August 6, 2004: Headlines: COS - Macedonia: Country Directors - Macedonia: COS - Ukraine: Peace Corps: Ukraine RPCV Diane Schmidt named New Country Director for Macedonia

Peace Corps Online: Directory: Macedonia: Peace Corps Macedonia: The Peace Corps in Macedonia: August 6, 2004: Headlines: COS - Macedonia: Country Directors - Macedonia: COS - Ukraine: Peace Corps: Ukraine RPCV Diane Schmidt named New Country Director for Macedonia

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Ukraine RPCV Diane Schmidt named New Country Director for Macedonia

Ukraine RPCV Diane Schmidt named New Country Director for Macedonia

Ukraine RPCV Diane Schmidt named New Country Director for Macedonia

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:

Macedonia - Diane Schmidt
In 2000, Diane Schmidt and her husband became Peace Corps volunteers in Ukraine. After completing her service, Schmidt became the deputy director/program and training officer in Ukraine. Prior to the Peace Corps, Schmidt co-founded an ophthalmic pharmaceutical company, Ista Pharmaceuticals, in 1991. As vice president of development, she traveled the world setting up clinical trials and managing subsidiaries. Schmidt worked in various senior management positions with Allergan Pharmaceuticals for 10 years before Ista. Earlier in her career, Schmidt was a professor and department head at Pepperdine University, Calif., and taught at various University of California campuses. Schmidt holds a bachelor’s degree in psychology from the University of California - Berkeley, a master’s degree in psychology from California State University in San Francisco, a doctorate degree from the University of California, Los Angeles, and a master’s degree in business administration from Pepperdine University.




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