this year.

Elner Jean McCraty served in Nigeria from 1963 to 1965. Her leadership skills were evident before her Peace Corps service. She was active in NAACP and Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) demonstrations and helped organize a Milwaukee CORE chapter, leading that city's first civil rights sit-in. Her impact continued as a participant in Peace Corps' "Teachers for Nigeria" program.

After her service, she began her career as a high school biology teacher in the Urban School District of Buffalo. She has been active in RPCV organizations, as a member and board member, for over 20 years.

McCraty is also an advocate and contributor to refugee groups, including the Sudanese Lost Boys and young female victims of Rwandan genocide who now live in Buffalo.

Byron Williams served as a youth development Volunteer in Lesotho from 2003 to 2005 and lists his service as one of the most rewarding and memorable experiences of his life. It gave him a better and deeper understanding of assisting people through personal and community empowerment.

Since returning to the U.S., Williams has volunteered and worked for the Ethiopian Community Development Council African Community Center in Las Vegas as its health educator and resource developer. He has also served as a training and development specialist for a casino corporation in Las Vegas.

Still exhibiting the passion to volunteer, Byron lends a helping hand in the local refugee community, in local elementary school classrooms, and with Peace Corps outreach efforts.

Michael Kim served as a Volunteer in Guyana from 1997 to 1999. Working closely with host country coworkers, he developed and taught at a community training center where those who left high school studied to receive a Graduate Equivalency Degree (GED).

Following his service, he worked as a Peace Corps recruiter for five years and volunteered with Big Brothers Big Sisters and Seattle's King County guardian ad litem program.

Kim is currently director of Apple Corps, a program working to reduce hunger, obesity, and poor health in children and families in King County and Seattle through school and community-based efforts. He recruits, trains, and guides AmeriCorps members who are assigned to schools and local agencies to help youth and families lead healthier lives.

Over a decade has passed since Corey Taylor helped farmers and small business owners in Benin improve their accounting, marketing, and management practices as a Volunteer (1997–1999). However, his service-oriented attitude prevails.

Taylor served as social activities director for the returned Peace Corps Volunteers of Washington, D.C., (RPCV/w) for five years and is currently the group's community service director. In this capacity, he has organized and supported selfdefense workshops for women, food and toy drives, and a walkathon to support the Latin American Youth Center.

Taylor's efforts, which included essay writing, paved the way for 170 returned Volunteers to march in President Obama's inaugural parade. Taylor has over 10 years experience in international development and lives in Silver Spring, Maryland.