Carol Spahn

Can I think about it? And she said, you can think about it, but you're going to say yes.

Did you ever try to book a particularly complicated trip? Was it hard? Was it frustrating? Now imagine acting Peace Corps Director Carol Spahn's predicament.

She oversaw the complicated travel plans for nearly 7,000 Peace Corps volunteers from 64 countries.

And with COVID raging and borders closing, she did not have the luxury of time.

So growing the fastest are things like AI and big data and all those things.

But what are employers looking for most? It is adaptability, teamwork, communication, all of these soft skills that in an age of technology, in an age of AI are going to be those things that distinguish

Carol Spahn is the Rice Family Professor, the Practice of International and Public Affairs at the Joseph Korbel School of Global and Public Affairs.

She was appointed as acting director of the Peace Corps by President Joseph Biden on his first day of office and unanimously confirmed by the United States Senate, serving from 2021 to 2025.