Continuation of Michelle Easton as Deputy Under Secretary of Education

The President today announced that Michelle Easton will continue to serve as Deputy Under Secretary for Intergovernmental and Interagency Affairs at the Department of Education.

Since 1988 Mrs. Easton has served as Deputy Under Secretary for the Office of Intergovernmental and Interagency Affairs at the Department of Education. Prior to this, she was Director of Intergovernmental Affairs at the Department of Education, 1987 - 1988, and Director of the Missing Children's Program in the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention at the Department of Justice, 1985 - 1987. She was private voluntary organizations liaison officer for the Africa Bureau of the Agency for International Development, 1983 - 1985; Special Assistant to the General Counsel at the Department of Education, 1981 - 1983; and an attorney with the Department of Justice in the Office of the U.S. Trustee, 1981.

Mrs. Easton graduated from Briar Cliff College (B.A., 1972) and Washington College of Law, American University (J.D., 1980).