Bob Findlay Runs for NPCA Board

LGB RPCV member, Bob Findlay, is running for the newly formed Western Region Board of Directors slot of the National Peace Corps Association (NPCA). LGB RPCVs is an active affiliate of the NPCA. Any LGB RPCV member who is also a member of the NPCA is eligible to vote for this particular position if she or he lives in Washington, Oregon, California, Alaska, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, or Nevada. The NPCA will notify you shortly how to vote on-line or by paper ballot.

This is what Bob has to say about his candidacy: “NPCA is the leading voice of the Peace Corps community. During the two years that I have represented the Northwest region on the NPCA board, it has undertaken a critical reassessment and is now positioned to carry out its responsibilities. I have served on its Global Education committee, the Group Leaders Forum steering committee, and on a committee to assess NPCA conferences and meetings. Based on my experience with the mutually supportive groups in the Northwest, my interest is in NPCA service to its affiliated groups, including national groups like LGB RPCVs, as well as representing the newly redistricted West. I bring extensive board experience in professional, education, and service organizations. The Peace Corps experience served me early on in shaping my worldview, and many years later as a Crisis Corps volunteer (featured in this newsletter in 2000) to reinvigorate me as I neared retirement from teaching architecture at Iowa State University. Board service is my payback to the program. My partner of 21 years, Lee Haugen, and I are enjoying a retirement of community service in Olympia, Washington.”