Dr. Richard Fournier is the director of Education & Wellbeing for EDC Solutions. Fournier provides leadership in EDC’s direct service work with states, districts, and schools—including consulting, technical assistance, professional development, and research—to improve education and health. He has extensive experience in school and district policy and leadership in developing school culture, citizenship, character, and social and emotional learning (SEL) to improve equitable student outcomes.  

Fournier is a subject matter expert for EDC’s Social and Emotional Learning & Mental Health Academy and a technical assistance advisor for EDC’s work with North Central Health Services. As a licensed superintendent, former teacher, and researcher, he balances practice, policy, and research in every project.

Fournier holds a BA in History from the University of Maine, and an EdM and EdD in Leadership and Policy from Boston University’s Wheelock College of Education & Human Development.