Pamela Lane Baldwin

Pamela Lane Baldwin is the Senior Vice-President for World Learning's International Development division, based in Washington, DC (she succeeded Robert Chase, who has held the post since 1992.)

"Ms. Baldwin just completed a 22-year stint with the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), serving since 2000 as Mission Director for Croatia. She had also directed the Europe & Eurasia Bureau's Office for Environment, Energy & Social Transition, was Officer in Charge at both the Russia Desk and Caucasus Desk, and served as a project officer in Sri Lanka.

"Earlier, Baldwin was as an energy analyst for the U.S. Congressional Office of Technology Assessment, on the staff of the U.S. Senate Commerce Committee, and an energy policy researcher at the Ford Foundation.

"Over the course of her international development career, Baldwin has addressed issues as varied as environmental, energy and natural resource management, local economic revitalization for countries at war and post-conflict, as well as economic reform and democracy strengthening in post-communist countries. Her Master's of Arts in Economics is from George Washington University, and she earned a BA in History from Brown University.

"The World Learning for International Development division of World Learning develops the skills and potential of individuals and institutions around the world. Its roots are in the multicultural education and training experience of World Learning's oldest divisions, the Experiment in International Living youth learning program, and the accredited college the School for International Training. Today, World Learning for International Development oversees development projects in every region of the world, across five broad sectors: democracy and governance, basic education, training and exchange, institutional capacity building, and societies in transition."