Guatemala RPCV Terry Grumley named New Country Director for Costa Rica
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:
Inter-America and Pacific Region
Costa Rica - Terry Grumley
Terry Grumley comes to the Peace Corps as the former executive director for Solar Cookers International (SCI), which networks with solar cooking groups worldwide establishing projects in Ethiopia, Kenya and Zimbabwe. Before SCI, Grumley worked over four years as Plan International Zambia country director, opening the first program there. He also worked as field director and country representative for Plan International in Haiti for five years, and for two years in the Dominican Republic. Grumley also served over two years as assistant director for the program in Honduras. Grumley and his wife served together as Peace Corps volunteers in Guatemala from 1979-1981. Before his Peace Corps service, Grumley served in the U.S. Navy in Vietnam and Puerto Rico. Grumley holds a master’s degree in management from Sonoma State, Calif., a bachelor’s degree in management, with a special minor in Latin American studies also from Sonoma State, and a bachelor’s degree in engineering from the U.S. Naval Academy. Recently, Grumley earned his single subject teaching credential for Spanish from Sonoma State.
