Maureen Tracey-Mooney

Maureen Tracey-Mooney is FutureEd’s associate director. Prior to joining FutureEd, she led K-12 policy development at the White House Domestic Policy Council in the Biden administration and served as a senior advisor at the U.S. Department of Education, where she led the Department’s work on eliminating educator shortages. She served as deputy domestic policy advisor and lead K-12 advisor to the vice president in the Obama administration and as an advisor to the U.S. Department of Labor. She worked on the transition teams for both Presidents Obama and Biden. Mo has also worked in local education at Newark (NJ) Public Schools; the Achievement First charter network, where she was a Broad Resident; and at the New York City Department of Education, where she was an Education Pioneers Summer Fellow. She graduated with honors from the University of Chicago and has a master’s degree in public affairs from Princeton University’s School of Public and International Affairs.

Work by Maureen Tracey-Mooney

Latest Education Department Layoffs Threaten Students Most in Need

The U.S. Department of Education’s mission, as established by Congress, is to “strengthen the Federal commitment to assuring access to equal educational…