Benin RPCV George Monagan named New Country Director for Togo
Nine New Country Directors Assume Responsibility
WASHINGTON, D.C., August 6, 2004 – Nine new country directors will be taking the helm this month following a swearing-in ceremony today at the Paul D. Coverdell Peace Corps Headquarters. Seven of the country directors are new or returning to the Peace Corps, and two are being promoted from within the agency. The new country directors will be going to countries in the Peace Corps’ three regions across the globe – the Africa region, the Europe, Mediterranean, and Asia region, and the Inter-America and the Pacific region.
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.
The new country director assignments are as follows:
Africa Region
Togo - George Monagan
George Monagan is returning to Peace Corps service after spending the last eight years living and working for the Boeing Company in Seattle. Monagan was responsible for developing and supporting programs focused on workforce diversity, equal employment opportunity and affirmative action. Previously, Monagan served as a Peace Corps volunteer teaching high school science teachers in Benin. Monagan also worked for the Peace Corps as a training director in Ethiopia in 1996, a regional training officer in the Pacific/Asia region from 1994-1996, and a training officer in Nepal between 1991 and 1993. Monagan has a master’s degree in international administration and attended the School for International Training in Brattleboro, Vt. He also has a bachelor’s degree in biology from St. Bonaventure University in Olean, N.Y. and speaks fluent French.
