Mailing Address

Office of Innovation and Improvement
400 Maryland Avenue, SW
Washington, DC 20202
Telephone: (202) 205-4500

The Office of Innovation and Improvement is led by a dynamic team of individuals who have extensive experience in government service and in the private sector. Many have directed federal grant programs and have been teachers, policy analysts, and directors of programs for nonprofit organizations and foundations.

Assistant Deputy Secretary

• Jim Shelton

• Margo Anderson, Associate Assistant Deputy Secretary
• Scott D. Pearson, Associate Assistant Deputy Secretary
• Andrew W. Lee, Chief of Staff
• Sharon K. Horn, Director, Evaluation and Dissemination
• Linda Jones, Director, Fund for the Improvement of Education
• Stacy Kreppel, Senior Policy Advisor to the Assistant Deputy Secretary

• Dean Kern, Director, Parental Options and Information
• Cheryl Petty Garnette, Director, Technology in Education Programs
• Peggi Zelinko, Director, Teacher Quality Programs
• Edith Harvey, Director, Improvement Programs
• Maureen Dowling, Acting Director, Office of Non-Public Education

For general information about the Office of Innovation and Improvement, contact Doug Herbert. For grant information, see the Grant Program Contact directory.