Karen Lachance
Assistant Director
Karen B. Lachance is Assistant Director of the National Institute on
Out-of-School Time. Karen is responsible for contract negotiations and
processing and manages the financial side of all funds and projects in
which NIOST participates. In addition to her financial work, Karen
participates in project and proposal development, project management
and personnel management. She also actively participates on the teams
that work on the Afterschool Program Assessment System (APAS) Project
and the Afterschool Matters Initiative.
Prior to joining NIOST, Karen held the General Manager positions in
several retail stores, including Borders (2000-2006) and Learningsmith
(1996-1999), where she directed all operations including hiring,
training, merchandising, inventory, and cafe management. Complementing
Karen's managerial and financial expertise is her strong interest in
history and research. While living in Valdez, Alaska Karen worked as a
researcher with Prince William Sound Community College and in 1994
published a book titled Valdez: A Brief Oral History. While a senior in
Barnard College, Columbia University she completed a senior research
project Women in Alaska: 1898-1920.
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