• Rod Paige — Secretary (For Kids)
• Eugene W. Hickok — Deputy Secretary
• Edward R. McPherson — Under Secretary
• Anne Radice — Chief of Staff
• Susan Sclafani — Counselor to the Secretary
• Ronald Tomalis — Counselor to the Secretary

• Maria Hernandez Ferrier — Deputy Under Secretary and Director, Office of English Language Acquisition, Language Enhancement and Academic Achievement for Limited English Proficient Students [office home page]
• Vacant — Assistant Secretary, Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services [office home page]
• Deborah A. Price — Deputy Under Secretary, Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools [office home page]
• Susan Sclafani — Assistant Secretary, Office of Vocational and Adult Education [office home page]
• Nina Shokraii Rees — Assistant Deputy Secretary, Office of Innovation and Improvement [office home page]
• Vacant — Assistant Secretary, Office for Civil Rights [office home page]
• Theresa S. Shaw — Chief Operating Officer, Office of Federal Student Aid [office home page]
• Raymond Joseph Simon — Assistant Secretary, Office of Elementary and Secondary Education [office home page]
• Sally L. Stroup — Assistant Secretary, Office of Postsecondary Education [office home page]
• Victoria Vasques — Deputy Under Secretary and Director, Office of Indian Education [office home page]
• Grover J. Whitehurst — Director, Institute of Education Sciences [office home page]

• John M. Gibbons — Director, Office of Public Affairs [office home page]
• John P. Higgins, Jr. — Inspector General [office home page]
• Karen A. Johnson — Assistant Secretary, Office of Legislation and Congressional Affairs [office home page]
• Brian W. Jones — General Counsel [office home page]
• William J. Leidinger — Assistant Secretary for Management and Chief Information Officer [office home page]
• Vacant — Deputy Chief Information Officer and Chief Technology Officer [office home page]
• Jack Martin — Chief Financial Officer [office home page]
• Susan Patrick — Director, Office of Educational Technology [office home page]
• Laurie M. Rich — Assistant Secretary, Office of Intergovernmental and Interagency Affairs [office home page]

• Center for Faith-Based and Community Initiatives [office home page]
• Wilbert Bryant — Counselor to the Secretary for the White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities [office home page]
• Tribal Colleges and Universities [office home page]
• Adam Chavarria — Executive Director of the White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for Hispanic Americans [office home page]

Biographies of Former Senior Officials