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

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, through her experience and research on international development NGOs and social enterprises, is committed to using career coaching to transform lives, communities, and the world. For more than 20 years, with a primary focus on international development and social services, Ronda has worked with hundreds of people, helping them to translate their skills into rewarding work and meaningful lives.
Past clients have found their calling by working with US Government Agencies such as USAID, multilateral organizations like the World Bank, NGOs, non-profits, and other social impact organizations. Several clients have also started their own social enterprise, leveraging their unique talents, skills, and perspectives to make the world a better place. Her main focus is to help those who want to make a difference design a career path that leads to maximum impact as well as a balanced and healthy life.
Ronda holds a Doctorate of Management from University of Maryland University College, a Master of Social Work from University of Maryland, Baltimore, a Bachelor of Arts in World Studies from the School for International Training.

Podcast Host:
Lee Lacy is a senior leader, management consultant, facilitator and coach whose career in international and national programs spans four decades. She is a founding member of Women of Peace Corps Legacy. Lee has served in several senior positions for the Peace Corps. In these roles, she worked with Peace Corps Volunteers and staff making the transition to different cultural contexts. She serves as a job search counselor for the Foreign Service Institute’s Transition Center providing assistance to Foreign Service officers preparing for a second career or retirement. As a trainer and director of the Overseas Briefing Center, Lee conducted cross-cultural and re-entry training for foreign affairs employees and their families. She has lived and worked in Samoa, Nepal, Armenia, and Afghanistan.
Women of Peace Corps Legacy (WPCL) is a non-profit organization whose mission is to advance women and girls empowerment to create a more just, equitable, inclusive, and safe world for future generations. WPCL seeks to partner with and highlight the work of those existing organizations and programs that are effectively addressing the issues of women and girls.

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 Cameroon in 2010, where she met Peace Corps Volunteers who inspired her. She served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Ethiopia from 2013 to 2015. Jaynice served as National Coordinator of Gender and Development, designing and implementing local and regional programs for adolescent girls.
Currently, she serves as Senior Program Officer for the Girls First Fund, a philanthropic collaborative supporting community-based organizations in the Global South that combat child marriage and help girls lead self-determined lives. She has also started a pilot project of her own called the Feminist Idea Lab, through which she plans to directly resource girl-led projects and ideas that have the potential to change the world.
Sue Richiedei - “See the need, take the Lead”.
Sue has spent over 35 years improving the lives of women and girls around the world by ensuring they become leaders, decision makers, and advocates at all levels. Sue served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in 1976 in northeast Thailand. She understood the importance of improving the lives of girls in a male-dominated society.
Sue has dedicated her life to training, advocacy, and reproductive health service delivery projects. She was the founder and Senior Director of Counterpart International's WomenLead Institute, which focuses on women-centered programming, highlighting the leadership, confidence building, and managerial skills women need to advance. In 2005, Sue designed and launched the Global Women in Management Program (GWIM), which has reached over 1,000 women in 77 countries with month-long leadership workshops, women-to-woman coaching, networking and small grants.
Podcast Host:
Lee Lacy is a senior leader, management consultant, facilitator and coach whose career in international and national programs spans four decades. She is a founding member of Women of Peace Corps Legacy. Lee has served in several senior positions for the Peace Corps. In these roles, she worked with Peace Corps Volunteers and staff making the transition to different cultural contexts. She serves as a job search counselor for the Foreign Service Institute’s Transition Center providing assistance to Foreign Service officers preparing for a second career or retirement. As a trainer and director of the Overseas Briefing Center, Lee conducted cross-cultural and re-entry training for foreign affairs employees and their families. She has lived and worked in Samoa, Nepal, Armenia, and Afghanistan.
Women of Peace Corps Legacy (WPCL) is a non-profit organization whose mission is to advance women and girls empowerment to create a more just, equitable, inclusive, and safe world for future generations. WPCL seeks to partner with and highlight the work of those existing organizations and programs that are effectively addressing the issues of women and girls.

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 women and minorities. Among her many accomplishments as a U.S. diplomat, she served as a political officer at the U.S. Embassy in Tel Aviv, focusing on Israel-Palestine relations; became the first woman to lead a diplomatic mission in Saudi Arabia where she promoted gender equality and coordinated the largest evacuation of American citizens from a war zone since WWII; and was the longest-serving U.S. ambassador to Malta.
Recently she served as the State Department's first chief Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility officer. There, her many contributions included helping women and minorities be considered for high-level positions and reducing the importance of the oral exam for entry into diplomatic service. She co-founded the Leadership Council for Women in National Security (LCWINS), championing accomplished women for senior leadership positions in national security and foreign policy.
Currently she is the first female president of the Middle East Policy Council, which produces a highly regarded journal, hosts the Capitol Hill Conference Series for policy makers, and offers numerous educational opportunities for teachers, including an exchange programs for students from the U.S. and the Middle East.
Podcast Host :
Kathleen Corey is past president of Women of Peace Corps Legacy. She spent sixteen years with Peace Corps getting her start as a Volunteer in Liberia. She has been Country Director in North Macedonia and Sri Lanka and held various headquarter positions responsible for opening Peace Corps China, Cambodia, and numerous countries in the Former Soviet Union. As a retired diplomat, she currently teaches various courses to Department of State employees at the U.S. Foreign Service Institute.
Women of Peace Corps Legacy (WPCL) is a non-profit organization whose mission is to advance women and girls empowerment to create a more just, equitable, inclusive, and safe world for future generations. WPCL seeks to partner with and highlight the work of those existing organizations and programs that are effectively addressing the issues of women and girls.

In our first podcast of "Extra-Ordinary Women," Women of Peace Corps Legacy interviews Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Latanya Mapp Frett, President and CEO of Global Fund for Women. 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 she discusses her many years of experience including leading Global Fund for Women which has supported grassroots organizations to end civil war in Liberia, provided aid to women's education in Afghanistan, and assisted women's groups in Ukraine. Her new book, The Everyday Feminist: The Key to Sustainable Social Impact-Driving Movements We Need Now More than Ever, will be discussed as well as Global Fund for Women's film series "Fundamental: Gender Justice: No Exceptions," which was nominated for two Emmy Awards in 2021.
Podcast Host:
Kathleen Corey is past president of Women of Peace Corps Legacy. She spent sixteen years with Peace Corps getting her start as a Volunteer in Liberia. She has been Country Director in North Macedonia and Sri Lanka and held various headquarter positions responsible for opening Peace Corps China, Cambodia, and numerous countries in the Former Soviet Union. As a retired diplomat, she currently teaches Leadership and Management courses to Department of State employees at the U.S. Foreign Service Institute.
Women of Peace Corps Legacy (WPCL) is a non-profit organization whose mission is to advance women and girls empowerment to create a more just, equitable, inclusive, and safe world for future generations. WPCL seeks to partner with and highlight the work of those existing organizations and programs that are effectively addressing the issues of women and girls.

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 Fund (GCERF), which is the first global funding effort to address violent extremist agendas with an emphasis on empowering women and youth. She was director of the Peace Corps, executive director of the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF), and president and CEO of World Learning and the School for International Training. She also was the chair of children's rights advocacy organization ECPAT International, working to end the sexual exploitation of children. After three terms in the New York State Senate, she was the first woman to be elected to any citywide office in NYC as President of the New York City Council.
In addition, Carol has been Chair of the Board of Directors of the International
Baccalaureate, as well as Chair of the Global Partnership for Education. She has
worked in the private sector at Morgan Stanley and Cravath, Swaine & Moore. She is an emeritus member of the American University of Beirut Board of Trustees and is a
former Fellow of the Harvard Institute of Politics.
In recognition of her professional success, Carol made Forbes Magazine’s 100 Most
Powerful Women in the World. In addition, she has been awarded the Légion
d’Honneur by the Government of France, and the Order of the Rising Sun in Japan.
Podcast Host :
Kathleen Corey is past president of Women of Peace Corps Legacy. She spent sixteen years with Peace Corps getting her start as a Volunteer in Liberia. She has been Country Director in North Macedonia and Sri Lanka and held various headquarter positions responsible for opening Peace Corps China, Cambodia, and numerous countries in the Former Soviet Union. As a retired diplomat, she currently teaches various courses to Department of State employees at the U.S. Foreign Service Institute.
Women of Peace Corps Legacy (WPCL) is a non-profit organization whose mission is to advance women and girls empowerment to create a more just, equitable, inclusive, and safe world for future generations. WPCL seeks to partner with and highlight the work of those existing organizations and programs that are effectively addressing the issues of women and girls.