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FEATURED SPEAKER: RICHARD P. MILLS
Commissioner, New York State Education Department
Richard Mills was appointed by the Board of Regents as President of the University of the State of New York and Commissioner of Education in 1995. Prior to this, he served as Commissioner of Education in Vermont, as a special assistant to Governor Thomas H. Kean of New Jersey, and also held a variety of other posts in the New Jersey Department of Education. As Commissioner of Education, Mills serves as chief executive officer of the Board of Regents, which has jurisdiction over the most comprehensive state educational system in the nation. Under the Board of Regents and Commissioner Mills' leadership, New York has established an overall strategy for raising standards for all students. Commissioner Mills holds a bachelor's degree in history from Middlebury College, a master's degree in American History from Columbia University, an MBA and doctorate of education from Columbia University.
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