Janice Lachance

chief executive Director of Communications

1997

From 1997 to 2001, Lachance was the Director (Chief Executive Officer) of the United States. Office of Personnel Management (Office of Personnel Management), the United States" federal government"s independent human resources agency. Appointed to this position by President Bill Clinton and unanimously confirmed by a bi-partisan United States. Senate, Lachance provided policy and program leadership for 1.8 million federal employees. During her tenure, Clinton advanced the post of Office of Personnel Management Director to Cabinet status, giving her the standing and support needed to elevate human capital issues to the highest possible priority in the United States. Lachance has led Ministerial-level delegations to the People"s Republic of China, Hong Kong, Republic of China (Taiwan), Australia, New Zealand, Israel, and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (Organization of European Cooperation and Development) in Paris, France. Previously, she served as Director of Communications and Political Affairs and policy advisor for the American Federation of Government Employees, (AFGE) (1987-1993). After leaving Office of Personnel Management in 2001, Lachance transitioned to a management consulting practice specializing in strategic planning, communications, human resources management, and organizational transformation for membership and non-profit organizations. The first in her extended family to go on to college, Lachance graduated from Manhattanville College in Purchase, New York and earned her Juris Doctor degree at Tulane University School of Law in New Orleans, Louisiana (1978). She is admitted to practice law in the State of Maine and the District of Columbia as well as the United States Supreme Court. Lachance grew up in Biddeford, Maine. She stepped down from her post at the Special Libraries Association at the end of December 2014. She is currently a Fellow in the National Academy of Public Administration and has served on their Board of Directors. She is the current Vice President of the American Society for Public Administration.

Janice Lachance

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chief executive Director of Communications

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Manhattanville College. Tulane University Law School.

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From 1997 to 2001, Lachance was the Director (Chief Executive Officer) of the United States. Office of Personnel Management (Office of Personnel Management), the United States" federal government"s independent human resources agency. Appointed to this position by President Bill Clinton and unanimously confirmed by a bi-partisan United States. Senate, Lachance provided policy and program leadership for 1.8 million federal employees. During her tenure, Clinton advanced the post of Office of Personnel Management Director to Cabinet status, giving her the standing and support needed to elevate human capital issues to the highest possible priority in the United States.

Lachance has led Ministerial-level delegations to the People"s Republic of China, Hong Kong, Republic of China (Taiwan), Australia, New Zealand, Israel, and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (Organization of European Cooperation and Development) in Paris, France.

Previously, she served as Director of Communications and Political Affairs and policy advisor for the American Federation of Government Employees, (AFGE) (1987-1993). After leaving Office of Personnel Management in 2001, Lachance transitioned to a management consulting practice specializing in strategic planning, communications, human resources management, and organizational transformation for membership and non-profit organizations.

The first in her extended family to go on to college, Lachance graduated from Manhattanville College in Purchase, New York and earned her Juris Doctor degree at Tulane University School of Law in New Orleans, Louisiana (1978). She is admitted to practice law in the State of Maine and the District of Columbia as well as the United States Supreme Court.

Lachance grew up in Biddeford, Maine.

She stepped down from her post at the Special Libraries Association at the end of December 2014. She is currently a Fellow in the National Academy of Public Administration and has served on their Board of Directors. She is the current Vice President of the American Society for Public Administration.

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Prior to becoming Director of Office of Personnel Management, Lachance was the agency"s Deputy Director (1997), Chief of Staff (1996-1997), and Director of Communications and Policy (1993-1996).

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