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Chris Cerf was Superintendent of the Newark, New Jersey public schools and previously was New Jersey’s Commissioner of Education, where he oversaw 2,500 public schools, 1.4 million students and 110,000 teachers. He was also chief executive officer of Amplify Insight. Previous positions include deputy chancellor of the New York City Department of Education, associate counsel to President Clinton, a partner in two Washington, D.C., law firms, and law clerk to retired Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor.