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 Mark
Schneider is the Senior Vice President of the International Crisis Group
and head of the Washington Office. Mr. Schneider was director of the
Peace Corps, 1999-2001. Previously, as Assistant Administrator of USAID,
he was directly involved in the design and implementation of support
efforts for the peace accords in Nicaragua, El Salvador and Guatemala.
Among his other positions were principal deputy assistant secretary of
state for human rights during the Carter Administration, head of
strategic planning for the Pan American Health Organization/WHO, and
legislative assistant and foreign policy advisor to Senator Ted Kennedy.
He was a Peace Corps volunteer in El Salvador from 1966-68. He is a
graduate of the University of California at Berkeley and San Jose State
University with a Master’s degree in political science. He received an
Honorary Doctor of Laws degree from American University, Washington
College of Laws, 2000; the Bernardo O'Higgins Medal for human rights
work, Government of Chile, 1993. Gran Cruz, Orden al Merito awarded by
Government of Chile, 2000.
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