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Iris Chen

March 30, 2007 1 min read
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Iris Chen has been named the president and chief executive officer of the New York City-based I Have a Dream Foundation, which provides tutoring and college financial assistance for students in low-income communities. Ms. Chen, 38, who is the executive director of Teach for America, also in New York, begins her new job June 1.

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A version of this article appeared in the April 04, 2007 edition of Education Week

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