Hanna Skandera

Hanna Skandera is an American nonprofit executive and former government official. She was the New Mexico [Public Education Department|Secretary of Education] of New Mexico from 2010 to 2017. Since 2020, Skandera has served as the president and CEO of the Daniels Fund, a Colorado-based grant making foundation founded by Bill Daniels.
She is a former Deputy Education Commissioner of Florida. After President-elect of [the United States|President-elect] Donald Trump announced his intention to nominate Betsy DeVos as United States Secretary of Education in November 2016, Skandera was mentioned as a possible candidate for deputy secretary or United States [Under Secretary of Education|under secretary] in the Department of Education.
On June 8, 2017, Skandera announced that she was stepping down as New Mexico Secretary of Education, effective June 20.