Carrie Hessler-Radelet, director of the Peace Corps, will address the McLean Rotary Club at its meeting on Tuesday, Dec. 8. Hessler-Radelet will speak briefly about the history of the Peace Corps and more extensively about the Peace Corps current activities.
Hessler-Radelet has been the director of the Peace Corps since June 2014. She was initially appointed deputy director of the Peace Corps on June 23, 2010. She is a returned Peace Corps Volunteer (Western Samoa, 1981–83) with more than two decades of experience in public health focused on HIV/AIDS and maternal and child health.
During her tenure, Hessler-Radelet has led the implementation of new policies and processes to improve the health and safety of Volunteers, including the requirements codified in the 2011 Kate Puzey Peace Corps Volunteer Protection Act and policies and programs aimed at reducing the risk of sexual assault and violent crime. She was instrumental in instituting the new Office of Global Health and HIV and the Global Health Service Partnership, as well as led an effort to overhaul volunteer recruiting and engage more volunteers in post-service public education activities.
The meeting will be from noon to 1:15 p.m. at the Fellowship Hall of the Lutheran Church of the Redeemer, 1545 Chain Bridge Road, McLean. Free. www.mcleanrotary.org.