Career
Public Service
From 1992-1995,Hickok was elected to and served as a member of the Carlisle Area School District Board of Directors. [4]
In 1995,he was appointed by Pennsylvania Governor Tom Ridge as Secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Education. [5]
President George W. Bush nominated Hickok as Under Secretary of Education on March 30,2001 and he was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on July 10,2001. [6] He later served as Acting Deputy Secretary of Education and was officially nominated and recess appointed as United States Deputy Secretary of Education by Bush in 2004,resigning later that year. [5] [7] In his position as Deputy Secretary of Education,Hickok managed the development and execution of the President's educational priorities,including the No Child Left Behind Act. In 2007,he agreed to pay a $50,000 civil settlement relating to a conflict-of-interest matter concerning stock he owned while Deputy Secretary of Education. [8]
Post-Public Service Career
In July 2005,Hickok was hired by Washington,DC-based government affairs firm Dutko Worldwide to head their education practice. [9]
Hickok currently teaches as an adjunct professor of Constitutional Politics at the University of Richmond. [10]
He currently serves on the Board of Trustees of Hampden-Sydney College [2] and has previously served on Board of Directors at Montpelier,a historic house museum located at the plantation owned by President James Madison. [11] [12]
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