Peace Corps Swears In Marilee McClintock as Micronesia Country Director
Peace Corps Swears In Six New Country Directors
WASHINGTON, D.C., February 18, 2004 –Recently, the Peace Corps swore in six new country directors in a ceremony held at the Paul D. Coverdell Peace Corps Headquarters. The new directors will be going to countries in the three Peace Corps regions across the globe.
Peace Corps country directors are responsible for management and direction of all aspects of the Peace Corps program in their country of assignment. The country directors support volunteers in the field. They lend their skills and energy to meet development needs and promote a better understanding between the host country people and Americans.
Micronesia – Marilee McClintock
Marilee McClintock joins the Inter-America and Pacific region from Peace Corps Morocco where she was a small business development/NGO technical trainer and coordinator in the fall of 2003, and a Peace Corps volunteer from 2000-2002. Previously, her career spanned 20 years of private sector executive management roles in the logistics and real estate industries throughout the U.S. and Europe.
During her 18 years based in the Pacific Northwest, McClintock served in local government capacities as Assistant Director of Urban Planning and as an elected City Councilman. She also served as a professor of economics. She has a Master’s of Economics in International Trade and Finance from Boston University and a B.A. in mathematics from the Pennsylvania State University.
Since 1961, more than 170,000 volunteers have served in the Peace Corps, working in such diverse fields as education, health, HIV/AIDS education and awareness, information technology, business development, the environment, and agriculture. Peace Corps volunteers must be U.S. citizens and at least 18 years of age. Peace Corps service is a two-year commitment.
