Judy Jeffrey was named Director for the Department of Education in August 2004. She previously was administrator of the state department's Early Childhood, Elementary and Secondary Education division, a position she held since 1996. Prior to that, she served 24 years in the Council Bluffs Community School district in various administrative and classroom teaching positions. Jeffrey also has been an instructor at Creighton University, and has taught in other Iowa districts including Cedar Falls and Goldfield, where she began her teaching career in 1964.

Jeffrey was president of the Council of Chief State School Officers Deputy Commission from 2001-2003. She earned her bachelor's degree from the University of Northern Iowa in 1963 and her master's degree in 1981 from Creighton University. She resides in Polk City.

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