Starting Point

After Windy Hill’s rocky tenure, New Jerseyan to lead Head Start Bureau.

Although Channell B. Wilkins may be walking into the lion’s den as the new leader of the federal Head Start preschool program, he seems cool as a cucumber.

Mr. Wilkins, the executive director of the New Jersey Community Action Association, will start April 17 as an associate commissioner in the Department of Health and Human Services’ Administration for Children and Families and as the chief of the ACF’s Head Start Bureau. He was appointed by Secretary of Health and Human Services Michael O. Leavitt.

He said in an interview that he was looking forward to learning about the bureau and providing...