Karen Lee

Prevention Centre, Evaluation Fellow

July 2017

Please describe your role in one or two sentences: I am part of the evaluation team focusing on the internal evaluation of the Prevention Centre.

The most challenging part is … Getting my head around the complexities of the Prevention Centre and its projects.

I’m interested in the work of the Prevention Centre because … the philosophy of prevention is near and dear to me. I am a firm believer of prevention and early intervention and that it almost always produces better outcomes.

At work I am always learning that … not everything is as it seems….there’s always another way of looking at things.

Before my current position, my most memorable role was … working in the consulting sector on a wide range of health and human services projects.

My favourite holiday is … anywhere with my family and with lots of food.

Most people don’t know that I …  used to play the violin at a young age and performed for various Heads of States like former British prime minister Margaret Thatcher and Emperor Akihito of Japan.