Penny Schwinn's Biography
Contact Information
Office
710 James Robertson Parkway
Nashville, 37243
Full Name:
Penny Lee Schwinn
Gender:
Female
Family:
2 Children
Home City:
Nashville, TN
EdD, Administration, University of Southern California
PhD, Education Policy/Finance, Claremont Graduate University
MA, Teaching, Johns Hopkins University, 2004-2006
BA, History, University of California-Berkeley, 2000-2004
Commissioner, Tennessee Department of Education, 2019-present
No caucus information on file.
Chief Deputy Commissioner of Academics, Texas Education Agency, 2016-2019
Founder/Superintendent, Capitol Collegiate Academy, 2009-2016
Chief Accountability & Performance Officer, Delaware Department of Education, 2014-2016
Assistant Superintendent, Performance Management, Sacramento City Unified School District, 2013-2014
Director, Student Achievement, Saint HOPE, 2008-2011
Employee, Data, Information Systems, & Operations, McMaster-Carr, 2007-2009
Program Director/Teacher, Teach for America, 2004-2007
Former Trustee, Sacramento County Board of Education
Former Commissioner, Sacramento County Parks & Recreation