Chris Cerf
Chris Cerf is New Jersey’s Acting Commissioner of Education. As Acting Commissioner, he oversees 2,500 public schools, 1.4 million students, and 110,000 teachers in over 600 school districts. He is committed to closing New Jersey’s academic achievement gap while substantially raising the achievement level of all New Jersey students. Previously, Commissioner Cerf served as the CEO of Sangari Global Education, Deputy Chancellor of the New York City Department of Education, Associate Counsel to President Clinton and as a partner in two Washington, D.C., law firms. Prior to attending law school, he spent four years as a high school history teacher in Cincinnati, Ohio.