Department of Education appointments by Donald Trump

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  Denotes appointees awaiting Senate confirmation.

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Appointments

Office	Nominee	Assumed office	Left office
Secretary of Education	Betsy DeVos[1]	February 7, 2017 (Confirmed February 7, 2017, 51*–50) *Vice President Pence provided the tie-breaking vote.	January 8, 2021
Deputy Secretary of Education	Mick Zais[2]	May 17, 2018 (Confirmed May 16, 2018, 50–48)
General Counsel	Vacant
Under Secretary of Education	Vacant
Assistant Secretary of Education (Legislation and Congressional Affairs)	Vacant
Assistant Secretary of Education (Civil Rights)	Kenneth L. Marcus[3]	August 6, 2018 (Confirmed June 7, 2018, 50–46)	July 31, 2020
Director of the Institute of Education Sciences	Mark Schneider[4]	April 16, 2018 (Confirmed March 22, 2018, voice vote)
Commissioner of Education Statistics	Lynn Woodworth[5]	April 10, 2018 (Appointed January 4, 2018)
Assistant Secretary of Education (Planning, Evaluation, and Policy Development)	James Blew[6]	August 13, 2018 (Confirmed July 17, 2018, 50–49)
Assistant Secretary of Education (Elementary and Secondary Education)	Frank Brogan[7]	June 26, 2018 (Confirmed June 25, 2018, voice vote)
Executive Director of the White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders	Holly Ham[8][9]	January 3, 2018 (Appointed November 30, 2017)
Assistant Deputy Secretary of Education (English Language Acquisition)	José A. Viana	May 1, 2017 (Appointed April 12, 2017)
Director of the Office of English Language Acquisition
Assistant Secretary of Education (Special Education and Rehabilitative Services)	Mark Schultz	June 1,2020
Commissioner of the Rehabilitation Services Administration	Mark Schultz[10]	TBD (Confirmed August 1, 2019, voice vote)
Assistant Secretary of Education (Postsecondary Education)	Robert L. King[11]	August 22, 2019 (Confirmed July 11, 2019, 56–37)
Assistant Secretary of Education (Career, Technical, and Adult Education)	Scott Stump[12]	August 31, 2018 (Confirmed July 16, 2018, 85–0)
Assistant Secretary of Education(Communications and Outreach)	Vacant

Previous officeholders

Office	Name	Took office	Left office	Notes
Secretary of Education	Phil Rosenfelt	January 20, 2017	February 7, 2017
	Betsy DeVos	February 7, 2017	January 8, 2021	Resigned following the 2021 storming of the U.S. Capitol.[13]
General Counsel of Education	Carlos G. Muñiz	April 23, 2018	January 24, 2019
Chief Financial Officer of Education	Douglas Webster	January 9, 2018		[14]
Assistant Secretary of Education (Civil Rights)	Kenneth L. Marcus	August 6, 2018	July 31, 2020	[15]
Chief Strategy and Transformation Officer of Federal Student Aid	A. Wayne Johnson	July 2017	October 24, 2019	[16]

References

1. Huetteman, Emmarie; Alcindor, Yamiche (February 7, 2017). "Betsy DeVos Confirmed as Education Secretary; Pence Breaks Tie". The New York Times. Retrieved April 30, 2017.
2. Strauss, Valerie (October 4, 2017). "Trump taps Common Core foe as No. 2 at Education Department — but most key positions still vacant". Retrieved October 30, 2017 – via www.washingtonpost.com.
3. "PN1393 – Nomination of Kenneth L. Marcus for Department of Education, 115th Congress (2017–2018)". www.congress.gov. January 8, 2018. Retrieved January 13, 2018.
4. Klein, Alyson, "Trump Taps Mark Schneider to Lead Institute of Education Sciences", Education Week, November 28, 2017
5. Klein, Alyson. "Trump Taps Stanford Researcher for NCES Commissioner". Education Week – Politics K-12. Retrieved January 13, 2018.
6. "PN1043 – Nomination of James Blew for Department of Education, 115th Congress (2017–2018)". www.congress.gov. September 28, 2017. Retrieved October 2, 2017.
7. "PN1328 – Nomination of Frank T. Brogan for Department of Education, 115th Congress (2017–2018)". www.congress.gov. December 19, 2017. Retrieved January 13, 2018.
8. "Trump Announces Key Additions to his Administration". Retrieved February 24, 2018.
9. "Holly Ham, Executive Director, White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders". Retrieved February 24, 2018.
10. "Trump Announces Key Additions to his Administration". Retrieved March 13, 2018.
11. "Nine Nominations Sent to the Senate Today". Retrieved August 29, 2018.
12. "Trump Announces Intent to Nominate Personnel to Key Administration Posts". Retrieved May 16, 2018.
13. Green, Erica L.; Cameron, Chris (2021-01-08). "Betsy DeVos, education secretary, is second cabinet member to resign". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-01-08.
14. "Congress fix for loan forgiveness hits a snag". Archived from the original on May 8, 2019. Retrieved May 8, 2019.
15. Anderson, Greta. "Ed Department Civil Rights Head to Step Down". Inside Higher Ed. Retrieved July 14, 2020.
16. "Trump Education Official to Resign and Call for Mass Student-Loan Forgiveness". Archived from the original on October 24, 2019. Retrieved October 24, 2019.