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Portrait of Jose Luis Santos

Santos, Jose Luis

Senior Deputy CommissionerExecutive Office of Education
  • Agency Executive Office of Education
  • Division Department of Higher Education
  • Title Senior Deputy Commissioner
  • Address One Ashburton Place, Room 1401
    Boston, MA 2108
  • Phone 617-994-6982
  • Email jlsantos2dhe.mass.edu

Official Record

  • Year Started Current Position March 2023
  • Years in Current Position 4
  • Years in State Service 7

Personal Information

  • Veteran Service U.S. Marine Corps

Education & Career

  • Education
    • B.A., Hispanic-America, Puerto Rican, and Mexican-American Chicano Studies
    • University of Arizona
    • M.A., Educational Psychology, University of Arizona
    • PhD., High Education/Higher Education Administration, University of Arizona
    • United States Navy BOOST Program, NROTC Scholarship, General Studies
    • Arizona Western College, General Studies
  • Previous Employment
    • Chief of Staff, Chief Innovation and Strategy Office, Senior Advisor to the Commissioner, Massachusetts Department of Higher Education
    • Faculty Member, College of Education at the University of Texas Austin
    • Faculty Member, Pepperdine University Graduate School of Education and Psychology
    • Faculty Member, UCKA Graduate School of Education and Information Studies
    • Founded, Latina/o Policy Research Initiative at the University of Arizona
    • President, JLS Strategies Group
    • VP & Team Lead Program Strategy, EdX
    • Vice President for Higher Education Policy and Practice, Education Trust
    • VP & Team Leader Program Strategy, 2U