
Related Link: http://www.mott.orgAn-Me Chung is a program officer at the C. S. Mott Foundation. Her grantmaking portfolio, Learning Beyond the Classroom seeks to provide optimum opportunities for academic support and enrichment for young people to learn and develop in school, summer, and after school. Central to this effort are partnerships between school and community-based organizations and other local institutions.
Before joining the Foundation, An-Me collaborated with the U.S. Department of Education and the Mott Foundation on the 21st CCLC Initiative. As an associate director at the National Institute on Out-of-School Time (NIOST), Centers for Research on Women, Wellesley College, she directed the Save the Children Out-of-School Time Rural Initiative where she designed and implemented program improvement and evaluation for Save the Children out-of-school time programs. In addition, she also initiated service as a strategy in out-of-school time in collaboration with the Corporation of National Service. Other past work includes conducting a multi-site evaluation of full-service schools/site-based managed school reform models; assessment of a statewide child care training system; and conducting a statewide survey research project on prevention activities for children and youth.
An-Me Chung received her B.S. from Washington University in St. Louis, Ph.D. from Yale University, and completed a post-doctorate fellowship at Columbia University.
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