Atlas Service Corps

Atlas Service Corps ("Atlas Corps") is a US nonprofit organization with a mission "to integrate a global citizen sector in order to create a global partnership for development." It was incorporated and recognized as a 501(c)(3) organization by the U.S. IRS on April 7, 2006. In 2006, President and Founder, Scott Beale, came up with the idea for Atlas Corps through his long experience as a citizen sector entrepreneur and activist.

Program

Atlas Corps provides fellowships to rising nonprofit leaders from around the world to volunteer overseas for one year to learn best practices, share unique insights and then return home to create a global partnership for development. The signature program of Atlas Corps is bringing developing world leaders to volunteer at US nonprofits for a one-year fellowship. These fellows learn best practices and exchange development strategies in such social causes as poverty, health, human rights, the environment, education, women's rights, and hunger. The fellows then return to their home countries to work on programs relating to their fellowships, and bring the learned skills and collaborative networks with them.

Board of Directors

Gared Jones, Ashoka India (Board Treasurer); Courtney Kramer, U.S. State Department (Board Secretary); Julia Cohen, Voxiva, Inc; Jeff Huening, J.P. Morgan; Manmeet Mehta, Ashoka; Camila Payan, Organization for American States; Lincoln Willis, Lawyer; Jamie Zembruski, Attorney with Nixon Peabody;

Senior Advisory Board

Senator Harris Wofford, Co-founder of Peace Corps, former Senator of Pennsylvania; Dr. Isabel Londoño, Founder, Colfuturo; Geri Critchley, Management Systems International (MSI); Ramesh Bajpai, Executive Director, American Chamber of Commerce, India; Jay Bakshi, Board Member, Indian Business and Community Foundation; David Bornstein, Author, How to the Change the World; Bill Drayton, Founder, Ashoka: Innovators for the Public; Ed Freel, University of Delaware; Shankar Venkateswaran, Executive Director, America India Foundation-India; Dawn Rittenhouse is Director, Sustainable Development for the DuPont Company.

External links

* [http://www.atlascorps.org/ Atlas Service Corps]