Mark David Milliron, who recently announced his resignation [1] from a high-profile position with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, has been named chancellor [2] of Western Governors University Texas. Milliron was deputy director for postsecondary improvement at Gates. He is among several foundation officials who worked on higher education to depart in recent months. WGU Texas is an online, nonprofit university that was created in August [3] in partnership with the state's government. A former president and CEO of the League for Innovation in the Community Colleges, Milliron was a member of WGU's Board of Trustees from 2004 to 2010.