Learn about the officials, present and past, who have led the Department of Education and have built its reputation for excellence and innovation in education.
Biographies of Current Officials
List of Biographies of Senior Officials Throughout ED
Find easy access to information about senior officials working throughout ED.
Catherine E. Lhamon
Meet Catherine E. Lhamon, Assistant Secretary, Office for Civil Rights
Mark Schneider
Meet the Director, Institute of Education Sciences
David J. Cantrell
David J. Cantrell, Ph.D., serves as the deputy director in the Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) within OSERS.
Glenna Wright-Gallo
Glenna Wright-Gallo is the assistant secretary in the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services at the Department of Education.
Katherine Neas
Katherine Neas is the deputy assistant secretary in the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS) at ED.
Valerie C. Williams
Valerie C. Williams serves as the director in the Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) within OSERS.
Biographies of Former Officials
Betsy DeVos
Betsy DeVos served as the 11th U.S. Secretary of Education.
Arne Duncan
Arne Duncan was the ninth U.S. secretary of education.
Eugene W. Hickok
Dr. Eugene W. Hickok was the United States Deputy Secretary of Education appointed to the position by President Bush on April 19, 2004.
Martha J. Kanter
Martha J. Kanter was nominated by President Barack Obama on April 29, 2009, to be the under secretary of education.
John B. King, Jr.
John B. King, Jr. became the secretary of education on March 14, 2016.
Sara Martinez Tucker
Sara Martinez Tucker was nominated to her post by President George W. Bush on Sept. 5, 2006 as the under secretary of education.
Edward R. McPherson
Edward R. McPherson was appointed the under secretary of education in April 2004 by President Bush.
Anthony Wilder Miller
Tony Miller was appointed as the deputy secretary and chief operating officer at the U.S. Department of Education in 2009.
Ted Mitchell
Ted Mitchell was nominated by President Barack Obama the under secretary of education and was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on May 8, 2014.
Rod Paige
President Bush picked Rod Paige to be the Secretary of Education in 2001.
James H. Shelton, III
Jim Shelton was the deputy secretary at the U.S. Department of Education.
Raymond Simon
President Bush nominated Raymond Simon to the position of United States Deputy Secretary of Education and the Senate confirmed him on May 26, 2005.
Margaret Spellings
Margaret Spellings was the U.S. Secretary of Education.
Judith A. Winston
Judith A. Winston was sworn in as General Counsel to the U.S. Department of Education in June 1993.
Dr. Mitchell M. Zais
Mitchell "Mick" Zais nominated by President Donald J. Trump on Oct. 5, 2017 as deputy secretary of the U.S. Department of Education.
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