Nicholas Kacher

Assistant to the Director
 
Nicholas Kacher assists the Education Director in operating the Great Barrington office of the New Economics Institute, specifically in outreach to student and activist groups, and serves as a liaison between the New Economics Institute and BerkShares local currency. He is also the intern coordinator for the Berkshire office.
 
A graduate of Wheaton College (MA), class of 2011, Nick holds a B.A. in economics with a minor in African and African Diaspora studies. His academic interests include economic policy, urban and regional economics, steady state economics, and the commons. His previous nonprofit experience includes an internship with AHEAD, Inc., an organization operating in Kisarawe, Tanzania, that promotes local and technologically appropriate solutions to pressing social, public health, and economic problems in the area.