Speaker

Dr. Spiros Protopsaltis is Governor and Chairman of the Board of Directors of DYPA, the Public Employment Service of Greece, President of the National Council for Labor Force Skills, National Coordinator for the European Year of Skills and former First Vice-Chair of the European Network of Public Employment Services (2020-2023). Previously, he was an associate professor and director of Ed Policy Forward at George Mason University and served as the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Higher Education and Student Financial Aid for the US Department of Education during the Obama Administration. He was also Senior Higher Education Advisor to the Chairman of the US Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions and Senior Policy Advisor to Congressman Polis of Colorado. He holds a PhD from the University of Colorado Denver, an MS from the New School University, and a BA summa cum laude from Northeastern University.