Guinea 2016-2017

Prior to Peace Corps, Charlaine developed worksite wellness and managed public health programs. She also taught at Broward Community College and spent her spare time volunteering in several endeavors related to health equity, health literacy, and health access. She applied to the Peace Corps in order to venture into a life of service abroad and was invited to serve in Guinea, West Africa as a health specialist. 

Today, she is highly involved with supporting injured and ill RPCVs, like herself, through health advocacy and support with the Health Justice for Peace Corps Volunteers group. She is also an active member of Returned Peace Corps Volunteers of Washington, DC. As a member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, she has a special interest in uplifting black communities and, as such, is spearheading the organization  of Black and African American RPCVs to continue the Peace Corps mission in Afro and Black communities stateside. 

RPCV Ethiopia/Eritrea ! (62-64); Co-leader of 2012 Return to Ethiopia trip; Co-founder & VP of NOVA RPCV; Board member of E&ERPCV; Volunteer with Lutheran Refugee Resettlement Services; Retired Economist.

RPCV Paraguay (2000-2002)

Elaine has served on the NOVA RPCV Board for 2 years. She is a teacher and has been teaching English Learners for the past 15 years at the elementary and middle school levels as well as at the post secondary level at Northern Virginia Community College. She served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Paraguay 2000-2002. In her leisure time she enjoys participating in community service events, hiking with her dog, and is the host of a cultural book club in Ashburn, Virginia. 

Peace Corps volunteer in Ethiopia, Community Development, 1965-67. One year in the Philippines and 1 year in Thailand with husband who worked as Director in Mindanao and Deputy Director in Bangkok. Active in the Reston Community since 1967. Masters in Social Work and a Certificate in Museum Studies.

RPCV Ethiopia 1966 - 1968, teaching mathematics to 7th, 8th and 9th grade. 

30 year career in information systems development as a developer and manager with AT&T. 

RPCV Mali 2015 and Guinea 2016-17

Alana was a WASH agent in Mali and Public Health Educator in Guinea. After Peace Corps, she worked for 1.5 years at a non-profit outside Seattle, WA administering high school exchange programs. Currently, she lives in Alexandria, VA and works for a small international development consulting firm as a Project Associate.

In her free time she enjoys taking classes to keep up with her French skills. 

Erica Brouillette served in Armenia (2007-2009) and is also a Rotarian, active in both Peace Corps affiliate groups and Rotary International. She serves as the Community Service Director with NOVA RPCV and a Past President of Falls Church Rotary – currently the Area Governor for Area 10 with District 7610. 

Erica is passionate about the Rotary-Peace Corps Partnership and opportunities available to leverage this partnership.  Check out Partnering for Peace at partneringforpeace.org to learn more!  She is also a member of Partnering for Peace and Peace Corps Community for Refugees.

She has a BA in Political Science with a concentration in International Relations. In addition to working full time in a requirements-based writing role, on a part-time basis, she is pursuing her MA in Global Affairs with a concentration in Global Culture & Society, expecting to graduate May 2021. She also enjoys volunteering with local charitable organizations.

Don Boileau served in Seoul, South Korea for the two calendar years 1968-69.   He was in a TESOL program.  Besides his day job teaching English at a government training institute, Don did English classes for the Korean Department of Forestry's Director, Associate Director, and Financial Officer to help them prepare for a trip to New Zealand for purchasing trees for Korea's reforestation project.  He used his Peace Corps experience to coordinate with another PCV the settlement of 30 Cambodian refugees in Mt. Pleasant, MI.   While at Central Michigan University he attended the first national conference on intercultural communication where he worked on developing a model syllabus for that course.  For 27 years he taught at George Mason University, where his favorite course to teach was intercultural communication.  

RPCV Togo (1995-8)

Safe motherhood & child survival.

Volunteer with Volunteer Fairfax, Fairfax County Public Schools, Fairfax County Park Authority Invasive Management Area, Girl Scouts, Scouts BSA, Leave No Trace, Fairfax ReLeaf, Clean Fairfax.

Doctor of Public Health focused on maternal, newborn & child health in lower & middle income countries.

RPCV  Costa Rica  1980-1983

Jean served in Peace Corp Costa Rica from 1980 to 1983, working with the BriBri Indians in Community Development. After a long career as a Geographer with the U.S. Geological Survey with a focus on the U.S. Mexican Border, and as an International Specialist for the Department of the Interior, managing climate change capacity building in Africa and Southeast Asia, she retired.  Currently she divides her volunteer time between the NOVA RPCV and the Pan American Institute of Geography and History, a specialized organization of the Organization of the American States.