Carolyn Stafford Stein

Carolyn Stafford Stein served for more than twenty years in Harvard Law School’s Office of Public Interest Advising, counseling Harvard Law students and alumni regarding public service careers. As a lecturer at HLS, Carolyn taught government lawyering and supervised students in clinical placements. A former Assistant United States Attorney, Carolyn prosecuted white-collar crimes for the Department of Justice in Boston and was Special Counsel to the Assistant Attorney General in Washington. At CA, Carolyn has volunteered in a variety of CA Parents programs and served as a member of the CA Parents executive committee and, with her husband Eric, as co-chair of the 2011 Senior Parent Gifts program. She is the board chair emeritus of Acre Family Child Care in Lowell, Mass., and she continues to be active in nonprofits in Lowell dedicated to economic independence for women and high quality early childhood education. Carolyn is a graduate of Harvard Law School and Brown University. She lives in Carlisle, Mass, with Eric and their three daughters, Natalie ’17, Audrey ’14, and Lena ’11.