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James A. Gash, associate dean for strategic planning and external relations and professor of law at the Pepperdine School of Law, has been named president of Pepperdine University.

Brad Strong, the long-time education director for Children Now in California, is now legislative director for California Assemblyman Robert Rivas.

Linda Darling-Hammond, a Stanford professor emeritus and founder of the Learning Policy Institute, has been named chair of the California State Board of Education.

Denise Forte, who a senior education fellow and director of public affairs for The Century Foundation, is now The Education Trust's senior vice president for government affairs and partnership engagement.

Heather Hiles, a former deputy director at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and technology entrepreneur, was named the first CEO and president of California’s online community college.

Jon Deane, who was director of education at Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, has been named CEO of Great Schools.

Steve Mancini, who has served as both the communications director for the Doris & Donald Fisher Fund and the public affairs director for the KIPP Foundation. is joining RALLY communications firm as a principal.

Scott Sargrad, an Obama-era Education Department official and a managing director at the Center for American Progress, will become the new vice president of K12 education policy for the center. Khalilah Harris, who was the first deputy director of the White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for African Americans, will replace Sargard as managing director.

Caprice Young, who was president of the Education Growth Group, has become superintendent of the Learn4Life Network.

Robert W. Iuliano, a senior vice president and general counsel at Harvard, has been named president of Gettysburg College.

Natasha Ushomirsky, who has held several positions at The Education Trust for the past decade, has become the nonprofit's state director for Massachusetts.

Debra Britt, who has been communications director of CRPE, will become strategic communications manager for Edunomics Lab a Georgetown University center focused on school finance.

Pam Fine, a former newspaper editor who has served most recently as the John S. and James L. Knight Chair for News, Leadership, and Community, and a professor of journalism, at the University of Kansas, has been named editor of The Chronicle of Higher Education.

Mark Dixon, an education policy advisor to former Alabama Governor Bob Riley, has become executive director of A+ Education Partnership.

Bobby Griffith recently served as an instructor and teaching assistant for the University of Oklahoma, has been named executive director of Oklahoma Achieves.

Edward M. Lambert Jr., who was vice chancellor for government relations and public affairs at the University of Massachusetts, Boston, has been appointed executive director of the Massachusetts Business Alliance for Education.

Ryan Cantrell, a senior director at PIE Network, is now director of state strategy and political affairs at the American Federation for Children.

Kris Perry, an early childhood education advocate and president of Save the Children Action Network (SCAN), has been named deputy secretary of the California Health and Human Services Agency for Early Childhood Development.

David Soo,  a senior policy adviser at the U.S. Education Department, will become chief of staff at Jobs for the Future.

Daphne Layton, who was senior associate dean for development and alumni relations at Harvard Graduate School of Education, will join Jobs for the Future as senior vice president.

Romy Drucker, co-founder and CEO of The 74, will step down from her daily role to become deputy director of the K-12 ed program at the Walton Family Foundation. Stephen Cockrell, who served as director of external impact for the KIPP Foundation, will replace her as CEO. Steve Snyder, The 74's editorial director, has been named editor-in-chief.

Carlos Muñiz, who has served as the U.S. Education Department's general counsel, has been appointed to the Florida Supreme Court.

Deb Delisle, who has served as executive director and CEO of ASCD and a former assistant secretary in the U.S. Education Department, will become president and chief executive officer of the Alliance for Excellent Education. She replaces the retiring Gov. Bob Wise.

Andrea Ramirez, who is executive director of the Center for Faith and Opportunity Initiatives at the U.S. Department of Education, has been named interim executive director of the White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for Hispanics.

Penny Schwinn, chief deputy commissioner of academics at the Texas Education Agency, has been named education commissioner for the state of Tennessee.

Sean P. "Jack" Buckley, who was senior vice president of research and evaluation at American Institutes for Research (AIR), has been named president and chief scientist of Imbellus, an assessment company focused on simulation-based learning.

Lande Ajose, executive director of California Competes, has been named senior policy advisor for higher education for California Gov. Gavin Newsom.

Nathan Barrett, who was associate director and senior research fellow at The Education Research Alliance for New Orleans, is now senior director of research and evaluation at the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools.

Saroja Warner, director of Teacher Workforce Initiatives at the Council of Chief State School Officers, will become senior state technical assistance director at WestEd.

Dan Currell, who was a managing director at AdvanceLaw, has been named deputy under secretary of the U.S. Education Department. His portfolio includes vocational and adult education, postsecondary education, college aid and financial reforms for the Pell Grant program.

Casey Sacks, who served as vice chancellor for the West Virginia Community and Technical College System, is now deputy assistant secretary in the U.S. Education Department Office of Career, Technical and Adult Education.

Anna Raymond Bartlett, who served as a deputy chief of staff in the U.S. House of Representatives, is now director of the Office of Legislation and Congressional Affairs for the U.S. Education Department.

Laurie VanderPloeg, who was director of special education at Kent Intermediate School District in Michigan, has been named  director of the Office of Special Education Programs at the U.S. Education Department.

Daniela Garcia, who was a state representative in Michigan, will now serve as director of outreach for the U.S. Education Department Office of Communications and Outreach.

Aimee Viana, who was executive director of the White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for Hispanics, will be the principal deputy assistant secretary in the U.S. Education Department Office of Elementary and Secondary Education.

J. Alex Kelly, who was vice president of advocacy at the Foundation for Excellence in Education, will become the chief of staff at the Florida Department of Education.

Aaliyah Samuel, who was director of the education division at the National Governors Association, has become vice president of policy & advocacy at NWEA.

Callie Kozlak, who previously worked for UnidosUS and the U.S. Education Department, has been named associate superintendent for policy and government relations at the Arizona Department of Education.

U.S. Rep. Bobby Scott, D-Va., has been sworn in as the new chairman of the House Education and Labor Committee.

Carolyn Stanord Taylor, Wisconsin's assistant state superintendent of schools, will be be named to lead the state's Department of Public Instruction, making her Wisconsin's first black schools superintendent. She succeeds Tony Evers, who was elected governor.

Pender Makin, a former Maine principal of the year and Brunswick assistant superintendent, will become the state's next Department of Education commissioner.

Susana Cordova, who was deputy superintendent of Denver Public Schools, will become the school district's next superintendent. She replaces Tom Boasberg, who held the post for 10 years.

Jennifer Alexander, former CEO of ConnCan, has been named the next leader of the PIE Network.

Ben Wildavsky, a higher education expert who is a senior fellow and executive director of The College Board Policy Center, is joining Strada Education Network Leadership Team as senior vice president for national engagement.

Sawsan Morrar, a long-time freelance writer, has been named the schools accountability reporter for The Sacramento Bee.

Sandra Liu Huang, who oversees the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative's tech partnership with Summit Learning Program, will become CZI's new head of education, replacing Jim Shelton.

Richard Corcoran, an attorney who is Florida's House speaker, has been chosen by the state Board of Education to be Florida's next commissioner of education.

Samantha Musacchia Tankersley, a policy analyst at the National Governors Association, will become senior manager of policy and advocacy at NWEA in the new year.

Vicki Phillips, who previously worked as Pennsylvania Secretary of Education, Portland, Ore., schools superintendent and a director of education at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, will become chief education officer at the National Geographic Society, a newly created position.

Ramin Taheri, who works in D.C.'s Office of the Deputy Mayor for Education, will join Chiefs for Change as director of advocacy and policy.

David Mansouri, president of Tennessee's State Collaborative on Reforming Education (SCORE) for the past three years, will take over as both president and CEO in the new year. He replaces Jamie Woodson, who is stepping down as CEO to become the group's senior adviser.

Lewis Ferebee, superintendent of Indianapolis Public Schools, has been named the new chancellor of the District of Columbia Public Schools, pending a City Council vote. Amanda Alexander has been serving in the role in an interim basis since Antwan Wilson's resignation in February.

Caitlin Emma, a long-time education reporter at Politico, is changing beats and will now cover appropriations and the federal budget.

Kelly McManus, director of government affairs for The Education Trust, is joining the Laura and John Arnold Foundation as director of higher education policy and advocacy.

Paul Pastorek, the former Louisiana schools chief who helped lead the overhaul of New Orleans' schools after Hurricane Katrina, has a contract with Puerto Rico's Department of Education to lead the island schools' recovery.

Erin Richards, education reporter for Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, will become the national education reporter for USA Today.

Ahnna Smith, who served several months as the District of Columbia's interim deputy mayor for education, has been named executive director of D.C's Workforce Investment Council.

Terence Patterson, who headed the Downtown Memphis Commission, has been named chief executive officer of the Memphis Education Fund. He has held the role in an interim basis for the past few months.

Candice McQueen, Tennessee commissioner of education, will step down in January to become CEO of the National Institute for Excellence in Teaching.

Sara A. Sneed, director of education investments at the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving, has been named president and CEO of the NEA Foundation. She will succeed Harriet Sanford in March.

Marian Wright Edelman, long-time president of the Children's Defense Fund, will step down from her post to become president emerita. As the nonprofit organization searches for a new president, chief of staff  Max Lesko will become national executive director.

Tabitha Grossman, who was national director for education policy and partnerships at the Hope Street Group, is now director of development and partnerships at the nonprofit National Center for Teacher Residencies.

Peter Rivera, a program and policy advisor for the Los Angeles Unified School District, has been named an education program officer at the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation.

Josh Moody, who covered higher education at the News & Advance in Lynchburg, Va., is now an education reporter for U.S. News.

Lori Higgins, a long-time education reporter at the Detroit Free-Press, will be joining the staff of Chalkbeat Detroit.

Yolanda Watson Spiva, who most recently served as president and CEO of College Success Foundation, has been named president of Complete College America.

Nicole Taylor, a former top administrator with Arizona State University, Stanford University and the East Bay Community Foundation, has been named president and chief executive officer of the Silicon Valley Community Foundation.

Beverly Perdue, a former North Carolina governor, has been appointed to serve as chairwoman of the National Assessment Governing Board, which manages the National Assessment of Educational Progress.

Sarah Johnson, a program officer who has led the Exceptional Educators portfolio for the Overdeck Family Foundation, will become executive director of the nonprofit Teaching Lab.

Deirdre Latour, chief communications officer and senior adviser to the CEO of General Electric, will become the next chief corporate affairs officer at Pearson.

Patrick Corvington, who was a senior fellow for the Campaign for Grade Level Reading and served in President Obama’s administration as the CEO of the Corporation for National and Community Service, has been named executive director of DC School Reform Now.

Nate Bailey, who has been acting assistant secretary of education for communications and outreach, has been promoted to chief of staff, replacing the departing Josh Venable.

Jocelyn Bissonnette, who was director of policy and advocacy for the National Association of Federally Impacted Schools, will become director of the Funders Census Initiative at the Funders' Committee for Civic Participation.

Lisa Hamilton, executive vice president and senior program officer at The Annie E. Casey Foundation, has been named president and CEO of the Baltimore-based foundation.

Robin Chait, who was director of policy, development and communications at Center City Public Charter Schools, is starting a new position as senior charter schools and school policy associate at WestEd.

Robin Butterfield, a writer with the Native American Parent Technical Assistance Center, is now president of the National Indian Education Association.

Elisha Smith Arrillaga and Carrie Hahnel are serving as interim co-executive directors of The Education Trust-West after Ryan Smith moved out of the position.

Michelle Lerner, who was deputy chief of communications for D.C. Public Schools, has now launched her own communications firm.

Myrna Castrejón, executive director for Great Public Schools Now, has been named the new president and CEO of the California Charter Schools Association. She replaces Jed Wallace.

Nancy Gutiérrez, chief strategy officer for the NYC Leadership Academy, has become its president and CEO, succeeding Irma Zardoya.

Brandon Busteed, who led Gallup's education work for the past seven years, has joined Kaplan in a new role overseeing the company's university partnerships.

Chauncy Lennon, a workforce expert who spent nearly five years as a managing director and head of workforce strategy at JPMorgan Chase & Co.. is joining the The Lumina Foundation in the newly created role of vice president for the future of learning and work.

Paul Kihn, an education consultant and former deputy superintendent of the School District of Philadelphia, will be the new deputy of mayor for education in Washington, D.C.

Talisa Dixon, who is currently superintendent of the Cleveland Heights-University Heights school district, will become superintendent of Columbus City Schools.

J. Gordon Wright, who directs digital media for Education Post, will temporarily take the helm as editor Peter Cunningham steps away to oversee communications for the campaign of Bill Daley for mayor of Chicago.

Yuanxia Ding, who was chief of staff to Education Department Undersecretary Ted Mitchell during the Obama administration, will serve as chief impact officer for Skills Fund, a private lender to nontraditional education programs.

Peter Shulman, who served as Deputy Commissioner at the New Jersey Department of Education, was recently named chief executive officer of Urban Teachers.

Brandy Fluker Oakley, a project director for The New Teacher Project, is now executive director for Educators for Excellence in Boston.

Matthew Randazzo, formerly the chief executive officer of the National Math and Science Initiative, is now president & CEO of The Dallas Foundation.

Jacob Mishook, director of assessment and accountability at Achieve, will become senior director for K-12 policy at The College Board.

Celine Coggins, founder and former CEO of Teach Plus, has been selected as the next executive director of Grantmakers for Education.

Ary Amerikaner, a former deputy assistant secretary in the U.S. Education Department, will become vice president for P-12 policy, research and practice at The Education Trust.

Margie Yeager, who was director of advocacy and policy at Chiefs for Change. is starting a new position as Partner, Advocacy at Education Forward DC.

Tisha Markette, former Founder and CEO of Literacy is Freedom, LLC, recently joined UP Education Network as Chief Academic Officer.

Lindsay Kruse, former Managing Director of the Leverage Leadership Institute at Relay Graduate School of Education, is now Vice President of PK-12 Education Initiatives at the National Center for Learning Disabilities.

Melissa Wu, former Chief Program Officer for Education Pioneers, was recently named its Chief Executive Officer.

Robert King, president of the Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education, is President Trump's pick for assistant secretary of postsecondary education.

Lillian M. Lowery, former Maryland State Superintendent of Schools and Delaware Secretary of Education, has been appointed vice president of Student and Teacher Assessments at Educational Testing Service (ETS).

Heather Hough, who has led a research partnership between Policy Analysis for California Education (PACE) and the CORE districts in California, has been named executive director of PACE.

Elizabeth Laird, an assistant superintendent at D.C.'s Office of the State Superintendent, will lead the Student Privacy Project for the nonprofit Center for Democracy & Technology.

Eliza Shapiro, who covers New York City schools for Politico, is joining The New York Times Metro staff as an education reporter.

Anthony "Tony" McKay, an international education adviser, will become president and CEO of the National Center on Education and the Economy. He replaces founder Marc Tucker, who is stepping down after 30 years leading the organization.

Andy Baxter, who was a vice president at the Southern Regional Education Board, has become senior consulting manager and vice president at Public Impact, an education consulting firm.

Alejandro “Alex” Hernandez, a partner at the Charter School Growth Fund, will become dean of the School of Continuing and Professional Studies at the University of Virginia beginning in September.

Hydra Mendoza, who was deputy chief of staff to San Francisco’s mayor, will join the New York City school chancellor's office in the newly created role of deputy chancellor of community empowerment, partnerships, and communications.

Francisco Vara-Orta, a staff writer and data specialist at Education Week, will join Chalkbeat in September as a national education reporter and data specialist.

Dan French, a former Vermont school superintendent and high school social studies teacher, will become Vermont's next secretary of education.

Conor P. Williams,  a senior researcher at New America's Education Policy Program, is joining The Century Foundation as a fellow.

Blair Mann, director of media relations for the nonprofit Collaborative for Student Success, is joining the Data Quality Campaign as communications director.

Susan Whealler Johnston, who was dean of academic development at Rockford University in Illinois, is now is president and CEO of the National Association of College and University Business Officers.

Andre L. Green, who was political director at MASSCreative, will become executive director of the Center for Fair & Open Testing (FairTest).

Melissa Kim, chief academic officer for KIPP DC and former principal of D.C.'s Alice Deal Middle School, has been named Deputy Chancellor for Social, Emotional, and Academic Development in the District of Columbia Public Schools.

Mike Feinberg, a co-founder of the KIPP charter school network, is now founding president of the Texas School Venture Fund.

Ann Hyslop, who served in policy roles for Chiefs for Change and the U.S. Education Department, is now assistant director for policy development and government relations at the Alliance for Excellent Education.

Jim Blew, former director of the education advocacy group Student Success California, has been confirmed as the U.S. Education Department's assistant secretary of the Office of Planning, Evaluation and Policy Development.

Scott Stump, chief operating officer of a private learning solutions company and former president of the National Association of State Directors of Career and Technical Education consortium, has been confirmed as assistant secretary for career, technical, and adult education at the U.S. Department of Education.

Butch Trusty, a managing partner at Education Cities, is now a manager at The Bridgespan Group consulting firm.

Angela Hanks, who was director of workforce development policy at the Center for American Progress, will lead the Center for Postsecondary and Economic Success at the Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP).

Jenny Abamu, an education technology reporter at EdSurge, will become an education reporter for WAMU, an NPR member station in Washington, D.C.

April Chou, currently the vice president of education at the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, will assume the president's job on an interim basis as Jim Shelton steps down in August from the post he's held since May 2016.

Elizabeth Albro, an associate commissioner at the National Center for Education Research, has been named commissioner of the NCER, part of the U.S. Education Department's Institute of Educational Sciences.

Frank Brogan, who served as chancellor of the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education and as then-Gov. Jeb Bush's lieutenant governor, has been confirmed to oversee K-12 policy at the U.S. Education Department as assistant secretary of elementary and secondary education.

 Maria Cancian, a senior adviser to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services during the Obama administraton, has been named dean of Georgetown University's McCourt School of Public Policy. Cancian is currently a professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Robert M. La Follette School of Public Affairs.

Mushtaq Gunja, an assistant dean at Georgetown University Law Center and a former chief of staff to the undersecretary of education during the Obama administration, is now vice president and chief of staff at the American Council on Education.

Tammy Proctor, who has served in a variety of roles at the U.S. Education Department, has been named as the new acting director of the department's Office of Early Learning.

Monique Rizer, executive director of Opportunity Nation, will become executive director of the nonprofit Urban Alliance's Washington D.C. region.

Hanna Skandera, New Mexico’s Secretary of Education from 2011-2017, has been named editor-in-chief of The Line.

Catherine Bellinger, who founded DFER District of Columbia, will join IDEA Public Schools as vice president of public affairs and advocacy.

Whitney Grubbs, who served as chief of staff to the Oregon Education Investment Board and senior staff to Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber, has been named the executive director of the Chalkboard Project.

Kelsey Nelson, who worked as a marketing and communications consultant for several nonprofits, will become manager of campaigns and publications for the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools (NAPCS).

Lisa Gibes de Gac, former vice president of strategy and external relations at 50CAN, will become a portfolio manager for education at Emerson Collective.

Heather Harding Jones, a senior program officer at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, is moving to the Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Foundation as director of policy and public understanding.

Robert Hull, executive vice president of the National Association of State Boards of Education, will become president and CEO when Kristen Amundson retires at the end of the year.

Sarah Rittling, interim executive director of the First Five Years Fund, has been named executive director.

Thomas Bailey, the founding director of the Community College Research Center, will become the next president of Teachers College, Columbia University on July 1.

Thomas Brock, commissioner of the National Center for Education Research at the U.S. Department of Education, will become the next director of the Community College Research Center.

Joy Resmovitz, an education reporter for the Los Angeles Times, will be joining The Seattle Times as Education Lab editor.

Laura Meckler, an immigration reporter for The Wall Street Journal, will be the next national education reporter for The Washington Post.

Zakiya Smith Ellis, a former top Obama education adviser, will become the New Jersey secretary of higher education.

Alyssa Schwenk, director of external relations for the Thomas B. Fordham Institute, will become  development director for Bellwether Education Partners, an education-focused consulting firm.

Andy Smarick, a fellow at the conservative American Enterprise Institute and past president of the Maryland State Board of Education, will become director of civil society, education and work at The R Street Institute.

Noël Suzanne Harmon, who was senior vice president for strategic partnerships at Say Yes to Education, has been named president and executive director of the Asian & Pacific-Islander American Scholarship Fund.

Mayme Hostetter, national dean for Relay Graduate School of Education, has been named its next president.

James Tracey, Head of School at the Rocky Hill School and co-chair of the MassRobotics Work of the Future Committee, has been named the first president of  the Woodrow Wilson Academy of Teaching and Learning. The graduate school of education is launching July 1 as an independent not-for-profit institution following its incubation at the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation.

Stephen L. Pruitt, former Kentucky commissioner of education and senior vice president for Achieve, has been named president of the Southern Regional Education Board.

Daniel Greenstein, who worked at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation on post-secondary education issues, has been named chancellor of Pennsylvania's State System of Higher Education.

Desmond Blackburn, the superintendent of the Brevard County, Fla., school district, will be the next chief executive officer of the New Teacher Center, a nonprofit that mentors educators.

John Deasey, who was superintendent of the Los Angeles Unified School District and Prince George's County Schools in Maryland, has been named to the superintendent's post in Stockton, Calif.

Bridget Terry Long, who is Saris Professor of Education and Economics at the Harvard Graduate School of Education , will become the school's next dean.

Curtis Valentine, who was executive director for state relations with Connections Education, will become deputy director of the Reinventing America's Schools project at the Progressive Policy Institute.

Austin Beutner, a former investment banker who served as the deputy mayor of Los Angeles. will become the next superintendent of the Los Angeles Unified School District.

Ellen R. Weiss, director of policy and communications for the 9,000-member Biophysical Society, will become executive director of the Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness (SREE).

Deborah Bergeron, who was principal of Manassas Park High School in Northern Virginia,  will lead the Office of Head Start as its next director.

Sharon Griffin, who led the Shelby County Schools in Tennessee, will become superintendent of the state-run Achievement School District, which deals with the lowest-performing schools.

Justin Testerman, former Co-CEO of Project Renaissance,is now Executive Director of Innovation Partnerships at Instruction Partners.

Tanya Ramos Puig, who was chief regional officer at Education Pioneers, is now Chief Executive Officer for Pencils of Promise.

Andrea Zayas, who was as Founder and CEO of Upstream ED Consulting, has become Founding Executive Director of New Orleans Youth Alliance.

Krupa Desai, who was Chief Strategy Officer for Citizens of the World Charter Schools is now Managing Director of The Broad Residency.

Misha Simmonds, who was Executive Director of University Heights Charter School and Owner of Scholutions LLC, is now Senior Portfolio Director for the Newark Charter School Fund.

Carrie Mauer, previously Senior Director of Strategy and Operations, Teaching and Learning Labs at KIPP Foundation, is now Chief Operating Officer at Explore Schools.

Sarah Lillis, former Institute Director and Chief Operating Officer for EdVoice, is now the California Executive Director at Teach Plus.

Ric Zappa, who was Director of School Culture for KIPP Bay Area, is the new Chief Academic Officer for Caliber Schools.

Dr. Frances Esparza, Ed.D, who was Assistant Superintendent for Boston Public Schools, is now Superintendent & Vice President of Charter Schools for Para Los Niños.

Kirat Doshi, previously the Director of Evaluation and Data Insights at eSpark Learning, is now Managing Director of Analytics for OneGoal.

Amy Liszt, formerly President and Executive Director of Academy for Global Citizenship, has joined Chicago Public Schools as Director of Instructional Quality.

Lauren Hodge, who served as a litigator for both the city of Indianapolis and Marion County, is now director of state relations for EdChoice.

Leila Walsh, who was vice president of communications for the Laura and John Arnold Foundation, is now chief external affairs officer for Chiefs for Change as chief external affairs officer.

Dakarai Aarons, who was vice president of strategic communications for the Data Quality Campaign, has become communications manager for education at the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative.

Jennifer Bell-Ellwanger, who served  in the U.S. Department of Education as Director of the Policy and Program Studies Service and Acting Assistant Secretary of Planning, Evaluation, and Policy Development, has been named the new president and CEO of the Data Quality Campaign.

Denise Juneau, the former Superintendent of Public Instruction in Montana, has been named superintendent of Seattle Public Schools, it first Native American leader.

Patrick Methvin, who has focused on higher education innovation at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, will now lead the foundation's work in postsecondary success.

Brigid Ahern, chief external affairs officer at Turnaround for Children, has been named president and CEO of the organization effective June 1. She places founder Pamela Cantor, who will take on a new role as senior science advisor.

Lea Crusey, former senior policy adviser for the Office of Planning, Evaluation and Policy Development at the U.S. Education Department and former deputy director of DFER, is now founder and CEO of Allies for Educational Equity.

Ray Domanico, director of education research at New York City's Independent Budget Office, will become  director of education policy at the Manhattan Institute.

David Harris, founder and CEO of The Mind Trust, is stepping down to launch a new national education organization. Brandon Brown, the nonprofit's senior vice president of education innovation, will become CEO.

Simone L. Hardeman-Jones, who was deputy assistant secretary for legislative and congressional affairs at the U.S. Education Department under Obama, is now director of policy and partnership at Educators for Excellence.

Mark Schultz, deputy commissioner of the Nebraska Department of Education, has been nominate to be commissioner of the Rehabilitation Services Administration in the U.S. Education Department.

Dennis Vega, a senior official at the U.S. Agency for International Development and the State Department, will become chief operating officer of America's Promise Alliance.

Carissa Moffat Miller, who has served as interim director of the Council of Chief State School Officers, will become its new executive director, the first woman to hold the post.

Donald Fennoy, chief operating office of the Palm Beach County School District, has been named superintendent of the district, the nation's 11th largest.

Nathan Arnold, who had served chief of staff in the Education Department's Office of the Under Secretary, is now a senior advisor at EducationCounsel.

Richard Buery, a New York City deputy mayor who has worked with district and charter schools, will become chief of policy and public affairs at the KIPP charter school network.

Johnny C. Taylor Jr., the former president of the Thurgood Marshall College Fund, will head a new federal advisory board on historically black colleges and universities.

Zakiya Smith Ellis, director of finance and federal policy at the Lumina Foundation and a former education adviser to President Barack Obama, has been appointed secretary of higher education for the state of New Jersey.

Darrell Allison, founding president of Parents for Educational Freedom in North Carolina, will join the American Federation for Children as the national director for state teams and political strategy in early March.

Lawrence S. Bacow, the former president of Tufts University and a leader-in-residence at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government's Center for Public Leadership, will become president of Harvard University on July 1.

Dan Greenstein is stepping down as director of postsecondary success at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation after six years at the foundation.

Jeffrey Riley, a former Boston Public Schools administrator who most recently has overseen turnaround efforts in Lawrence, Mass., has been named Massachusetts Education Commissioner by the Massachusetts Board of Elementary and Secondary Education.

Vanessa Descalzi, who was director of media relations for the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools, is now the K-12 communications officer for the Walton Family Foundation.

Margaret Angell, who created and ran CityBridge Foundation’s Education Innovation Portfolio,  is now principal of 2Revolutions, a national education design lab.

Kent Talbert, who was general counsel for the U.S. Education Department during the George W. Bush administration, is rejoining the agency as senior policy adviser to the deputy secretary.

Mildred García, who was president of California State University, Fullerton, will serve as president of the American Association of State Colleges and Universities.

Erika Soto Lamb, who was chief communications officer at Everytown for Gun Safety, is now national director for strategic communications for the advocacy group Democrats for Education Reform.

Christopher Beach, editor of Real Clear Education, is joining the Trump administration as speechwriter for Scott Pruitt, Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.

James Lynn Woodworth, a quantitative research analyst at Stanford University's Center for Research on Educational Outcomes (CREDO), has been nominated to serve Commissioner of Education Statistics for the U.S. Education Department.

Michelle Hackman has become the Wall Street Journal’s new D.C.-based education reporter.

Raymond C. Pierce, who was chief education officer of the Global Teaching Project and a former deputy assistant secretary of the U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights, has been named president and CEO of the Southern Education Foundation.

Michael Schuttloffel, currently the executive director of the Kansas Catholic Conference, will become executive director of the Council for American Private Education (CAPE) in July.

Danny Carlson, who was an education policy analyst for the National Governors Association, is now director of policy and advocacy for the National Association of Elementary School Principals.

Rob Greenwald is stepping down as executive director of  the Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness (SREE). Education policy consultant Marty Orland will fill the job while the board conducts a search.

Stacy Ehrlich, managing director and senior research scientist at the University of Chicago Consortium of Chicago School Research, will become a senior research scientist at NORC at the University of Chicago.

Bonita J. Brown, director of higher education practice at the nonprofit The Education Trust, is joining Achieving the Dream as director of network engagement.