Kevin Jennings

Kevin Jennings
Assistant Deputy Secretary for the Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools at the U.S. Department of Education
In office July 6, 2009 – June 2011
Personal details
Born	(1963-05-08) May 8, 1963 (age 61) Fort Lauderdale, Florida, U.S.
Domestic partner	Jeff Davis
Education	Harvard University (BA) Columbia University (MEd) New York University (MBA)
Occupation	Educator, author, nonprofit executive
Awards	National Education Association Virginia Uribe Award for Creative Leadership in Human Rights
Website	Official website

Kevin Brett Jennings (born May 8, 1963) is an American educator, author, and administrator. He was the assistant deputy secretary for the Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools at the U.S. Department of Education from July 6, 2009 – June 2011.

Jennings holds degrees from Harvard University, Columbia University's Teachers College, and the Stern School of Business at New York University. He became a teacher and was named one of fifty "Terrific Teachers Making a Difference" by the Edward Calesa Foundation; he also came out as gay to his students.^[1] In 1990 he founded the Gay and Lesbian Independent School Teachers Education Network (later changed to the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network), which seeks to end discrimination, harassment, and bullying based on sexual orientation and gender identity. In 1992 he was named co-chair of the Education Committee of the Governor's Commission on Gay and Lesbian Youth in Massachusetts. Jennings has authored seven books, including one which won the Lambda Literary Award.