Background
Butler, Erik Payne was born on September 17, 1946 in Bayshore, New York, United States. Son of Thorkel Einar Sondrol and Ethel Gelpke Butler.
researcher Educational program designer
Butler, Erik Payne was born on September 17, 1946 in Bayshore, New York, United States. Son of Thorkel Einar Sondrol and Ethel Gelpke Butler.
AB, Harvard University, 1969; Master of Education, Harvard University, 1971; Doctor of Education, Harvard University, 1980.
Director program development, Education Development Center, Newton, Massachusetts, 1973-1977;
administrator, Employment and Economics Policy Administration, Boston, 1977-1979;
executive director, White House Task Force on Youth Employment, Washington, 1979-1981;
professor management, director Center for Human Resources, Brandeis U., Waltham, Massachusetts, 1981-1990;
professor, Michigan State University, East Lansing, 1990-1992;
executive director, president, Bay State Skills Corporation, Boston, since 1992. Consultant International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, New York, 1981-1985, Annie E. Casey Foundation, Greenwich, Connecticut, 1987-1990. President, chairman National Youth Practitioners' Network, Boston, since 1983.
Chair National Youth Employment Coalition, New York City and Washington, since 1992.
Chair Lexington (Massachusetts)-Harvard Schools and Scholarships Committee, since 1983.
Married Terri Payne, July 9, 1979. Children: Jared, Lucas.