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Ryan Stewart, executive director of the Partners in School Innovation mid-Atlantic region, has been named secretary of public education for New Mexico.

Annabel Cellini, who was senior vice president of strategy and marketing in North America for Pearson, has been named chief strategy officer for American Student Assistance, a Boston-based national nonprofit.

Rachael Brown, who was director of strategy management for District of Columbia Public Schools, will become communications director for Digital Promise.

Kathleen Dorsey Bellow, most recently a professor at the Catholic Theological Union in Chicago, has been named director of the Institute for Black Catholic Studies at Xavier University of Louisiana.

Craig Robinson, who previously served as the chief strategy officer at Henderson Collegiate Charter Network, has been named the first president of College Possible, a national nonprofit that connects low-income high school and college students with near-peer coaches.

Alesha Daughtrey, who was chief strategy officer at the Center for Teaching Quality, is now executive director and a partner.

Rhoda Hickman, a real estate executive and volunteer tutor, has been named chief of staff for The Memphis Lift, a parent-led, education advocacy group.

David Cazares Morales, who was a policy consultant for the Colorado Department of Education, is now director of advocacy for A+ Colorado.

Jessica Giles, who was deputy director for the D.C. Council's Committee on education, is now deputy director of Democrats for Education Reform DC.

Evy Valencia, who recently served as a consultant for the PIE Network, is now chief of staff at 50CAN.

Nathan Hoffman, who was regional advocacy director for the Foundation for Excellence in Education, is now policy and research director for Empower Illinois.

Emiliana Vegas, who leads the education division at the Inter-American Development Bank, will become senior fellow and co-director of the Center for Universal Education at the Brookings Institution.

Fiona Helsel, who was deputy director of Regional Education Lab Northwest, has been named director. She replaces Christopher Mazzeo, who is moving into an advisory role. Jennifer Esswein has been promoted to deputy director.

Beth Berlin, the New York State education department’s executive deputy commissioner, will become New York’s acting commissioner in September, following the resignation of current commissioner MaryEllen Elia.

Robert King, who was president of the Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education, has been confirmed by the Senate as  assistant secretary of postsecondary education.

Sito Narcisse, who was chief of schools for Metro Nashville Public Schools, is now chief of secondary schools for the District of Columbia Public Schools.

Abigail Cohen has been promoted to become associate director of policy research at the Data Quality Campaign.

Lindsay Pinkus, who was a resident in the superintendent's office in Cambridge, Mass.,  is now chief strategy officer for the school district.

Kim Anglin Anderson, executive vice president of Democracy Alliance, has been named executive director of the National Education Association.

Natasha Trivers, who was superintendent and interim CEO for Democracy Prep Public Schools,  was recently named permanent CEO.

Indira Dammu, a founding member of the Tennessee Educators of Color Alliance, has been named top education advisor for Nashville Mayor David Briley.

Aleesia Johnson, a veteran educator at Indianapolis Public Schools who has been serving as interim superintendent, has been named to the position permanently.

Anne C. Holton, former Virginia Secretary of Education, has been named interim president of George Mason University.  She will succeed Ángel Cabrera, who was recently named the incoming president of Georgia Tech.

Gene Pinkard, who was chief of school design and continuous improvement at DC Public Schools, is now assistant director, practice and leadership, at The Aspen Institute's Education and Society program.

Carrie Melago, a story editor at Chalkbeat and former editor at The Wall Street Journal and New York Daily News, has been named managing editor for local news at Chalkbeat, overseeing the New York, Indianapolis and Newark bureaus.

Johanna Lacoe, who was a senior researcher at Mathematica, is now research director of the California Policy Lab at UC Berkeley.

Peter Oppenheim, who was assistant secretary for legislation and congressional affairs at the U.S. Education Department, is returning to Capitol Hill as the Senate HELP committee's general counsel.

Hope Lesane, who was  director of early childhood initiatives at Teach For America, New York, is now leading the early childhood work at The Education Trust-New York.

Jason Scott Embry, who was  assistant vice president for advancement at Regis University in Denver, recently joined the Colorado League of Charter Schools as the organization’s first-ever vice president of development.

Maria Pitre-Martin, deputy state superintendent for North Carolina, has been named superintendent of schools for Petersburg, Va.

John Holland, a long-time investigative reporter and editor, is the new education and criminal justice for The Baltimore Sun.

Michele Caracappa, who was chief academic officer at Success Academy Charter Schools, is now chief program officer at New Leaders Org.

Jim Manning, a former senior adviser to U.S. Education Secretary BetsyDeVos and other education secretaries, will become a senior adviser with Penn Hill Group, a lobbying firm that specializes in education issues.

Dennis Quirin, who was president of Neighborhood Funders Group, has been named executive director of the Raikes Foundation.

Gregory McGinity, who was executive director of the Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation , is now executive director of California Charters Schools Association Advocates.

Julian Vasquez Heilig, professor at director of the doctorate in educational leadership program at California State University, Sacramento. has been named dean of the University of Kentucky College of Education.

Laura Maestas, who was chief talent officer at DC Prep, has been named CEO of the charter management organization. She replaces Emily Lawson.

Chris Osher, a former investigative reporter at The Denver Post, has become an education reporter for The Colorado Sun.

Annie Ma, editorial fellow at Mother Jones, will become an education reporter for The Charlotte Observer.

Rhonda Ford, who was a vice president at Educators for Excellence, has been named chief membership and partnership officer for the International Society for Technology in Education.

Joel D. Boyd, academic superintendent for Boston Public School, has been named superintendent of schools for the city of Lowell, Mass.

Stephanie Chavez, a long-time journalist and communications specialist, has been named education editor for the Los Angeles Times.

Lori Williams, who was vice president of the WASC Senior College and University Commission, has been named president and CEO of the National Council for State Authorization Reciprocity Agreements.

Michael Rice, superintendent of schools in Kalamazoo, Mich., will become the next superintendent of Michigan’s public schools.

Carrie Conaway, chief strategy and research officer at the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, will join the Harvard Graduate School of Education as a senior lecturer.

Dr. Elisha Smith Arrillaga, who was interim co-executive director  of The Education Trust–West, has been named the organization’s executive director.

Reid Setzer, who was director of public policy at Young Invincibles, has joined The Education Trust as director of government affairs.

Brenda Cassellius, who was Minnesota commissioner of education, has been named superintendent of Boston Public Schools.

Jill Riemer, who was director of strategic partnerships at Summit Public Schools charter school network in Seattle, is now Washington director of Playworks.

Corey DeAngelis, an education policy analyst at the Cato Institute, is joining the Reason Foundation as director of school choice.

Jacquelyn Davis, co-founder and partner of Education Forward DC, has been named CEO and president of the Bainum Family Foundation. She will replace Barbara Bainum, who is stepping away from day-to-day management.

Steve Glazerman, a longtime education researcher at Mathematica Policy Research, is now chief research and methods officer at Innovations for Poverty Action, supporting 21 country offices in Asia, Africa, and Latin America.

Sophie Fanelli, chief of programs for the Stuart Foundation, has been named president of the San Francisco-based foundation.

Chris Stewart, former chief executive of the Wayfinder Foundation, has been named chief executive officer of Education Post.

Reed D. Rubinstein, a former deputy associate attorney general, has been named acting general counsel of the U.S. Education Department.

Reid Setzer, who was was director of public policy at Young Invincibles. is now director of government affairs at The Education Trust.

Kaitlin Pennington McVey, who was a senior analyst at Bellwether Education Partners, is now at senior director of program strategy at Honored, a nonprofit that spotlights great teachers.

Brenna Copeland, founder and CEO of EdPlex, is now a program officer for quality school options at Michael and Susan Dell Foundation.

Rebecca Eden Wolfe Lane, who was an associate vice president at Jobs for the Future, is now vice president for impact and improvement at KnowledgeWorks.

Barbara K. Mistick, who is currently president of Wilson College in Pennsylvania, will become president of National Association of Independent College and Universities in September.

Deanna Niebuhr, who led the Community School initiative at the Partnership for Children and Youth, has joined the Opportunity Institute as director of integrated student supports.

Maria Echaveste, a former Clinton White House official and senior fellow at the Opportunity Institute, has been named president and CEO of the Opportunity Institute. She replaces founder Christopher Edley, who is returning to teaching full time at UC Berkeley Law.

Rajiv Vinnakota, who led the youth and engagement division at the Aspen Institute, will become the next president of the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation.

Candice Dodson, director of e-learning for the Indiana Department of Education, has been named executive director of the  State Educational Technology Directors Association.

Charles E. Patterson, senior adviser for executive outreach in the U.S. Education Department's Office of Federal Student Aid, has been named the next president of Mansfield University.

Carol L. Folt, who was chancellor of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, will become the next president of University of Southern California.

Angelica Infante-Green, a deputy education commissioner in New York state who once oversaw English language learners in New York City, has been nominated to be Rhode Island's next commissioner of elementary and secondary education.

Anna Gregory, who spent eight years working for the District of Columbia Public Schools, is now chief of staff for KIPP DC.

Adam Kissel, who served as a deputy assistant secretary of higher education programs in the Trump administration, is now director of civic and higher education programs at The Philanthropy Roundtable.

Lewis Ferebee, who was superintendent of Indianapolis Public Schools, has been confirmed as District of Columbia Public Schools chancellor in a vote by the D.C. City Council. He has been serving in an acting capacity since January.

Nicole Gaudiano, who previously covered Congress and politics for Gannett/USA, is joining POLITICO as a national education reporter covering K-12 policy.

Lesley Muldoon, who is the chief of policy and advocacy at CenterPoint Education Solutions and previously helped to launch and manage PARCC, has been appointed executive director of the National Assessment Governing Board.

Mark A. Brown, a retired Air Force major general, has been appointed as the new chief operating officer of Federal Student Aid. He replaces James Manning, who served in the role on an acting basis.

Jo Ellen Parker,  who served as president of the Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh and of Sweet Briar College, has been named vice president for communications of the Council of Independent Colleges.

Carmen Ayala, superintendent of the Berwyn North School District in Illinois, has been named Illinois's state superintendent of schools. She replaces Tony Smith, who stepped down at the end of January.

David Stevenson, who most recently served as executive vice president at Amplify Education, is joining Whiteboard Advisors as entrepreneur-in-residence.

Marc Chun, who was a program officer in education at the Hewlett Foundation, has joined Overdeck Family Foundation to lead the foundation's Exceptional Educators portfolio.

Emma Vadehra, who was chief of staff to former U.S. Education secretaries Arne Duncan and John B. King Jr., will lead Next100, a new progressive think tank started by The Century Foundation.

Chris Quintana, a reporter for The Chronicle of Higher Education, is joining USA Today as an education enterprise reporter.

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.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thanks to The K12 Search Group for providing some updates from their Ed Reformers on the Move listing.