PROTOPSALTIS SPIROS

Dr. Spiros Protopsaltis is Governor and Chairman of the Board of Directors of OAED Manpower Employment Organization and First Vice-Chair of the European Network of Public Employment Services. Previously, he was the director of Ed Policy Forward and an Associate Professor at George Mason University. During the Obama Administration, he served as the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Higher Education and Student Financial Aid for the US Department of Education, Senior Higher Education Advisor to the Chairman of the US Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, and Senior Policy Advisor to Congressman Polis of Colorado. He holds a PhD from the University of Colorado Denver, an MS from the New School University, and a BA summa cum laude from Northeastern University.