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The role played by active galactic nuclei openParAGNclosePar in the evolution of galaxies from an actively star-forming state to quiescence is still poorly understood. Post- starburst galaxies comma particularly those caught early in their transition comma provide an important testing ground for examining this question. There are hints that a large fraction of post-starburst galaxies may contain AGN or AGN-driven activity. We undertook a 10ks snapshot survey of 12 post-starburst galaxies with Chandra and detected X-ray emission in 9 of the 12 observed. However comma these data have in- sufficient counts to determine the nature of this emission and distinguish between AGN and thermal emission. We propose to observe two of the most interesting galaxies from this sample in order to characterize their nuclear emission.