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Karin Egan
Program Officer
Education Division

Karin Egan has served Carnegie Corporation's education initiatives for more than 20 years, including higher education, healthy development of children and youth programs, and education, science, technology and economy emphases. Currently she is focusing on the Corporation's work in teacher education, formulating program priorities and monitoring ongoing grants to organizations committed to improving the quality of teaching in America.

Egan arrived at Carnegie from the International Exchange Program where she was a program officer responsible for planning programs of observation and consultation for foreign leaders and students visiting the U.S. at the invitation of the Department of State.

Egan is active in both community and professional educational activities, serving as a member of the National Advisory Group of the State Higher Education Executive Officers (SHEEO) Feasibility Study on Teacher Mobility. She has chaired the Science and Technology Advisory Committee for the Scarsdale Public Schools and served on the New York City Chancellor's Advisory Committee on Science Education. She is also a member of Grantmakers for Education.

Egan holds a B.A. in history from Tufts University and an M.A. in higher education administration from Columbia University Teachers College.