Kevin Jennings

Kevin Brett Jennings (born May 8, 1963) is an American educator, author and administrator. He 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. In 1990 he founded the Gay and Lesbian Independent School Teachers Education Network, later renamed 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. From July 2009 to June 2011 he served as assistant deputy secretary for the Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools at the U.S. Department of Education. He has written seven books, one of which won the Lambda Literary Award.