McGraw-Hill Education has named Steve van Thournout president of Wright Group/McGraw-Hill. He succeeds Sari Factor, who became president of Macmillan/McGraw-Hill in June. Van Thournout, who will report to Buzz Ellis, president of the school group, joined M-H Education in 2000, when the company acquired Tribune Education, where he headed the NTC/Contemporary division. He was named president of McGraw-Hill/Contemporary shortly after the M-H Education purchase and will continue to oversee that division.