Women of Peace Corps Legacy's Extra-Ordinary Women Podcast

Women of Peace Corps Legacy interviews an “Extra-Ordinary Woman”, E. Scott Osborne, who is a writer, gender equality advocate, and athlete. She was a Peace Corps Volunteer in Togo from 1980 to 1982. Featured Guest : Scott Osborne is currently President of Through Women’s Eyes , a gender equality organization, Chair of the Reel Equals Film Festival , and Co-Host of the podcast “ A Woman’s Place wit...

Women of Peace Corps Legacy interviews an “Extra-Ordinary Woman”, Stephanie  S. Sullivan, who was a Peace Corps volunteer in the Democratic Republic of Congo.  Featured Guest: Stephanie S. Sullivan retired from the Foreign Service with the rank of Career Minister on December 28, 2025, after over four decades of service to the United States. She held three ambassadorial postings: to the African Uni...

Women of Peace Corps Legacy interviews an “Extra-Ordinary Woman”, Nicole Banister, who is a master of ceremonies, an award-winning TV show host, a presenter, and an international changemaker. She was a Peace Corps Volunteer in South Africa from 2013 to 2016. Featured Guest: Nicole Banister hosts the celebrity interview series NIKKI BANZ LIVE with 100 guests from 35 countries, and the first 3 seaso...

Women of Peace Corps Legacy interviews an “Extra-Ordinary Woman”, Suzanne McCormick, who is the first woman to serve as the President and CEO of YMCA of the USA since September 2021. She was a Peace Corps Volunteer in Thailand from 1989 to 1991. Featured Guest: Under her leadership, YMCA of the USA has enhanced the national service-delivery system for Ys, created new opportunities for Y leaders to...

Women of Peace Corps Legacy interviews an “Extra-Ordinary Woman”, Juliet Sorensen, the recipient of the 2025 Deborah Harding Women of Achievement Award. Juliet was a maternal and child health Peace Corps Volunteer in southeastern Morocco from 1995 to 1997. Featured Guest: Juliet Sorensen is a clinical professor of law and the director of the Rule of Law Institute and Program in Rule of Law for Dev...

Women of Peace Corps Legacy interviews an “Extra-Ordinary Woman”, Ann Morgan . She was one of the earliest Peace Corps Volunteers, serving in Nigeria from 1962-1964 where she taught English in a secondary school. Featured Guest : Ann Morgan holds a BS in Journalism from the University of Illinois and an MA in International Relations from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy. She studied Cross-...

Women of Peace Corps Legacy interviews an “Extra-Ordinary Woman”, Kim Dixon. She is the recent past president of Partnering for Peace : Friends of Peace Corps and Rotary. Featured Guest : Kim Dixon's career has taken her from sales, marketing, curriculum development, and Business Development and Organizational Change consulting - working with local startups to Fortune 500 corporations worldwi...

Women of Peace Corps Legacy interviews an “Extra-Ordinary Woman”, Jody Olson. Jody is currently co-president of the Women of Peace Corps Legacy and is chair of the Peace Corps Commemorative Foundation Park Advisory Committee and the University of Maryland, College of Education Board of Visitors. Podcast Host : Josephine (Jody) Olsen served as Peace Corps Director, 2018 – 2021. In March, 2020, beca...

Women of Peace Corps Legacy interviews an “Extra-Ordinary Woman”, Deborah Harding. Women of Peace Corps Legacy's Women of Achievement Award is named after Deborah, to recognize women leaders who have made a significant difference in the lives of women and girls around the world. Featured Guest: Deborah Harding was the founder of the Liberian Education Trust, a transition initiative to help re...

Women of Peace Corps Legacy interviews an “Extra-Ordinary Woman”, Deborah Harding. Women of Peace Corps Legacy's Women of Achievement Award is named after Deborah, to recognize women leaders who have made a significant difference in the lives of women and girls around the world. Featured Guest: Deborah Harding was the founder of the Liberian Education Trust, a transition initiative to help re...

Women of Peace Corps Legacy interviews an “Extra-Ordinary Woman”, Anita Friedman. Anita currently serves as the Director of Arlington County’s Department of Human Services (DHS), where she oversees the delivery of services to approximately 50,000 Arlington residents striving to maintain a healthy, safe and economically secure life. Featured Guest : Anita has been with DHS for 15 years, also servin...

Women of Peace Corps Legacy interviews an “Extra-Ordinary Woman”, Kate Raftery. Women of Peace Corps Legacy's Emerging Leadership Award is named after Kate, to honor emerging women leaders under the age of 40 that have shown a dedication to improving the lives of women and girls. Featured Guest: Kate Raftery has dedicated her career to the elevation and empowerment of young professionals and...

Women of Peace Corps Legacy interviews an “Extra-Ordinary Woman”, Carol Bellamy. Carol was the former director of the Peace Corps from 1993-1995.  She has many accomplishments on behalf of women and girls empowerment. Featured Guest Carol Bellamy is a former government and nonprofit executive and politician. She was recently chair of the board of the  Global Community Engagement and Resilience Fun...

Women of Peace Corps Legacy interviews an “Extra-Ordinary Woman”, Carrie Hessler-Radelet. Carrie is the President & CEO of Global Communities, an international non-profit organization dedicated to bringing together local ingenuity and global insights to save lives, advance equity and secure strong futures. Featured Guest : Prior to Global Communities, Carrie served as the President & CEO o...

Women of Peace Corps Legacy interviews an “Extra-Ordinary Woman”, Dr. Ronda Ansted. She is the creator of My Career Design Studio , an online coaching program designed to support under-resourced communities and individuals with career coaching best practices. She served with the Peace Corps in South Africa as a Community and HIV/AIDS Capacity Builder in 2007. Featured Guest : Dr. Ronda Ansted, thr...

Ambassador Gina Abercrombie-Winstanley, is Women of Peace Corps Legacy’s “Extra-Ordinary Woman” in this extraordinary episode. She served with the Peace Corps in Oman, and won WPCL’s 2023 Deborah Harding Women of Achievement Award . Featured Guest : Ambassador Gina Abercrombie-Winstanley has had a pathbreaking career in the Foreign Service and has created new opportunities and possibilities for wo...

Women of Peace Corps Legacy interviews an “Extra-Ordinary Woman”, Kelly Cronen. She currently serves as a Counter-Trafficking in Persons (C-TIP) international development. Featured Guest : Kelly Cronen became a Peace Corps volunteer in Albania (2003-2005) where she worked with a local civil society support organization and with a shelter for trafficked women. Through this experience she had the op...

Women of Peace Corps Legacy interviews two “Extra-Ordinary Women”, Jaynice Del Rosario, the 2022 winner of the Kate Raftery Emerging Leader Award , and Sue Richiedei, the recipient of the 2019 Deborah Harding Women of Achievement Award. Featured Guests : Jaynice Del Rosario - “Women and girls know what they need”. Jaynice was conducting independent research on girls’ lack of access to education in...

This introduction gives a trailer to  our first guest, Latanya Frett, who will be discussing her journey from a Peace Corps volunteer to a CEO of Global Fund for Women. Our host, Kathleen Corey, will introduce the Women of Peace Corps Legacy and a brief welcome to our new podcast series.

In our first podcast of "Extra-Ordinary Women," Women of Peace Corps Legacy interviews Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Latanya Mapp , President and CEO of Global Fund for Women .  Featured Guest: Latanya, who got her start in international affairs as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Lesotho, talks about her journey from Volunteer to CEO of an NGO supporting global gender justice.  Listen in as...