James Kvaal

James Kvaal
2021 official government portrait
United States Under Secretary of Education
Incumbent
Assumed office
September 22, 2021
PresidentJoe Biden
Preceded byTed Mitchell
Personal details
Born
James Richard Kvaal
EducationStanford University (BA)
Harvard University (JD)
Kvaal speaking at a Center for American Progress Action Fund press conference during the 2008 United States presidential election
2010 government portrait of Kvaal
Kvaal (left) aboard Air Force One in 2015 with Congressman Jimmy Duncan (center) and President Barack Obama
Kvaal (right) with Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh in 2022

James Richard Kvaal is an American attorney and education policy advisor who is the current under secretary of education in the Biden administration. Kvaal previously served in the United States Department of Education and White House Office during the Obama administration.