In our first podcast of "Extra-Ordinary Women," Women of Peace Corps Legacy interviews Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Latanya Mapp Frett, President and CEO of Global Fund for Women. Latanya, who got her start in international affairs as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Lesotho, talks about her journey from Volunteer to CEO of an NGO supporting global gender justice. Listen in as she discusses her many years of experience including leading Global Fund for Women which has supported grassroots organizations to end civil war in Liberia, provided aid to women's education in Afghanistan, and assisted women's groups in Ukraine. Her new book, The Everyday Feminist: The Key to Sustainable Social Impact-Driving Movements We Need Now More than Ever, will be discussed as well as Global Fund for Women's film series "Fundamental: Gender Justice: No Exceptions," which was nominated for two Emmy Awards in 2021.

Podcast Host:
Kathleen Corey is past president of Women of Peace Corps Legacy. She spent sixteen years with Peace Corps getting her start as a Volunteer in Liberia. She has been Country Director in North Macedonia and Sri Lanka and held various headquarter positions responsible for opening Peace Corps China, Cambodia, and numerous countries in the Former Soviet Union. As a retired diplomat, she currently teaches Leadership and Management courses to Department of State employees at the U.S. Foreign Service Institute.

Women of Peace Corps Legacy (WPCL) is a non-profit organization whose mission is to advance women and girls empowerment to create a more just, equitable, inclusive, and safe world for future generations. WPCL seeks to partner with and highlight the work of those existing organizations and programs that are effectively addressing the issues of women and girls.

This introduction gives a trailer to our first guest, Latanya Frett, who will be discussing her journey from a Peace Corps volunteer to a CEO of Global Fund for Women. Our host, Kathleen Corey, will introduce the Women of Peace Corps Legacy and a brief welcome to our new podcast series.

Women of Peace Corps Legacy interviews two “Extra-Ordinary Women”, Jaynice Del Rosario, the 2022 winner of the Kate Raftery Emerging Leader Award, and Sue Richiedei, the recipient of the 2019 Deborah Harding Women of Achievement Award.

Featured Guests:
Jaynice Del Rosario - “Women and girls know what they need”.
Jaynice was conducting independent research on girls’ lack of access to education in Cameroon in 2010, where she met Peace Corps Volunteers who inspired her. She served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Ethiopia from 2013 to 2015. Jaynice served as National Coordinator of Gender and Development, designing and implementing local and regional programs for adolescent girls.

Currently, she serves as Senior Program Officer for the Girls First Fund, a philanthropic collaborative supporting community-based organizations in the Global South that combat child marriage and help girls lead self-determined lives. She has also started a pilot project of her own called the Feminist Idea Lab, through which she plans to directly resource girl-led projects and ideas that have the potential to change the world.

Sue Richiedei - “See the need, take the Lead”.
Sue has spent over 35 years improving the lives of women and girls around the world by ensuring they become leaders, decision makers, and advocates at all levels. Sue served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in 1976 in northeast Thailand. She understood the importance of improving the lives of girls in a male-dominated society.

Sue has dedicated her life to training, advocacy, and reproductive health service delivery projects. She was the founder and Senior Director of Counterpart International's WomenLead Institute, which focuses on women-centered programming, highlighting the leadership, confidence building, and managerial skills women need to advance. In 2005, Sue designed and launched the Global Women in Management Program (GWIM), which has reached over 1,000 women in 77 countries with month-long leadership workshops, women-to-woman coaching, networking and small grants.

Podcast Host:
Lee Lacy is a senior leader, management consultant, facilitator and coach whose career in international and national programs spans four decades. She is a founding member of Women of Peace Corps Legacy. Lee has served in several senior positions for the Peace Corps. In these roles, she worked with Peace Corps Volunteers and staff making the transition to different cultural contexts. She serves as a job search counselor for the Foreign Service Institute’s Transition Center providing assistance to Foreign Service officers preparing for a second career or retirement. As a trainer and director of the Overseas Briefing Center, Lee conducted cross-cultural and re-entry training for foreign affairs employees and their families. She has lived and worked in Samoa, Nepal, Armenia, and Afghanistan.

Women of Peace Corps Legacy (WPCL) is a non-profit organization whose mission is to advance women and girls empowerment to create a more just, equitable, inclusive, and safe world for future generations. WPCL seeks to partner with and highlight the work of those existing organizations and programs that are effectively addressing the issues of women and girls.