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Church World Service Appoints Donna Derr to Director of Emergency Response Program

November 10, 2005

NEW YORK / WASHINGTON D.C. – Donna Derr has been appointed Director of the Church World Service Emergency Response Program, responsible for the coordination, management and implementation of emergency response and relief and recovery/rehabilitation activities throughout the world.

Prior to joining the international humanitarian agency in 1998, Ms. Derr served as a consultant developing training curriculum for the U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and as Director of the Church of the Brethren Refugee Resettlement and Disaster Response Programs.

She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Education from Towson State University and has completed continuing education courses in Volunteer Management; Disasters and Development; and International Law, Disaster and Armed Conflict.

Ms. Derr fills the position vacated by Rick Augsburger, who was appointed last March as Church World Service Deputy Director.

Media Contact:
Lesley Crosson, CWS/New York, 212-870-2676;
Jan Dragin, 781-925-1526;

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