Lucille Davy

Lucille E. Davy is an education policy consultant through her roles as president and CEO of Transformative Education Solutions, LLC, and senior advisor for the James B. Hunt, Jr. Institute for Educational Leadership and Policy. Ms. Davy started her career as a lawyer and adjunct professor of mathematics, a subject for which she received a bachelor's degree and K-12 teacher certification for New Jersey. She later served as a volunteer and leader for a variety of parent groups and organizations in Westfield Public Schools in New Jersey. Her experience led to service as special counsel for education policy for the New Jersey Governor's office and as an education policy advisor for several entities, including the Committee for Working Families. From 2005-2010, Ms. Davy served as New Jersey's Commissioner of Education, overseeing more than 2,400 schools in 600 districts that served 1.4 million children. Since 2010, she has, via her consulting firm and as a Hunt Institute advisor, focused on high school students' college and career readiness after graduation and effective implementation of the Common Core State Standards in English language arts and mathematics.

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