Harriet Lancaster

6614 Western Avenue
Chevy Chase, CA 20815
phone: 301-907-7484; fax: 301-907-3096; e-mail: hjlancaster@aol.com

Objective: To obtain a consulting, short term, or full time position that will utilize my strong change management and organizational development skills. These skills are based on more than thirty years of extensive experience in human services, third world development, international and domestic training, program management, as wellas extensive work budgeting, management, policy and program development, and adult training, including the MBTI Personality Type indicator.

Professional Experience:

1994-1999 U.S. Peace Corps Country Director
Ghana, West Africa

1990-1994 Executive Director, Bureau of Finance and Management Policy
U.S. Department of State

Washington, D.C.

1985-1990 Associate Dean, Foriegn Service Institute, School of Professional Studies
U.S. Department of State

Washington, D.C.

1980-1985 Director, Office of Planning and Evaluation, U.S. Peace Corps
Washington, D.C.

1975-1980 Administrator, Department of Citizen Services, Howard County, Maryland
Columbia, Maryland

1975-1980 Trainer, Middle Atlantic Training and Consultation, School of Professional Studies
U.S. Department of State

Washington, D.C.

1970-1971 Senior Staff Consultant, Volt Information Sciences, Inc
(Consultant on Model Cities contracts)

Washington, D.C.

1969-1970 Special Assistant to the Director, Office of Community Services, Offices of the Mayor-Commissioner, District of Columbia Government
Washington, D.C.

1967-1968 Project Manager, Neighborhood Services Program, Office of the Secretary, Center for Community Planning, Department of Health, Education and Welfare (DHEW)
Washington, D.C.

1966-1967 Management Intern, Welfare Administration (DHEW)
Washington, D.C.

1965-1966 Special Projects Coordinator, Urban League of Westchester
White Plains, New York

1965 Resource Person, (Community Organizer for Head Start Program)
Child Devlopment Group of Mississippi

Marshall County, Mississippi

1964-1965 Community Organization Worker, Mobilization for Youth
New York, N.Y.

1963-1964 Project Coordinator, Office of Educationl Resources
Pittsburgh, PA

Education:

1968-1969 Doctoral Studies, Economics and Social Welfare
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, Michigan

1966 M.A. Social Work (Honors Degree)
Columbia University
New York, New York

1964 B.A. Political Science (Cum Laude)
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA

Licenses and Training:

Current Licensed Certified Social Worker (MD), LCSW, and Academy of Certified Social Workers (National), ACSW

1973-2000 MBTI Personality Type Indicators, MBTI trainer, qualified by the Association for Psychological Type. Qualified experiential trianer; Organizational Development Certificate from MATC; Federal Executive Institute, Class 150, 1988; Diversity Training Workshop; OD NEtwork, Managing Diversity in the Workplace, Government Contracting, Total Quality Management (TQM), Budget Execution, etc.

Civic Experience:

1973-2000 Member of the Board, Opportunity Associates, America (supports Romanian trainers group for NGOS), Member, American Society for Training and Development; Member, former board member and volunteer trainer, middle Atlantic Training and Consulting Group, NASW/IFSW; World Assembly Steering Committee, 1992; past Chair and member of NASW International Committee; Women's Center of Columbia, etc.

Awards:

  Numerous outstanding annual performance awards; the U.S. Department of State's Superior Honor Award; Nomination as one of the most influential individuals on devlopment in Ghana in the foreign assistance category of the county's millenium awards program.

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