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PCVs who began in the year 2001

Tanya (Schmidt) McClanahan

Contact Information: tanyalschmidt@yahoo.com Fort Worth TX
Service: SED Volunteer, Sefwi Asawinso, Western Region
Current Activites: I currently live in Fort Worth with my husband, of almost two years. I work as a Treasury Analyst for Intermet Corporation; since Intermet manufactures auto components, times are interesting to say the least.
 

Josh Block

Josh Block
Contact Information: jblock43@yahoo.com 6505 Los Gatos
Atascadero CA 93422
Service: Certified Pito Taster, Poyentanga, UWR, 2001-2003
Phone: (805) 464-0527
Current Activites: Surfing, Surfing and Surfing...Start a new job in May as a Firefighter for California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection. Gettin' married to the beautiful Marta Beth Beier on October 14 in the sunny beach community of Cayucos, CA. Pretty much enjoying life in Cali, working on our newly purchased house and awaiting the next big travel adventure.
Picture The Cliffs of Moher, Ireland...Nov. 2005. Had to lay down after the 10th pint of creamy goodness!
 

Kirsten and Chris Decker

Kirsten and Chris Decker
Contact Information: yakirsten@yahoo.com West Loop
Chicago IL 60607
Service: 2001-2003, Art Education/2000-2002, Math Education The Brong
Phone: (312) 520-6615
Current Activites: Chris has a serious job and I teach all kinds of art to inner city kids on the west side. Dog parents to Akos Gifty.
Visitors are always welcome...you may get shanghaied for an art project though.
Current Status: Recently married on the wonderful island of St. Lucia. We are thinking about joining PC there. Advice: eloping is great. We still had two crazy fun receptions later in our hometowns, one at the Toledo zoo in the African overlook and one hippie one at a camp in MA. The Decker wedding tour is now finally over.
Hobbies: Chris makes friends with every taxi driver in this city and I can't complain. We got to sit with the Ashantihene at Ghanafest 2006 and we always have a ride to the airport.
Picture: Our wedding day. Our week in St. Lucia coincided with Ghana vs. Brazil so we had our flag flying.
 

Jessica Dolfman

Jessica Dolfman
Contact Information: jbd127@yahoo.com 512 E. 13 St. Apt. 5c
New York NY 10009
Service: 2001-2003, WatSan, Kparigu, Northern Region
Current Activites: Just graduated from Law School and before starting work in real estate this fall, I'm heading to Thailand with the lovely and talented Kate Gilman.
 

Nate Dunn

Nate Dunn
Contact Information: ndunn1979@hotmail.com 585 West J St
Benicia CA 94510
Service: 2001-2004 Wat/San, Ada / PCVL - Tamale
Phone: (336) 287-8445
AOL IM: natedunn99
Current Activites: Lots of golf, some work(at a law firm).
Visitors are welcome!
Webpage:
 

Kate Gilman

Kate Gilman
Contact Information: ekategilman@yahoo.com 4521 17th St
Apt 5
San Francisco CA 94114
Service: 2001-2003, Siniensi, Sandema, UER, Too Much
Current Activites: I'm living it up in SF, keeping it real with the other CA peeps Dave Adams, Paul T, Josh Block and Marta. Still drinking, dancing, laughing looking for the next party.
Visitors: love visitors.
bring star beer and it's free.
Picture: Shoes besides Chaco's.
 

Hilary Heishman

Hilary Heishman
Contact Information: hilaryheishman at yahoo dot com Seattle WA
Service: 01-04 Education Sector in VR and HIV Coordinator
Current Activites: I'm a public health grad student until June 2007. I like my job, my grad program, and my master's project. And the people -- I like the crunchy Northwest folk, too.
Life is good.

Of course, you are welcome to show up at my door unannounced. I know some Ghana RPCVs who will help me show you a good time.
 

Jim Hutcheson

Jim Hutcheson
Contact Information: hutch8182@yahoo.com 115 South Camp Road
Ishpeming MI 49849
Service: 2001-2003, Education, Koase, B/A
Current Activites: Got tired of semi-retirement when I found out that NMU offers tuition waivers (free tuition!!) to seniors. Am completing pre-reqs for BSN and was just accepted for BSN program starting fall 2006.
Current status: Patiently waiting for the 15 feet of snow we got this season to melt so I can play golf!
 

Robert Jacquet

Robert Jacquet
Contact Information: romija@yahoo.com PO Box 1592
Grand Canyon AZ 86023
Service: 2001-2003, Education
Current Activites: By day, I wear a park ranger uniform and by night, I hang out with Erin.
In my spare time I floss!!
 

Sarah Olson

Contact Information: 1632 Monroe Apt E
(the same apartment complex as Cheryl)
Madison WI 53711
Service: 2001-2003, Education, Huni Valley, Western Region
Current Activites: Grad school, running around this huge campus between the environmental and population health departments and out on the great woodsy trails, learning brazilian portuguese for field work, and more car-less living.
 

Amy Pecaut

Amy Pecaut
Contact Information: amy at pecaut dot us Cheyenne WY
Service: Education/Bolgatanga
Current Activites: On the computer entirely too long....
 

Mark Pecaut

Mark Pecaut
Contact Information: mark@pecaut.us Rochester NY 14623
Service: 2001-2003 Education, Bolgatanga UER
Current Activites: In a PhD physics program at University of Rochester in upstate New York. Doing Astronomy research and developing skills that will make me completely unemployable.
Deep dark secret: I had to throw out my Akpeteshie when we moved to New York. I was too much of a loser to drink it.
 

Katie Pittenger

Katie Pittenger
Contact Information: kap@email.arizona.edu 3131 E Fairmount St Apt A
Tucson AZ 85716
Service: SED, Tanoboase in the B/A
Phone: (520) 260-9996
Current Activites: I am finishing up my Master's in Ag & Resource Economics at University of Arizona. A trip to Africa (including Ghana, of course!) at the end of May is HUGE motivation to finish my thesis on time.
 

Jessica Reath

Contact Information: jdrst16@yahoo.com Kandahar 09355
Service: 2001-2003, Education, Akpafu Mempeasem
Current Activites: Crossing my fingers that those booms I hear are controlled detonations and not rockets or mortars being fired at us.

Recently returned to Afghanistan after taking my R&R in Ghana. The biggest change? Everyone has a cell phone. Still no toilet though.
 

Sunni Rodgers

Sunni Rodgers
Contact Information: sunnivarodgers@yahoo.com Denver CO
Service: 2001-2004 Water/Sanitation; Liati Agbonya, V/R
Current Activites: Working the 9-5 dream, Skiing, Backyard Badminton, and Porch beer drinking with friends
 

Keri Salas

Keri Salas
Contact Information: keri_salas@sbcglobal.net 211 S. Glaspie
Oxford MI 48371
Service: 2001-2003, Education, Sandema Secondary Technical School
Current Activites: Freezing my ass off here in Michigan. Going back to school in January (second degree in Nursing), getting ready for my twin nieces due in February and personally responsible for keeping Jack Daniels Whisky in business.
Picture: I wanted to send a Ghana pic but my scanner isn't working. This is a reunion of sorts with college friends out in LA.
 

Tanya Leigh Schmidt

Tanya Leigh Schmidt
Contact Information: tanyalschmidt@yahoo.com 3909 El Campo
Fort Worth TX 76107
Service: 2001-2003
Current Activites: I bought a house in the cultural district of Fort Worth, it is only 2 bedrooms, but as we know from our tro tro days, we can all fit! So come on down anytime! Most recent visitor: Andy en route to New Orleans.
Kate, Dior and I 'snapped' our photo while eating FuFu in Austin.
 

Becca Scibek

Becca Scibek
Contact Information: rebecca dot scibek at gmal dot com Boston MA
Service: Community Based Natural Resource Management for Livelihood Security (aka Environment) Volunteer in Sandema, UER, 12/01-11/03, PCVL in Tamale 11/03-12/04
Phone: (301) 787-1142
Current Activites: Saving the world (or, at least the Charles River), laughing my butt off with Katherine (Boston's best roommate), playing ultimate frisbee, trying to learn Arabic, cooking waatye, drinking real coffee, running, staring in wonder at all the products in the grocery store, BUYING the things I want at the grocery store because I actually make money now!
The picture: On a spice tour in Zanzibar on my COS trip, with awesome fellow PCVL Kimberly and Kenya RPCV Crystal (on the left)
Work: I'm still working for the Charles River Watershed Association but no more fundraising - now I am volunteer coordinator and office administrator... hm, sounds like being PCVL!
 

Emily Shroyer

Contact Information: emilyshroyer@yahoo.com 265 SE Park
Corvallis OR 97333
Service: 2001-2003, Education, Half Assini
Current Activites: Graduate student in Oceanography in Corvallis, Oregon. Married to Kevin (2004). One child who looks exactly like Kevin. Two dogs.
 

Ning Wang

Ning Wang
Contact Information: ningwang@yahoo.com 60 Sherbrook Rd
Newton MA 02458
Service: 2001-2003, Education, Zuarungu
Phone: (917) 495-0414
Current Activites: Still doing the same thing 5 years later, although household now includes a wife, baby girl and 2 cats.
Current Status: Online, if it's between 7AM and 7PM.