He also served as a member of the Anna-Jonesboro Community High School Board of Education from 1999-2003, the youngest person to be elected to a school board in Illinois at that time. Mr. Wright graduated with a B.S. in Speech Communication from Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, and a master's degree in educational administration from the Department of Educational Organization and Leadership at the University of Illinois. He received his Juris Doctor from the University Of Illinois College Of Law.