Mayor Fenty Announces Deputy Mayor for Education

Mayor Adrian Fenty announced that Victor Reinoso has been nominated to serve as deputy mayor for education for the incoming Fenty Administration, bringing a great level of commitment and experience in public education.

As deputy mayor, Reinoso will serve as the principal policy advisor on education. He will ensure a coordinated education strategy for the District that focuses resources on improving student achievement and strengthening the role of schools as neighborhood anchors.

The deputy mayor for education is responsible for maintaining a direct working relationship with the Board of Education, the District of Columbia Public schools (DCPS), the DC Public Charter School Board, the DC Opportunity Scholarship Program and the University of the District of Columbia. Ultimately, he will ensure that adequate funding ends up where it belongs – in the classroom.

About Reinoso
Reinoso was elected as a representative to the Board of Education for District 2 in November 2004. He was the chief operating officer of the Federal City Council, a non-profit, non-partisan membership organization dedicated to community development in the nation’s capital. He has also served as the Federal City Council’s director of education initiatives. In this capacity, Reinoso provided assistance and strategic advice to organizations working to improve the delivery of public education, early childhood education, youth services and adult education.

A Ward 4 parent, Reinoso volunteers extensively in the District of Columbia public schools, and serves as an advisor to a wide range of nonprofit organizations dedicated to improving public education and youth services in the District. He has worked in both nonprofit and private sectors in a wide range of entrepreneurial and management capacities. Reinoso has managed large-scale strategic planning projects, overseen change projects in large, bureaucratic organizations, and helped organizations lau