Delia Carmen is a Senior Research Associate
at the Annie E. Casey
Foundation (AECF). In addition to her responsibilities
in the Evaluation, Data Analysis, and Policy Research
Department, Delia has taken the lead in helping to identify
and develop a plan for AECF’s response to addressing
digital divide issues that impact on the Foundation’s
recently launched Neighborhood
Development/Family Transformation initiative.
Prior to coming to the Foundation, Delia was a
Senior Associate with Metis Associates, Inc., providing
Information Systems consulting services to non-profits,
community-based organizations, and government agencies.
She has also served as the Assistant Deputy Administrator
of the City of New York, Human Resources Administration,
Management Information System-Planning Department,
where she was responsible for managing the agency’s
$42 million IS budget and authoring its Long Range
Information Systems Plan.
Delia has been a long time advocate for closing
the digital gap. She authored, implemented, and managed
two innovative data-entry skills and PC-maintenance
training and intern programs for public assistance
recipients. These programs afforded participants
designated for entry or return to the labor market
an opportunity to learn and develop marketable skills
that helped to increase their employment options.
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