Leadership & Administration
Our leadership and administration team leads center-wide efforts in establishing new areas of research and academic exploration, engaging the expertise and commitment of partnerships and funding sources, and raising public awareness to improve the education and quality of life of children and families.
Executive Team
Interim Director
To Be Named
Finance & Administration Team
Kathryn B. LeBlanc, MPA
Chief Financial Officer
Ms. LeBlanc is responsible for all center budget development, supervision and monitoring. She directs the human resources, procurement, contracts and accounting functions of the Center and provides functional supervision, technical assistance, and budgetary support to individual project budgets. All Center projects are supported by the Chief Financial Officer. LeBlanc has over 20 years of financial experience in public budgeting, including budget administration. She has worked extensively with the Minimum Foundation Program (MFP) formula, as well as charter school financing. As a Budget Administrator, her responsibilities included supervision, preparation, coordination, review and control of complex budgets with multiple diverse funding sources. She has experience in forecasting of expenditures and revenue, in performing field audits of institutional budgets, and in reviewing agency performance indicators and fiscal notes.
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Chelsea Comeaux, MBA
Financial and Operations Coordinator
Ms. Comeaux works directly with the CFO, the Compliance/Budget Officer, and all Picard staff to maintain and monitor project files and maintains all personnel and employment records for the Center. She works to support all Center-wide projects. Comeaux has over 15 years experience in Finance and Business Management with 10 years in the public sector.
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Julia Siravo, MBA
Research Grants Management Specialist
Bio coming soon
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Management Information Services (MIS): Data, Analysis, and Technology Team
Brandon Charles, MBA
Data Coordinator
Mr. Charles works under the direction of the Data Security Officer and assists staff with the collection, management, and reporting of education related information. He oversees the review and verification of data collected by the department for validity and accuracy by using a variety of analytical and statistical methods. Charles also assists in defining, comparing, presenting, and recommending the implementation of specific data collection activities and educational research approaches; assists in design, development and maintenance of computerized databases containing data on public and non-public education required by the production of reports; assists with designing and identifying measurements standards which are used in reporting of departmental projects; helps conduct training of staff about department data collection and procedures; researches, designs and evaluates current and long range plans for data collection procedures; serves on a team of data analyst and project personnel in securing the best possible results for evaluation of departmental projects, and assists in the creation of grants and proposals that are crucial to departmental success.
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Christopher P. Reed, MS, MBA
Information Technology Coordinator
Mr. Reed is responsible for the Picard Center’s IT systems administration, network, server functioning as well as providing desktop computing environment support for Picard staff. Reed focuses on monitoring and maintaining the systems, computing environment for optimal productivity at the Center. He also provides customer service to staff, students, and faculty. In support of the Center’s business operations, Reed also provides assistance to the Center’s rental operations.