Business and Industry

Notable returned Peace Corps Volunteers in Business and Industry.

• Bob Beckel,

  political analyst, Bob Beckel & Associates (Philippines 1971-72)

• Heather Buckmaster,

  executive director, Oklahoma Beef Council (The Gambia 1992-94)

• Dan Chace,

  manager of Wasatch Micro Cap Fund (Paraguay)

• Charlie Clifford,

  founder, Tumi luggage (Peru 1967-1969)

• Patricia Cloherty,

  chairman of The U.S. Russia Investment Fund (Brazil 1963-65)

• Edward Dolby,

  director, Family Dollar Stores, Inc (India 1966-68)

• John Earhart,

  chairman of the board and a founding shareholder of Global Environment Fund Management Corporation (Guatemala 1975-77)

• David S. Geiman,

  chairman of the executive committee, board of directors, president and chief executive officer of the CattleSale Company (Sierra Leone 1967-70)

• Samuel Gillespie III,

  senior vice president, Exxon Mobil Corp. (Kenya 1967-69)

• Jan Guifarro,

  vice president of corporate communications, Colgate Palmolive Company (Honduras 1973-75)

• Frank Guzzetta,

  president, Ralph Lauren Home (India 1968-72)

• Robert Haas,

  chairman of board for Levi Strauss (Ivory Coast 1964-66)

• Reed Hastings,

  founder and CEO of Netflix (Swaziland 1983-85)

• Wilber James,

  co-founder, RockPort Capital Partners (Kenya 1971-72)

• Ginny Kirkwood,

  owner of Shawnee on the Delaware Inn and Resort (Turkey 1964-66, and Thailand 1990-93)

• James Kouzes,

  co-author, The Leadership Challenge (Turkey 1967-69)

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  Michael McCaskey,

  former chairman of the board, Chicago Bears (Ethiopia 1965-67)

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• Robert McCormack,

  executive vice president of Citicorp (Colombia 1968-70)

• Ann and Michael Moore,

  former CEO and chairman of Snugli Co. and Airlift Company (Togo 1962-64)

• Frederic Poses,

  director, Centex Corporation and Raytheon Company (Peru 1967-1969)

• Gordon Radley,

  president of Lucasfilms Ltd. (Malawi 1968-70)

• Dwight A. Roberts,

  president and CEO, U.S. Rice Producers Association (Paraguay 1977-80)

• Rob Ryan,

  chairman of the board, Ten Thousand Villages and vice president, treasurer, Harman International Industries, Inc. (Kenya 1991-1994)

• Tom Scanlon,

  founder and president of Benchmarks (Chile 1961-63)

• Kathy Tierney,

  vice chairman of the board of directors, Sur La Table (Fiji 1967-69)

• Priscilla and Thomas Wrubel,

  founders of the Nature Company (Liberia 1961-63)

Last updated Jul 16 2012