Guest Speaker: Dan Baker, President and CEO, NPCA
Every October, RPCVSF holds an Annual General Meeting of the Members to review last year's activities and review plans for the coming year. We also hold an election of Board Members followed by a short Board meeting for the election of Officers.
President Garcia will call the meeting to order at Noon.
We are always fortunate to have a distinguished speaker, and this year is no exception. We are honored to have as our 2024 AGM speaker, Dan Baker, President and CEO of the National Peace Corps Association.
Lunch will be catered. The buffet lunch menu is attached just below. The Registraction fee is $35 including lunch and space rental.
AGM Meal 2024.docx
So please mark your calendars for our 2024 AGM.
Note: Gate Fee
The weekend and holiday gate entrance fee of $3/vehicle (for 8 or fewer persons) and $20/vehicle (for 9 or more persons) will be in effect.
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Dan Baker Bio:
Bolivia (1999-2002), Timor Leste (2002-2003), Peace Corps HQ (2003-2006, 2010-2011, 2014-2017), Costa Rica Staff (2007-2010), Ethiopia Staff (2011-2014)
Dan Baker has more than 20 years of professional experience in both the private and public sectors. Prior to becoming President of NPCA, Dan was NPCA’s Director of Programs and Business Development for two years, joining NPCA as the pandemic began in order to launch to support programs for evacuated Peace Corps Volunteers. Prior to NPCA, Dan worked in fundraising for Outward Bound, and was project director and senior technical advisor for youth development at IREX. At IREX, Dan led a $30M USAID-funded project working with political leadership in Guatemala and consulted with various other projects and practices to improve the organization’s approach to working with youth around the world.
Dan’s Peace Corps journey began in 1999, just after undergraduate school at Davidson College, when he received his invitation to serve in Bolivia. There he worked as a water sanitation worker and volunteer coordinator. After three years in Bolivia, Dan answered a call for continued volunteer service in Timor Leste, where he was a member of the first group of volunteers to arrive in the new country.
After four years as a volunteer, Dan continued on to a 13-year career at Peace Corps in various staff and consultant roles, both in the field and in the Washington, D.C. headquarters office. His first field position was in Costa Rica where he was the Associate Director for a youth development and child protection project. He also notably worked in Ethiopia as the first Director of Programming and Training in that country, and where he oversaw a rapid expansion of the program, including significant work with USAID Feed the Future and PEPFAR programming. Following his tenure in Ethiopia, he served as the Chief of Programming and Training for the Africa Region in Washington, D.C., where he oversaw implementation of region-wide initiatives such as Let Girls Learn, Read for Life, and advances in the agency’s diversity and inclusion efforts. Dan served with distinction during his time as Peace Corps staff, twice receiving the Director’s Distinguished Service Award, and being selected to the agency’s leadership development academy.
Dan and his wife Chris (RPCV Jamaica) currently live in Silver Spring, Maryland with their daughters and enjoy frequently visiting their southern roots in North Carolina and Georgia.
