Patricia A. Wand (Peace Corps Volunteer, Colombia 1963-1965, staff 1969) co-chairs the Committee for a Museum of the Peace Corps Experience and serves on the returned Peace Corps Volunteers Oral History Archives Project leadership team. She is a member of Friends of Colombia Board and was a director on the National Peace Corps Association (NPCA) Board for eight years, two as vice-chair.
Ms. Wand is a member of the Management and Marketing Standing Committee of the International Federation of Library Associations (IFLA). She serves as Endowment Trustee for the American Library Association and as advisor and former Trustee for Antioch University New England.
Ms. Wand was dean of libraries at Zayed University (UAE) and University Librarian at American University, Washington DC. She held library positions at University of Oregon, Columbia University, Staten Island Community College (CUNY) and Wittenberg University (Ohio). She has taught on the secondary and tertiary levels.
Degrees include
• BA (cum laude), Seattle University
• MAT, Antioch Graduate School
• MILS, University of Michigan
Amongst honors and awards, Ms. Wand received the Distinguished Service Award from the District of Columbia Library Association; Distinguished Alumna Award from the University of Michigan, School of Information; and a Fulbright Senior Lecture Award to Ecuador.
Ms. Wand teaches, lectures, researches and publishes in the fields of international development, libraries and information policy, marketing and advocacy. Recent publications focus on the role of libraries and information centers in socioeconomic development.