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Anne Radice, who has held executive positions in various nonprofit and government organizations, has been named by U.S. Secretary of Education Rod Paige as the Education Department's chief of staff.

In that role, she will work closely with the secretary and senior officers to fulfill the department's mission to promote excellence in American education and improve federal education programs so that no child is left behind. She replaces John Danielson, who left recently to resume private life in his native Houston.

"We are pleased to have someone with Anne's leadership skills join our team," Secretary Paige said. "She brings a wealth of experience in management positions, and I know she'll do a great job."

Radice returns to government service after working a number of years in New York City, first as the executive director of the Friends of Dresden and later as the executive director of The Appeal of Conscience Foundation.

Friends of Dresden is a nonprofit organization that supports the reconstruction, restoration, and preservation of the German city of Dresden's artistic and architectural legacy. The Appeal of Conscience Foundation promotes religious freedom and human rights throughout the world.

Her previous Washington experience included service as the acting chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts, senior deputy chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts, and chief of the Creative Arts Division of the U.S. Information Agency.

Also, she has been director of the National Museum of Women in the Arts, curator and architectural historian for the Architect of the U.S. Capitol and an assistant curator at the National Gallery of Art.

An expert in the field of Renaissance art and architecture and the art and architecture of the U.S. Capitol, Radice has written and lectured extensively on these subjects. She is committed to the use efficient management techniques in nonprofit venues and has often spoken on those and related topics.

Radice is a graduate of Wheaton College in Norton, Mass. She holds an M.B.A. from American University, a master's degree from the Villa Schifanoia School of Fine Arts in Florence, Italy, and a Ph.D. from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.

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