O'Brien Departures CCSSO starts search for new leader Chris Minnich will step down as executive director of the $37M-revenue Council of Chief State School Officers on Jan. 12, 2018, to become CEO of NWEA, a student assessment organization in Portland, Ore. Minnich joined CCSSO in 2008 as part of its standards program and became executive director in 2012. He previously worked at the publisher Harcourt. He has a master's degree in public policy from University of Maryland, College Park. Hennessy to leave IFAI Mary Hennessy will retire as CEO of the $9M-revenue Industrial Fabrics Association International in Roseville, Minn., on June 1, 2018. Hennessy was named head of IFAI… Read More