Daniel E. Cruce, Esq.

As the Delaware Department of Education’s Deputy Secretary and Chief of Staff, Dan Cruce oversees day-to-day operations of the 260-person department and is the state’s Race to the Top project lead. He chairs the department’s Directors Council and Charter School Accountability Committee.  The Department’s Charter School Office reports directly to Cruce as does the Department’s District/Charter support work.

Cruce, who earned his Juris Doctorate from Widener University School of Law, joined the Department in March, 2009, bringing extensive experience from the educational and business sectors. Immediately prior, Cruce was Assistant Superintendent/Chief of Staff for the state’s largest school district, Christina.

Cruce also worked for the New Castle County Executive Office and Law Department, was first law clerk to The Honorable Kent A. Jordan, United States District Judge for the District of Delaware.  He was Associate General Counsel for Corporation Service Company, where he specialized in corporate legislative/compliance issues and Uniform Commercial Code product development. Additionally, he was a law clerk for Kent County Family Court and, while attending law school, worked for now Vice President Joe Biden in his Wilmington U.S. Senate office.

A Wilmington resident, Cruce values his community involvement opportunities outside the office. He is president of both the Delaware Humane Association’s Board of Directors and the Delaware Arts Consortium Board of Directors. He also sits on the Board of Directors’ Executive Committee of the Delaware Theatre Company and Wilmington HOPE Commission Board.

Phone: (302) 735-4005
Fax: (302) 739-4654
Email: dcruce@doe.k12.de.us

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