Strategic Data Project Convening 2025

Angélica Infante-Green has served as the Rhode Island Commissioner of Elementary and Secondary Education since April 29, 2019. As Commissioner, she has instituted several major efforts to improve PK-12 education across the state. Commissioner Infante-Green helped lead Rhode Island’s state education system in responding and mitigating the impacts of COVID-19 and reopening schools; spearheaded efforts to reimagine the high school experience through the successful passage of new readiness-based graduation requirements; and received national recognition for Rhode Island’s comprehensive efforts to reduce chronic absenteeism in the wake of the pandemic. Commissioner is now leading the state intervention in the capital city’s schools to overcome decades of neglect and poor performance. 
 
Prior to leading RIDE, Infante-Green served as the Deputy Commissioner of the New York State Education Department’s Office of Instructional Support. Infante-Green began her career as a bilingual classroom teacher in the South Bronx. Since leaving the classroom, she has served in a variety of roles focused on improving instruction for all students, particularly multilingual learners and differently-abled students. In June 2023, Commissioner Infante-Green was named to the Board of Directors for the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO), becoming the first Latina Rhode Island education chief to be selected to serve in the leadership role. In October 2023, United States Secretary of Education Dr. Miguel Cardona appointed Infante-Green to the National Assessment Governing Board (NAGB), marking the first time a woman of color education chief from Rhode Island has been appointed to this role.