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
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| 1990-1994 | Executive Director, Bureau of Finance and Management Policy U.S. Department of State Washington, D.C.
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| 1985-1990 | Associate Dean, Foriegn Service Institute, School of Professional Studies U.S. Department of State Washington, D.C.
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| 1980-1985 | Director, Office of Planning and Evaluation, U.S. Peace Corps Washington, D.C.
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| 1975-1980 | Administrator, Department of Citizen Services, Howard County, Maryland Columbia, Maryland
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| 1975-1980 | Trainer, Middle Atlantic Training and Consultation, School of Professional Studies U.S. Department of State Washington, D.C.
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| 1970-1971 | Senior Staff Consultant, Volt Information Sciences, Inc (Consultant on Model Cities contracts) Washington, D.C.
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| 1969-1970 | Special Assistant to the Director, Office of Community Services, Offices of the Mayor-Commissioner, District of Columbia Government Washington, D.C.
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| 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.
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| 1966-1967 | Management Intern, Welfare Administration (DHEW)Washington, D.C.
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| 1965-1966 | Special Projects Coordinator, Urban League of Westchester White Plains, New York
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| 1965 | Resource Person, (Community Organizer for Head Start Program) Child Devlopment Group of Mississippi Marshall County, Mississippi
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| 1964-1965 | Community Organization Worker, Mobilization for Youth New York, N.Y.
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| 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
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| 1966 | M.A. Social Work (Honors Degree) Columbia University New York, New York
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| 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
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| 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. | |