January 8, 2003 - PCOL Exclusive: Dane Smith Resigns as President of NPCA

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By Admin1 (admin) on Wednesday, January 08, 2003 - 10:38 pm: Edit Post

Dane Smith Resigns as President of NPCA





Caption: Dane Smith, President of the National Peace Corps Association (NPCA), with his wife, Judy Smith, stand outside the US Embasy in Senegal where Dane was US Ambassador from 1996 to 1999. He and his wife began their international careers as Peace Corps Volunteers in Eritrea, (1963-1965), then part of Ethiopia.

Read and comment on this exclusive story from a reliable source that Dane Smith resigned today as President of the National Peace Corps Association (NPCA) after a tenure of 3 - 1/2 years. We will be reporting more details and reaction among NPCA members later this week. Read the story at:

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Dane Smith Resigns as President of NPCA

A reliable source has informed us that Dane Smith has tendered his resignation as President of the National Peace Corps Association. The letter was presented to the Board of Directors of the NPCA this afternoon, January 8.

He mentioned in his letter that he is leaving after serving as President of the NPCA for 3 - 1/2 years and said that it is time to move on. He talked about the NPCA's accomplishments under his administration that included improving advocacy and visiting eighty of the NPCA's affiliates during his tenure. But he added that the job had become all consuming and that it was time for him to retire and time to bring new blood into the organization.

He said that he will be leaving before the August Meeting of the NPCA President's Forum in Portland, OR and hoped and expected that a replacement could be found before then. He said that he would stay on until a replacement had been found but hoped that a replacement could be found closer to February than to August.

He said that after a full career in the diplomatic corps he had found that the job of President of the NPCA was all consuming and that he had even less time to spend with his family than when he was in the diplomatic corps.

He said the Search Committee for his successor would be led by NPCA Board member Carrie Radelet.

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Dane Smith assumed the Presidency of the National Peace Corps Association in August 1999, after completing a career of over 30 years in the Foreign Service. He served as U.S. Ambassador to Guinea (1990-1993), Special Presidential Envoy for Liberia (1995-96), and U.S. Ambassador to Senegal (1996-1999). He was Deputy Chief of Mission in Botswana (1984-1986) and Sudan (1986-1989). He directed the African Economic Policy Staff (1989-1990) and was Chief, Food Policy Division, in the Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs (1979-1981). He also had assignments in Pakistan and Liberia. He and his wife began their international careers as Peace Corps Volunteers in Eritrea, (1963-1965), then part of Ethiopia. A graduate of Harvard College, he earned a Ph.D. in International Relations from the Fletcher School of Law & Diplomacy.

[A correction was made to this story on January 10, 2003. The original story reference is PCOL1866.]


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By Sierra Adriana Coleman-Chapin on Wednesday, May 07, 2003 - 4:53 pm: Edit Post

I did a Phone Interview with this man today and he really was incredible. He must have loved his work.This man is full of stories and very kind you should talk to him.

I hope he sees this and finds out that I want to be just like him when I grow up! Sierra, Pittsburgh, Im 12 years old.


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