James Ryan
President of University of Virginia, Former Dean of the Harvard Graduate School of Education
Mr. Ryan is a world-renowned expert on law and education. He is the president of the University of Virginia. Prior to his current role, Mr. Ryan was the eleventh dean of the Harvard Graduate School of Education and was the Matheson & Morgenthau Distinguished Professor at the University of Virginia Law School, where he founded the school's Program in Law and Public Service. Mr. Ryan served as a clerk for Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist and has argued before the U.S. Supreme Court. In his writing, he has addressed topics such as school choice, standards and testing, pre-K, and the intersection of special education and neuroscience. He received his A.B., summa cum laude, from Yale University and his J.D. from the University of Virginia.