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Paul Pastorek

Paul G. Pastorek
Louisiana Superintendent of Education
In office
March 2007 – May 2011
Preceded by Cecil J. Picard
Succeeded by Ollie Tyler (interim)
Personal details
Born June 1954
New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Spouse(s) Kathleen "Kathy" S. Pastorek
Children

Ryan Paul Pastorek
Jeffrey Thomas Pastorek

Kaitlin Pastorek
Residence

Former: Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Current: Ashburn
Loudoun County, Virginia
Alma mater

De La Salle High School
Loyola University New Orleans

Loyola University New Orleans College of Law
Occupation

Lawyer

Education and defense specialist

Ryan Paul Pastorek
Jeffrey Thomas Pastorek

Former: Baton Rouge, Louisiana

De La Salle High School
Loyola University New Orleans

Lawyer

Paul G. Pastorek (born June 1954) is a lawyer in Loudoun County, Virginia, who was from 2007 to 2011 the Louisiana state superintendent of education, based in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. He was appointed superintendent by the Louisiana Board of Elementary and Secondary Education (BESE), of which he had been one of three appointed members from 1996 to 2004. BESE sets and monitors state education policy.


Pastorek was born and reared in New Orleans, from which he graduated from De La Salle High School and Loyola University. He then received his Juris Doctor from the Loyola University New Orleans College of Law and was admitted to the Louisiana state bar in 1979.

Pastorek had a long-term association with the law firm Adams and Reese, based in the New Orleans office of the firm. From 2002 to 2004, he was the general counsel to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, a position to which he was appointed by U.S. President George W. Bush. At NASA, he was an advisor to the then administrator, Sean O'Keefe. In 2004, Pastorek was instrumental in directing the team which developed NASA's reorganization plan. There he received NASA's Exceptional Achievement and Distinguished Service medals.In 2004, he left NASA and formed Next Horizon, a statewide non-profit organization and think tank on educational issues based in Baton Rouge.


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