Jamienne Studley Appointed to Key Education Department Post

Jamienne S. Studley, the former president of Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs, New York, was appointed by President Obama as deputy under secretary at the U.S. Department of Education. Since 2004, Dr. Studley has served as president and CEO of Public Advocates Inc. She also chairs the National Advisory Committee on Institutional Quality and Integrity.

This will be Dr. Studley’s second stint at the Department of Education. From 1993 to 1997, she served as deputy general counsel at the department. She is also the former deputy dean of Yale Law School.

Studley is a magna cum laude graduate of Barnard College. She earned a juris doctorate at Harvard Law School.