"I'm disappointed in that sense," Rudenstinesaid. "But I've made it a rule to hire the bestpeople I can find."
Grogan and his wife lived in Boston for 11years while he worked for the city in variouspositions.
Currently he works in Manhattan, but hisfamily--a wife and three young sons--lives inrural Connecticut.
He said yesterday he was excited to return toBoston, a city his family considers home.
Besides his work at LISC and the department ofneighborhood development, Grogan also served thecity of Boston as head of an after-schoolenrichment program and chief speechwriter tothen-mayor Kevin White.
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--Andrew K. Mandel contributed to thereporting of this story.