Sheila Crowley, Country Director

Sheila Crowley was a Director of Volunteer Mobilization for Humanity International; overseeing training, communications and new program design and development. As the co-chair of the HFH Global Leadership team she helped develop a strategy and set program guidelines and policy that mobilized over, 10,000 volunteers annually. Prior to assuming her role with the Volunteer Mobilization Department, she served as Associate Director of the Global Village Program where she also served as a team leader; annually leading volunteers into the field to build homes with Habitat’s partners worldwide. Crowley was also part of the Alliance Strategy Team that was responsible for designing and implementing the partnership program between Thrivent Financial and HFH; a $105 million alliance.

Crowley has over ten years of professional experience in business libraries and the financial services industry, serving as an associate with McKinsey & Company and as an associate with JP Morgan Securities.

From 2001 to 2003, Crowley served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Mukachevo, Ukraine, where she taught English in the largest pedagogical college in the Oblast (region). Crowley completed a bachelor’s degree in history and Russian studies at Pennsylvania State University in 1989. She earned a master’s degree in information science from Drexel University, Philadelphia, in 1993.

Cristian Pavel, Safety and Security Officer

“My job consists of improving, developing and maintaining an Emergency Action Plan (EAP), conducting trainings and workshops to PCVs and staff throughout Romania, assisting volunteers who become victims of crime, and create an administrative (site and history) database. I also perform housing checks together with other staff prior to trainees’ assignments, as well as safety-related site visits. I monitor media for potential threats and safety-security risks at sites where PCVs are or might be assigned, also in sites that are frequented by PCVs/PCTs while they travel, both domestically and abroad. I maintain open communication channels with the RSO and the PCSSO, in order to be aware of the official recommendation for all the American citizens and in particular PCVs/PCTs.”

“I joined Peace Corps Romania in February 1997 as a part-time security guard while I was a student at Bucharest University. Before coming to Peace Corps I accumulated experience working for various organizations, notably World Vision. My hobbies are computers, cars, and music.”

Diana Toda, Executive Support Assistant

“In this position I am responsible for managing communication and protocol with Romanian government institutions and serve as the Country Director’s liaison with various constituencies and the US Embassy. I also serve as media liaison to the US Embassy Public Diplomacy Department, act as editor-in-chief of the Post’s Newsletter and coordinate activities on behalf of the Country Director related to special events.”

Prior to joining Peace Corps Diana worked as a trainee at the European Parliament and as an EU Advocacy Assistant with Human Rights Watch in Brussels, Belgium. Diana holds a Masters Degree in Public Policy with a double specialization in International Public Policy and Decentralized Governance and a Bachelors of Arts in Economics.