The secretary of education is a member of the Virginia Governor's Cabinet. The office is currently held by Aimee Guidera.
List of secretaries of education
| #
|
Name
|
Start Date
|
End Date
|
Governor(s)
|
| 1
|
Earl J. Shiflet
|
1972
|
1974
|
|
Linwood Holton
|
| Acting
|
Carter O. Lowance
|
1974
|
1976
|
|
Mills Godwin
|
| 2
|
Robert R. Ramsey
|
1976
|
1978
|
|
| 3
|
J. Wade Gilley
|
1978
|
1982
|
|
John N. Dalton
|
| 4
|
John T. Casteen III
|
1982
|
1985
|
|
Chuck Robb
|
| 5
|
Donald Finley
|
1985
|
1986
|
|
| 1986
|
1990
|
|
Gerald Baliles
|
| 6
|
James W. Dyke, Jr.
|
1990
|
1993
|
|
Douglas Wilder
|
| 7
|
Karen J. Petersen
|
1993
|
January 1994
|
|
| 8
|
Beverly Sgro
|
January 1994
|
January 1998
|
|
George Allen
|
| 9
|
Wilbert Bryant
|
January 1998
|
December 4, 2001
|
|
Jim Gilmore
|
| 10
|
Cheri Yecke
|
December 4, 2001
|
January 14, 2002
|
|
| 11
|
Belle Wheelan
|
January 14, 2002
|
July 22, 2005
|
|
Mark Warner
|
| 12
|
Peter A. Blake
|
July 22, 2005
|
January 14, 2006
|
|
| 13
|
Thomas R. Morris
|
January 14, 2006
|
January 16, 2010
|
|
Tim Kaine
|
| 14
|
Gerard Robinson
|
January 16, 2010
|
June 21, 2011
|
|
Bob McDonnell
|
| 15
|
Laura Fornash
|
August 1, 2011
|
November 2013
|
|
| 16
|
Javaid Siddiqi
|
November 2013
|
January 11, 2014
|
|
| 17
|
Anne Holton
|
January 11, 2014
|
July 25, 2016
|
|
Terry McAuliffe
|
| 18
|
Dietra Trent
|
July 26, 2016
|
January 13, 2018
|
|
| 19
|
Atif Qarni
|
January 13, 2018
|
November 24, 2021
|
|
Ralph Northam
|
| 20
|
Fran Bradford
|
November 24, 2021
|
January 15, 2022
|
|
| 21
|
Aimee Guidera
|
January 15, 2022
|
present
|
|
Glenn Youngkin
|
References
