The Dialog Member Achievement Award
Granted to an SLA member for raising visibility, awareness, and appreciation of profession, SLA Unit or the Association at large. Recipients of this award receive a cash award in the amount of US$ 1000.
2009 Recipient of the Dialog Member Achievement Award
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Janice R. Lachance SLA Chief Executive Officer Alexandria, Virginia |
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About Janice R. Lachance
Janice Lachance, SLA's Chief Executive Officer since 2003, is a popular speaker and commentator and the champion, spokesperson and global ambassador for SLA and its 11,000 members working in 75 countries on five continents.
As CEO of SLA, Lachance led a reformulation of the association's mission, vision and value statements and its strategic plan. She also re-engineered the association's professional development program to meet the needs of information professionals across corporate, academic and government settings by creating SLA's online Click University. She expanded SLA's public policy program, which has increased the association's influence in legislative, judicial and international proceedings, and has worked in support of an open, robust and independent Internet. Currently, she leads a multiyear comprehensive research effort to create a shared, evidence based vision of the future role of the information professional.
Nominated by President William Clinton and unanimously confirmed by the U.S. Senate, Lachance became Director of the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) in 1997. She is credited with changing the strategic direction of OPM--the federal government's independent human resources agency with a 3,700 person workforce and a $27 billion budget serving the 1.8 million member civil service--and transforming it into a flexible, innovative, entrepreneurial human resources management organization. Prior to becoming Director, she held several senior executive positions at OPM. She previously served as Director of Communications and Political Affairs for the American Federation of Government Employees and on the staffs of several members of the U.S. House of Representatives.
Lachance earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Manhattanville College in Purchase, New York, and a Juris Doctor degree from Tulane University School of Law in New Orleans, Louisiana. She is admitted to practice law in the State of Maine and in the District of Columbia, as well as before the United States Supreme Court.
A leader in her profession, an expert in governance, and a dedicated community volunteer, she is a member of the Joint Board of Directors and Chair of the CEO Advisory Board of the American Society of Association Executives (ASAE) and The Center for Association Leadership. Lachance is also a Fellow and Member of the Board of Directors of the National Academy of Public Administration (NAPA) and a member of the Standing Committee of the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) Section on Management of Library Associations. Lachance was a member of the U.S. delegation to the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) in 2005 and participates in the Internet Governance Forum sponsored by the United Nations.
Past Recipients of The SLA Member Achievement Award
John J. DiGilio (2003)
Kenlee Ray (2004)
John Latham (2005)
Ann Sweeney (2006)
Karen Takle Quinn (2006)
Sharon A. Lenius (2007)
Rachel Kolsky (2008)
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