Podcasts Other The Idealist.org Podcasts Starting a New Service Corps: Scott Beale of Atlas Corps

Starting a New Service Corps: Scott Beale of Atlas Corps

Published: Feb. 17, 2009, 3:25 p.m.

Today's guest on The New Service podcast series is Scott Beale, Founder\nand Executive Director of Atlas Corps, a service and\nexchange corps for professionals in the NGO sector.\xa0 Also known as a\n"two-way Peace Corps," Atlas Corps brings rising professionals from NGOs\nin the Global South to the United States to serve for a year; U.S.\nprofessionals find opportunities to serve at NGOs in Colombia, India,\nand soon, elsewhere.\xa0 Atlas Corps has just launched recruitment for the 2009-10 fellowship year.
\n
Scott has worked for the U.S. State Department, Governor Tom Carper\nof Delaware, and as the Associate Director of Intergovernmental Affairs\nat the White House and Youth Venture (a sister organization of Ashoka:\nInnovators for the Public).
\n
Idealist's Amy Potthast talks with Scott about the need for\nprofessional global exchanges, starting up a new service corps, and his\nexperiences that led to developing Atlas Corps.\n\n\n