Chris Lacey

Chris Lacey joined the Waterford Country School staff in 1998 as a Lead Child Care worker in the Shelter program. He quickly advanced and became a Supervisor in the Shelter program and then later Assistant Program Director for Safe Homes in 2003. In 2006, he was promoted to Program Director for Foster Care, which eventually grew to include all the community services the Agency now offers. Chris served as the Community Services program director for Adoption Services, Children’s Outpatient Clinic, Intensive Family Preservation and the Foster Care program at the satellite facility in Norwich for 11 years before becoming the Assistant Executive Director overseeing all the agency programs. In 2021, Chris became the Executive Director of Waterford Country School after 22 years of service. Chris obtained a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Psychology from Eastern Connecticut State University and earned a Master of Science in Human Services from Springfield College.