Dan Rainey Elected Winthrop Rockefeller Foundation Vice Chair
Daniel Rainey, BSA ’90, was elected vice chair of the board of directors for the Winthrop Rockefeller Foundation in December. He is serving his second three-year term on the board.
“We are working to move the needle on economic opportunity,” said Rainey, an associate professor of agricultural economics and agribusiness. The Conway County native, who majored in agricultural economics at the U of A for his B.S. degree, has M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from Purdue University.
The foundation promotes increased opportunity for Arkansans through education, economic development and economic, racial and social justice, Rainey said. The long-term goal is to move the state from the bottom 10 percent to the top 10 percent in major indicators of economic well-being, he said.