Richard Laine Named Deputy Director of Education Programs at Wallace Funds
Richard Laine, currently director of Education Policy and Initiatives at the Illinois Business Roundtable, has been appointed as deputy director of Education Programs. In this newly created position, Laine will help direct the Funds' Leaders Count initiative, a national program launched in 2000 to strengthen the ability of education leadership to improve student achievement. He will assume his position on January 6, 2003.