MILANO GRADUATE SCHOOL
ANNOUNCES PEACE CORPS FELLOWS FOR FALL 2002

(New York, NY – September 27, 2002) The Robert J. Milano Graduate School of Management and Urban Policy announces that 7 new Peace Corps Fellows will join the School this fall 2002 semester in its Peace Corps Fellows Program. The Peace Corps Fellows Program at the Milano Graduate School draws on returning Peace Corps volunteers who wish to continue to make a difference in the world. They are attracted to the Milano Graduate School's foundation of social responsibility and commitment to urban issues, social justice, and the human social dimension of the group.

Milano offers a unique experience to Peace Corps Fellows with a curriculum that advances their knowledge of management and policy issues relevant to serving communities – nonprofit, business, social, economic – and that empowers them with the writing, presentation, analytical and quantitative skills essential for a successful transition into the post-Peace Corps workforce.

For more information on the Peace Corps Fellows Program at the Milano Graduate School, go to www.newschool.edu/milano/fellow/index.html. For more information on the Peace Corps, go to: www.peacecorps.org

The 2002 Peace Corps Fellows are Jill Carbone, Vinh Do, Ginger Edwards, Kimberly Ann Johnson, Todd Lester, Sean O'Donnell, and Marie Wilcox.

2002 PEACE CORPS FELLOWS BIOS

Jill Carbone
Jill Carbone is from Brooklyn, New York, and is a graduate of California University of Pennsylvania. She spent her Peace Corps time in Honduras (1998-2000) and is now in the Urban Policy program. "In the future, upon completing the program, I see myself consulting non-profit organizations. I have a passion for learning about other cultures and I would like to study trends at home and abroad to create sustainable structures within these organizations so they can operate more efficiently."

Vinh Do
Vinh Do is from Seattle, Washington, and is a graduate of Seattle University. He spent his Peace Corps time in the Republic of Mali (1999-2001) and is now in the Human Resources program. "What is important to me is seeing people achieve their dreams and facilitating people's efforts to their end goal, to their objectives, to their fruition. I am an idealist and I believe in the realization of human potential through one's life work."

Ginger Edwards
Ginger Edwards is from Chesnee, South Carolina, and is a graduate of Appalachian State University. She spent her Peace Corps time in Morocco (1999-2002) and is now in the Nonprofit program. "My short term goal is to work internationally for a non-governmental organization with a mission which includes one or more of the following areas: helping artists export handicrafts and develop small enterprises; improving education and the quality of life for women and girls and promoting human rights"

Kimberly Ann Johnson
Kimberly Ann Johnson is from Los Angeles, California, and is a graduate of the University of California – Santa Barbara. She spent her Peace Corps time in Antigua and Baruda (1999-2001) and is now in the Nonprofit program. "I believe my life's mission involves a life-long career of creating a more equitable world for poor women in developing nations. The opportunity to concentrate on fundraising and development will allow me to build on grant writing and capital campaigns, both of which were challenging areas for me in the nonprofit organization to which I was assigned in the Peace Corps."

Todd Lester
Todd Lester is from Bradyville, Tennessee, and is a graduate of Lipscomb University and Rutgers University. He spent his Peace Corps time in Cameroon (2000-2002) and is now in the Ph.D. program. "After undergraduate study in government and public administration, various apprenticeships in civil society, graduate work in that same public domain of administration and two years as a community development volunteer in rural Cameroon, I balance feeling like a generalist at times with the realization that community development and all it's varied components are neither easy to categorize nor easy to effectuate."

Sean O'Donnell
Sean O'Donnell is from Everett, Washington, and is a graduate of the University of Washington. He spent his Peace Corps time in Kyrgyzsatan (2000-2001) and is now in the Nonprofit program. "Working with non-governmental organizations in Kyrgyzstan as a Sustainable Economic Development Volunteer in the Peace Corps showed me the power of marketing in the nonprofit arena and the possibilities for it to be utilized in community development. The Milano Graduate School offers me the opportunity to interact with faculty, students, professionals and organizations focusing on nonprofit issues. Also to create new friendships and contacts with people interested in the nonprofit environment."

Marie Wilcox
Marie Wilcox is from Alexandria, Virginia, and is a graduate of Wheaton College. She spent her Peace Corps time in Togo (1999-2001) and is now in the Urban Policy program. "My professional goal is to work at a public agency or a private foundation as a problem solver, strategist and facilitator of progressive change within urban communities. Urban communities everywhere face a growing number of social and economic challenges. It is necessary for organizations working in this field to advocate for disadvantaged populations and help design economic initiatives that will strengthen these communities."

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The Robert J. Milano Graduate School of Management and Urban Policy, a division of New School University, offers Master's degree programs in Human Resources Management, Organizational Change Management, Nonprofit Management, Health Services Management and Policy, Urban Policy Analysis, as well as professional development programs in professions that shape the way organizations work, communities function and people live. The School also offers a Ph.D. program in Public and Urban Policy. For further information on the Milano Graduate School, call 212/229-5400 or visit the Web site at www.newschool.edu

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