Cameroon RPCV Pamela Martin named New Country Director for Malawi
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
Malawi - Pamela Martin
Pamela Martin’s previous experience with the Peace Corps includes two years as program training officer in western Russia and one year in Armenia. She has also supervised pre-service trainings in western Russia (1995, 2000), Russia Far East (1996), and Georgia (2001). Martin served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Cameroon from 1978 to 1980. She has worked in academia for many years at the Teachers College, Columbia University, where she taught applied linguistics and coordinated the Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) program. She also coordinated English teacher trainers in Russia and Ukraine. Martin has a bachelor’s degree in English from Vassar College, N.Y. She also holds a master’s degree in applied linguistics and a master’s and doctorate degree in education from Teachers College, Columbia University.
