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Brenda Dann-Messier

[Education Department logo] Education Department
Assistant Secretary for Vocational and Adult Education
Confirmed: Oct. 5, 2009
Nominated: July 14, 2009
Announced: June 24, 2009

Bio

  • Age: 57
  • Education: Johnson and Wales University, Ed.D; Rhode Island College, BA, MEd
  • From: Providence, RI
  • Ethnicity: Caucasian

A former Clinton appointee, Dann-Messler was most recently president of Dorcas Place, an adult and family learning center in Providence, R.I.

Last Job

  • Dorcas Place Adult and Family Learning Center, president

Other Jobs

  • Brown University , special projects manager, Northeast and Islands Regional Educational Laboratory
  • Department of Education, Secretary's regional representative for New England
  • Community College of Rhode Island , director, Rhode Island Educational Opportunity Center and Director, Educational Talent Search Program

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