Author, educator, and longtime Peace Corps leader, I have spent my life exploring the connections between service, family, and the experiences that shape who we become.
From a small town in Utah to villages in Tunisia, and later to leadership roles around the world, service has been the thread that runs through my life.
Served as Peace Corps Volunteer in Tunisia
Held Peace Corps staff roles across five decades
Nominated by President and served as Peace Corps Director, 2018-2021
Raised in Utah by political father after being abandoned by mother
Married and raised two children
Earned a PhD and served as a professor of social work
Jody Olsen as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Tunisia, 1967
Our best learning is through listening without judgement, hearing others’ stories, and sharing our own.
– Jody Olsen
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