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Prior appointments include serving as Special Assistant to the Assistant Secretary for Elementary and Secondary Education at the U.S. Department of Education, and 20 years as Director of the National Recognition and Scholarship Programs at The College Board. Ms. Blackburn was Founding Chair for The Institute for Higher Education Policy and served on the Board of Directors of the Education Foundation at the American Association of University Women (AAUW) as well as serving as Director of Urban Education Programs at the National Urban Coalition and as a research fellow at The RAND Corporation's Center for Education Governance and Finance.

Ms. Blackburn holds a degree in Psychology from the University of Puerto Rico and is a PhD. Candidate in Education at The Catholic University of America.