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.
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.
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.
Philippines 2016-2018,
Peru 2018-2020
PC HQ Staff 1988-1991,
CD Bolivia 1991-1996
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.
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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