PROFILE   |   Jane Roche

Jane Roche Program Manager, NASH TIER

Jane Roche serves as Program Manager at TIER, working to leverage state higher education systems to expand workforce development opportunities for new Americans.  Jane helps to implement TIER’s Statewide Communities of Practice (CoPs); and more. Prior to this role, Jane supported ECAR’s monitoring and evaluation efforts and served as a program associate for the University Alliance for Refugees and At-Risk Migrants (UARRM).

In addition to her role at NASH, Jane is a PhD candidate at the Rutgers University-Newark Division of Global Affairs, where she studies the role of State and non-State actors in welcoming and integration. She received an MA in Peace and Conflict Studies with a concentration in peace psychology at the University of Tampere in Finland and a BA from New York University’s Gallatin School of Individualized Study.

As an active disability rights advocate, Jane is also a Fellow in residence at CoHome in New Jersey, which provides affordable housing and social support for disabled adults and their peers.