LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Louisville's Muhammad Ali Center has a new leader.

Donald Lassere has just been hired as the center's president and CEO.

He'll be responsible for fundraising and expanding the center's educational programs and partnerships.

Ali's wife, Lonnie, says that Lassere has the credentials and personality to extend the center's global reach and to form and sustain partnerships and new support.

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