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U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos Announces Key Department Appointments

4/14/2017

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Washington, DC — Alyson Klein and Andrew Ujifusa report on Education Week blog that U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos has announced a slate of hires for key positions in the department.
 
Many of these folks have been working in the Education Department since the beginning of the Trump administration, but now they will have more formal, official roles.
 
None of these folks have received formal nominations from the White House, and will not need Senate confirmation to step into their roles.
 
However, some will be serving in an “acting” capacity in positions that they can be nominated formally for later.
 
Josh Venable – Chief of Staff
 
Venable worked in politics in DeVos' home state of Michigan, but spent almost two years as the national director of advocacy and legislation at the Foundation for Excellence in Education, started by former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush.
​Dougie Simmons – Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations
 
Simmons has worked for the Republican National Committee and for Sen. Ted Cruz, R–Texas, who later became one of President Donald Trump's rivals for the GOP nomination.
 
Ebony Lee – Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy
 
This isn't Lee's first stint at the department. She worked in the Office for Innovation and Improvement during President George W. Bush's administration, from 2005 to 2007. Since then, she has been working on charter school policy at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Lee has been a point person on implementation of the Every Student Succeeds Act.
 
Robert Eitel – Senior Counselor to the Secretary
 
Eitel most recently worked on regulatory issues for Bridgepoint Education, which runs for–profit universities. He also served as a deputy general counsel in the department under President George W. Bush.
 
Candice E. Jackson – Deputy Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights and Acting Assistant Secretary
 
Candice E. Jackson previously worked as an attorney in private practice in Vancouver, Wash. Her 2005 book "Their Lives: Women Targeted by the Clinton Machine" focused on women who said they were harassed or intimidated by President Bill Clinton and his supporters, and highlighted instances in which Clinton was accused of sexually assaulting or raping them. Civil rights advocates were not happy about her prospective appointment.
 
She also coordinated a public event featuring several of these women during the 2016 presidential campaign, with President Donald Trump's support.
 
James Manning – Senior Adviser to the Under Secretary and Acting Under Secretary
 
Manning headed up the education department's transition for the Trump team.
 
Manning worked on higher education issues at the department under President George W. Bush. Read testimony Manning gave to the House foreign affairs committee in 2007 about postsecondary issues here. "America must remain the primary destination for international students. We must work together to make sure our nation's institutions of higher education continue to be open to students from around the globe," Manning said.
 
Jana Toner – White House Liaison
 
Toner served in a similar role during the George W. Bush administration.
 
Jason Botel – Deputy Assistant Secretary for Elementary and Secondary Education and Acting Assistant Secretary for Elementary and Secondary Education
 
Botel has been a senior White House adviser for the Trump administration. He is a Teach for America alum who started a KIPP charter school in Baltimore. Most recently, he was the executive director of MarylandCAN, an advocacy organization in Baltimore.
 
Jose Viana – Assistant Deputy Secretary and Director for the Office of English Language Acquisition
 
A former Elementary and Middle School teacher and school administrator, who has most recently served as the State Program Administrator for Migrant Education for the state of North Carolina.  Jose is a first generation American, whose father was a political prisoner from Cuba, according to the department.
 
In addition, the White House has announced that the president would nominate Carlos Muñiz as the Department of Education’s general counsel.
 
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