Janice R. Lachance
CEO, Special Libraries Association (SLA)
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, Janice 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 pubic 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.
Janice 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. She is also a member of the International Federation of Library Associations (IFLA) President's Working Group on the Information Society, where she focuses on Internet governance issues.
Before joining SLA, she was a management consultant to nonprofit and membership organizations in the areas of strategic planning, organization transformation, and culture change.
Nominated by President William Clinton and unanimously confirmed by the U.S. Senate, Janice 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, Janice held several senior executive positions at OPM.
Janice 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.
Janice 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. Janice 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.
Please contact Janice directly at Janice@sla.org if you have any questions or comments about the information profession. She is always interested in hearing from members, partners and exhibitors about trends and developments affecting information professionals and the information industry.
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