U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos today announced the hiring of several senior staff members.

Today’s announcement was the first official staff announcement, with additional hiring announcements expected to be made in the coming weeks. In addition to today’s announcement, the White House announced the President’s intention to nominate Carlos Muñiz as the U.S. Department of Education’s General Counsel.

• Josh Venable
  Chief of Staff
• Dougie Simmons
  Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations
• Ebony Lee
  Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy
  Effective date: 4/16/17
• Robert Eitel
  Senior Counselor to the Secretary
• James Manning
  Senior Advisor to the Under Secretary and Acting Under Secretary
  Effective date: 4/16/17
• Jana Toner
  White House Liaison
• Candice Jackson
  Deputy Assistant Secretary in the Office for Civil Rights and Acting Assistant Secretary
• Jason Botel
  Deputy Assistant Secretary for Elementary and Secondary Education and Acting Assistant Secretary for Elementary and Secondary Education,
• Jose Viana
  Assistant Deputy Secretary and Director for the Office of English Language Acquisition,
  Effective date: 4/24/17