December 13, 2004: Headlines: Staff: Chief of Staff: PCOL Exclusive: Marie Wheat named Acting Chief of Staff/Chief of Operations, RPCV Ron Campbell named Acting Deputy

Peace Corps Online: Directory: USA: What Peace Corps Staff in the USA are doing today: August 26, 2004: Headlines: Staff: Chief of Staff: Clemson University: Marie Wheat appointed deputy chief of staff for Peace Corps : December 13, 2004: Headlines: Staff: Chief of Staff: PCOL Exclusive: Marie Wheat named Acting Chief of Staff/Chief of Operations, RPCV Ron Campbell named Acting Deputy
Changing of the Guard Date: December 15 2004 No: 330 Changing of the Guard
With Lloyd Pierson's departure, Marie Wheat has been named acting Chief of Staff and Chief of Operations responsible for the day-to-day management of the Peace Corps. Although Wheat is not an RPCV and has limited overseas experience, in her two years at the agency she has come to be respected as someone with good political skills who listens and delegates authority and we wish her the best in her new position.


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Marie Wheat named Acting Chief of Staff/Chief of Operations, RPCV Ron Campbell named Acting Deputy

Marie Wheat named Acting Chief of Staff/Chief of Operations, RPCV Ron Campbell named Acting Deputy

Marie Wheat named Acting Chief of Staff/Chief of Operations, RPCV Ron Campbell named Acting Deputy

To: All Peace Corps

From: Gaddi H. Vasquez, Director

Subject: Announcement

On December 13, 2004, Lloyd Pierson was sworn in as Assistant Administrator for Africa at USAID. Effective today, Marie Wheat assumed the position of Acting Chief of Staff/Chief of Operations. Marie Wheat has served as Deputy Chief of Staff/Deputy Chief of Operations for the Peace Corps for the last two years. In that capacity, she has assisted the Director and Chief of Staff/Chief of Operations in managing the day-to-day of the agency's overseas activities and domestic operations. Wheat first came to Peace Corps as Director of Congressional Relations after serving almost 10 years on Capitol Hill. She served as the Chief of Staff in the Office of Congressman Jim DeMint and as Staff Director for the Senate Subcommittee on Oversight. She has also worked as a senior staff member to the House Budget Committee and the Office of Congressman Steve Largent.

As Marie takes on her new responsibilities, Ron Campbell will assume the role of Acting Deputy Chief of Staff/Deputy Chief of Operations. Ron recently transferred to Peace Corps headquarters after serving as Country Director in Tanzania and South Africa. He was an active member of the South Africa mission's task force for the President's Emergency Plan for the Relief of AIDS, and currently leads the Peace Corps' overall participation in this important program. Campbell served as a PCV in the Solomon Islands. His experience includes over 12 years as resident advisor in Africa and Poland on USAID and World Bank projects. He has worked on assignments in 16 countries and his 30 years of experience spans the private sector, non-profit sector and the U.S. government.

Amanda T. Host
Special Assistant to the Director
Peace Corps
1111 20th Street, NW
Washington, DC 20526
(202) 692-2100





When this story was posted in December 2004, this was on the front page of PCOL:

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