Name: Bethany Weaver
Title: Program Officer for Europe
Where you are living: Washington, DC
What is your hometown: Rutland, Vermont

American Red Cross role:

Bethany works on long term projects in Russia, Albania, and Turkey to help people improve their quality of life. She coordinates with the local program managers to improve the impact of projects focusing on mother and child health, people living with and caring for people with HIV/AIDS, and disaster management training to help communities decrease their vulnerabilities in face of a disaster.

Areas of expertise:

• Cross-Cultural Communications
• Program design, monitoring, and evaluation
• Rights – based programming experience

Education and Professional background:

• M.A., Intercultural Communications – University of Maryland, Baltimore County
• B.A., English/Spanish – Hollins University, Roanoke, VA

Languages

• English – native speaker
• Spanish – fluent
• French, Russian - beginner