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Staff

Zack Klim

Director

Zack Klim
Director
Peace Corps Bangladesh, 2000-2001

Zack is a scholar-practitioner in international education with over 20 years of experience in non-profit leadership.  He is trained as a quantitative sociologist and his research uses organizational theory to examine social movements, organizational change and inequality in education.  Before joining the Musuem, Zack served as Executive Director of Global Affairs and Experiential Learning at NYU Steinhardt, where he collaborated with faculty to launch dozens of new programs worldwide, and forged hundreds of partnerships with schools, healthcare providers, INGOs and other organizations to deliver internships and service learning.  Prior to NYU, Zack was a Peace Corps volunteer in Bangladesh, public school teacher in New York City, human rights educator in Burma/Myanmar, and teacher trainer in Costa Rica and Honduras.  

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Volunteer Staff

Debbie Manget

Collections Team Leader

Debbie Manget
Collections Team Leader

Debbie is a Librarian and was director of the Conyers-Rockdale Library System for 25 years.  She started and grew the Library System through two construction projects.  Debbie served in the Peace Corps in St Lucia from 1978-1979, as a Home Economics teacher.  She has three children and five grandchildren.  In her free time, she enjoys playing the guitar, singing, hiking and being with the grandchildren. Debbie is a Georgia native and lives in Atlanta.



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Sarah Fry

Collections Team Member

Sarah Fry
Collections Team Member
Peace Corps Benin, 1976-1978, Primary School Health Education Staff: OPTC/Health, 1979-1980, Technical Pre and In-Service Health Trainer (Zaire, Togo, Haiti, Madagascar)

Sarah recently joined the Collections Team to pre-accession (catalogue) donations at the Washington DC location.  She is a retired international health professional specializing in water, sanitation and hygiene programs in rural and urban communities and schools.  In addition to degrees in anthropology and public health, Sarah has a certificate in historic preservation.  Sarah maintains close ties with her Peace Corps Benin group.  She lives in Falls Church, Virginia.

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Marla Bush

Chad 1968–1970, in Memorium

Avriel Glass

Indonesia 2019–2020

Michael Haviland

Colombia 1963–1965

Alison Kahn

Benin 1976–1977

Deborah Manget

St. Lucia 1978–1979

Evelyn Ganzglass

Somalia 1966–1968

LeTarché Collins

Honduras 2007-2009

Philippines 2016-2018,
Peru 2018-2020

Katrina Mathis

Guinea 1994–1996

David Arnold

Ethiopia 1964–1966

Jeanne D'Haem

Somalia 1968–1970

Catherine Blumhorst

Guatemala 1988–1991

Patricia Wand

Colombia 1963–1965, Co-founder

Jeanne D'Haem

Somalia 1968–1970

Kathryne Halloran

Indonesia 2019–2020

Diane Hibino

Bolivia 1967-1970

 PC HQ Staff 1988-1991,
CD Bolivia 1991-1996

Judith Madden-Sturges

Collections Team Member

Marco Moreno

Samoa 2019–2020

William Saphir

Thailand 1967–1970

Christine Wolf

Poland 1996–1998

Violet Esipila

Ukraine 2017–2020

Deborah Manget

St. Lucia 1978–1979

Marco Moreno

Samoa 2019–2020

Alison Kahn

Benin 1976-1977

Laurel Kessler

Ethiopia 1964–1966

Board of Directors

John Rude

Board President and Story Editor

John Rude
Board President and Story Editor
Peace Corps Ethiopia, 1962-1964, Education

Born in Panama and raised as an Army dependent, John grew up with a penchant for travel and languages. He earned a B.A. at Whitworth University in Spokane, WA, M.A.T. at Oberlin College, and a Ph.D. from the University of Oregon. In 1962, John served in the first Peace Corps cohort sent to Eritrea, Ethiopia. John later taught English at high schools and community colleges and retired as Dean from East Los Angeles College in 2018. In his 40-year career, John wrote $100 million in grants for colleges and non-profits. Retiring in 2018, he now lives in Carmel, California.

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Peter V. Deekle

Board Member and Collections Team Member

Peter V. Deekle
Board Member and Collections Team Member
Iran, 1968-1970, Education

Peter, a Museum volunteer since 2016, has served as Secretary to the Museum’s Board of Directors. A university administrator for over 45 years, he has had museum leadership experience chairing the Development Committee of the Providence Athenaeum. He currently plans programs for the American Library Association’s (ALA) International Sustainable Library Development Interest Group and continues to volunteer on ALA graduate education accrediting teams. Peter is a member of the Peace Corps Iran Association and the Peace Corps Community for Refugees.

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Nicola Dino

Museum Board Member and Collections Team Member

Bill Saphir

Thailand 1967–1970

Treasurer

John Fleming

Malawi 1967-1969

Advisor

Michael Haviland

Colombia 1962-1964

Director

Brenda Sanchez

Architect

Director

Chet Orloff

Afghanistan 1972–1975

Director

Mailing Address

Museum of the Peace Corps Experience
PO Box 2427
Oregon City, OR 97045
USA

Contact Us

1 (503) 381-4206
info@peacecorpsmuseum.org

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“For every young American who participates in the Peace Corps—who works in a foreign land—will know that he or she is sharing in the great common task of bringing to man that decent way of life, which is the foundation of freedom and a condition of peace.”
– President John F. Kennedy, March 1, 1961

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