Vivien Hao has been named the new director of Partnership/Adopt-a-Schools for the Los Angeles Unified School District. Hao will connect private sector resources with the district's 800 public schools. Hao served in the Compton Unified and Hacienda La Puente Unified school districts as the communications director. Recently, Hao lived and worked near Shanghai as a consultant to educational institutions. (Source: AsianWeek, Feb. 18, 2005).