Central African Republic RPCV Obie Shaw named New Country Director for Mauritania
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
Mauritania - Obie Shaw
Prior to Obie Shaw’s appointment to country director for Mauritania, he worked for the Peace Corps post in Mauritania as the associate director for small enterprise development and information and communication technology programs. In addition, Shaw served five years as a Peace Corps volunteer in the Central African Republic and in Tunisia. Shaw has also served on several election monitoring missions with the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Shaw is an alumnus of the University of Utah - Salt Lake City, with degrees in economics, political science, and French. During his college years, Shaw served with the U.S. Air Force Reserves at Hill Air Force Base, Utah.
