Changes

|succeeded=Ollie Tyler (interim)

|succeeded=Ollie Tyler (interim)

|birth_date=June 27, 1954

|birth_date=June 27, 1954

|birth_place=[[New Orleans]], Louisiana

|birth_place=[[Anchorage]], [[Alaska]] Territory<br>

Reared in [[New Orleans]], Louisiana

|spouse=Kathleen "Kathy" S. Pastorek  

|spouse=Kathleen "Kathy" S. Pastorek  

|children=Ryan Paul Pastorek<br>

|children=Ryan Paul Pastorek<br>

Kaitlin Pastorek

Kaitlin Pastorek

|alma_mater=De La Salle High School<br>

|alma_mater=De La Salle High School<br>

in New Orlean)<br>

in New Orleans<br>

Loyola University New Orleans<br>

Loyola University New Orleans<br>

Loyola University New Orleans College of Law

Loyola University New Orleans College of Law

|residence=New Orleans, Louisiana

|residence=Maricopa County: [[Arizona]]

Formerly:Ashburn, Loudoun County, [[Virginia]]

Formerly: Ashburn, Loudoun County, [[Virginia]]

|occupation=[[Attorney]]<br>

|occupation=[[Attorney]]<br>

Education and defense specialist

Education and defense specialist

}}

}}

'''Paul Gregg Pastorek''' (born June 27, 1954)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mylife.com/paul-pastorek/e651738020328|title=Paul Pastorek|publisher=Mylife.com|accessdate=December 27, 2020}}</ref> is an [[attorney]] who was from 2007 to 2011 the state superintendent of education, based in [[Baton Rouge]], [[Louisiana]]. He was appointed to the position by the Louisiana Board of Elementary and Secondary Education (BESE), of which he had been one of three appointed members from 1996 to 2004. BESE sets and monitors state education policy.

'''Paul Gregg Pastorek''' (born June 27, 1954)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mylife.com/paul-pastorek/e651738020328|title=Paul Pastorek|publisher=Mylife.com|accessdate=December 27, 2020}}</ref> is the president of the [[University of Arizona]] Global Campus in Chandler in Maricopa County, [[Arizona]]. He is an [[attorney]] and [[educator]] who was from 2007 to 2011 the state superintendent of education, based in [[Baton Rouge]], [[Louisiana]]. He was appointed to the position by the Louisiana Board of Elementary and Secondary Education (BESE), of which he had been one of three appointed members from 1996 to 2004. BESE sets and monitors state education policy.

==Background==

==Background==

Pastorek was born and reared in [[New Orleans]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www3.edweek.org/chat/2007/08/20/transcript_08_20_2007.html|title=New Orleans Public Schools: Recovery & Reform, August 20, 2007|publisher=''Education Week''|accessdate=June 4, 2014; article no longer on-line}}</ref> where he graduated from De La Salle High School, Loyola University, and the Loyola  College of Law and was admitted to practice law  in 1979.<ref name=votesmart>{{cite web|url=http://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/72973/paul-pastorek#.U49z0stOUfg|title=Paul Pastorek's Biography|publisher=Project Vote Smart|accessdate=December 27, 2020}}</ref>

Pastorek was born in [[Anchorage]], [[Alaska]], prior to statehood and was reared in [[New Orleans]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www3.edweek.org/chat/2007/08/20/transcript_08_20_2007.html|title=New Orleans Public Schools: Recovery & Reform, August 20, 2007|publisher=''Education Week''|accessdate=June 4, 2014; article no longer on-line}}</ref> where he graduated from De La Salle High School, Loyola University, and the Loyola  College of Law and was admitted to practice law  in 1979.<ref name=votesmart>{{cite web|url=http://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/72973/paul-pastorek#.U49z0stOUfg|title=Paul Pastorek's Biography|publisher=Project Vote Smart|accessdate=December 27, 2020}}</ref>

Pastorek had a long-term association with the law firm Adams and Reese, based in the New Orleans office of the firm.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.adamsandreese.com/former-louisiana-commissioner-of-insurance---j-robert-wooley-joins-adams-and-reese-02-20-2006/|title=Former Louisiana Commissioner of Insurance - J. Robert Wooley Joins Adams and Reese|date=February 20, 2006|publisher=adamsandreese.com|accessdate=June 4, 2014; information no longer on-line}}</ref> From 2002 to 2004, he was the general counsel to the [[National Aeronautics and Space Administration]], a position to which he was appointed by [[U.S. President]] [[George W. Bush]]. At NASA, he was an advisor to the then administrator, Sean O'Keefe. In 2004, Pastorek was instrumental in directing the team which developed NASA's reorganization plan. There he received NASA's Exceptional Achievement and Distinguished Service medals.<ref name=lpb/>In 2004, he left NASA and formed Next Horizon, a statewide [[non-profit organization]] and think tank on educational issues based in Baton Rouge.<ref name=bio>{{cite web|url=http://chiefsforchange.org/members/paul-pastorek/#sthash.MKgPcEvw.dpuf|title=Paul Pastorek: Biography: Former Louisiana State Superintendent of Education & Member Emeritus|publisher=chiefsforchange.org|accessdate=June 4, 2014; information no longer on-line}}</ref>

Pastorek had a long-term association with the law firm Adams and Reese, based in the New Orleans office of the firm.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.adamsandreese.com/former-louisiana-commissioner-of-insurance---j-robert-wooley-joins-adams-and-reese-02-20-2006/|title=Former Louisiana Commissioner of Insurance - J. Robert Wooley Joins Adams and Reese|date=February 20, 2006|publisher=adamsandreese.com|accessdate=June 4, 2014; information no longer on-line}}</ref> From 2002 to 2004, he was the general counsel to the [[National Aeronautics and Space Administration]], a position to which he was appointed by [[U.S. President]] [[George W. Bush]]. At NASA, he was an advisor to the then administrator, Sean O'Keefe. In 2004, Pastorek was instrumental in directing the team which developed NASA's reorganization plan. There he received NASA's Exceptional Achievement and Distinguished Service medals.<ref name=lpb/>In 2004, he left NASA and formed Next Horizon, a statewide [[non-profit organization]] and think tank on educational issues based in Baton Rouge.<ref name=bio>{{cite web|url=http://chiefsforchange.org/members/paul-pastorek/#sthash.MKgPcEvw.dpuf|title=Paul Pastorek: Biography: Former Louisiana State Superintendent of Education & Member Emeritus|publisher=chiefsforchange.org|accessdate=June 4, 2014; information no longer on-line}}</ref>