Guinea-Bissau RPCV Mathew Breman named New Country Director for Cape Verde
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
Cape Verde - Mathew Breman
Mathew Breman comes to his post in Cape Verde after serving in many different capacities in Africa. Breman worked in Guinea-Bissau as a Peace Corps volunteer from 1992-1994, and as a State Department intern at the U.S. embassy in 1996. His vast experience with the Catholic Relief Services includes team leader in Angola from 1999-2000, management quality technical advisor from 2001-2003, and most recently as the acting/deputy team leader of the Emergency Response Team. Breman has a master’s degree in international relations from Johns Hopkins University and a bachelor’s degree in American studies from Brandeis University in Waltham, Mass. He is fluent in French, Portuguese and Guinean Creole.
