Arne Duncan	Secretary of Education
Tony Miller	Deputy Secretary	Home page
Martha Kanter	Under Secretary	Home page
Kiran Ahuja	Executive Director of the White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders	Home page
Russlynn Ali	Assistant Secretary, Office for Civil Rights	Home page
Jo Anderson	Senior Advisor to the Secretary
Rosalinda B. Barrera	Assistant Deputy Secretary and Director, Office of English Language Acquisition, Language Enhancement and Academic Achievement for Limited English Proficient Students	Home page
Karen Cator	Director, Education Technology	Home page
Joe Conaty	Interim Director, Race to the Top	Home Page
Peter Cunningham	Assistant Secretary, Office of Communications and Outreach	Home page
Brenda Dann-Messier	Assistant Secretary, Office of Vocational and Adult Education	Home page
John Easton	Director, Institute of Education Sciences	Home page
Brenda Girton-Mitchell	Director, Center for Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships	Home page
Gabriella Gomez	Assistant Secretary, Office of Legislation and Congressional Affairs	Home page
Danny Harris	Chief Information Officer, Office of the Chief Information Officer	Home page
Jacqueline Jones	Senior Advisor on Early Learning to the Secretary of Education
Phil Maestri	Director, Risk Management Service	Home page
Tyra Mariani	Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations and Strategy
Carmel Martin	Assistant Secretary, Office of Planning, Evaluation and Policy Development	Home page
Maureen McLaughlin	Director, International Affairs Office	Home page
Thelma Meléndez	Assistant Secretary, Office of Elementary and Secondary Education	Home page
Bill Modzeleski	Acting Assistant Deputy Secretary, Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools	Home page
Eduardo Ochoa	Assistant Secretary, Office of Postsecondary Education	Home page
Alexa Posny	Assistant Secretary, Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services	Home page
Phil Rosenfelt	Acting General Counsel, Office of the General Counsel	Home page
Juan Sepúlveda	Executive Director of the White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for Hispanic Americans	Home page
Jim Shelton	Assistant Deputy Secretary, Office of Innovation and Improvement	Home page
Thomas Skelly	Chief Financial Officer, Office of the Chief Financial Officer	Home page
William J. Taggart	Chief Operating Officer, Federal Student Aid	Home page
Kathleen S. Tighe	Inspector General, Office of Inspector General	Home page
Winona Varnon	Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Office of Management	Home page
Eric Waldo	Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy and Programs
Joanne Weiss	Chief of Staff
John Wilson	Executive Director, White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities	Home page

*Asterisks indicate individuals who were issued delegations of authority to perform the functions and duties vested by law and other delegations in the positions specified. They will remain in effect until nominees are confirmed and sworn in to the positions, or upon acting officers' filling the positions, whichever occurs first.

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