Her stint as deputy chancellor for teaching and learning under Chancellor Joel Klein was short - lived: She resigned the post in 2006 after two years because she did not agree with Klein's approach. (uft.org)
The key managerial decision in this regard was Klein's selection in August 2002 of Diana Lam as deputy chancellor for teaching and learning at $ 250,000 per year, the same salary as his own, surely one of the most embarrassing hiring decisions in the history of New York City government. (educationnext.org)
In the interim, the federal government has set up an advisory board of business and education leaders — including American Federation of Teachers president Randi Weingarten, SUNY chancellor Nancy Zimpher and Stan Litow, an IBM executive and former deputy chancellor of New York City schools — assigned to look at current community college funding programs and formulate the best strategies for the national program. (politico.com)