BOSTON – Christine Ward has been named Director of Operations for Raising A Reader Massachusetts, a national, early literacy non-profit organization.

Ms. Ward joined the organization in 2010 and continues to work in Operations and Human Resources, helping the organization expand across the state and double the size of the team.

According to Raising A Reader MA Executive Director Donna DiFillippo, “Christine brings a breadth of experience and professionalism along with a strong passion for our mission and we are excited to have her continue in this new role.”

Raising A Reader MA is an evidence-based early literacy organization dedicated to closing the academic achievement gap by helping families of young children living in vulnerable communities develop, practice, and maintain habits of reading together at home. Our work, which both increases access to books and offers families tools and support for strengthening the culture of reading at home, is driven by 25 years of research that shows the single most significant factor influencing a child’s academic success is being regularly read to by a parent/caregiver before kindergarten. For more information: www.raisingareaderma.org.