Tennessee Education Commissioner Schwinn to be replaced by Reynolds.
Tennessee Education Commissioner Penny Schwinn will leave her post at the end of the school year, and Lizzette Gonzalez Reynolds will take over the position. Reynolds is currently the vice president of policy for ExcelInEd, an education reform nonprofit based in Tallahassee, Florida. She has significant education policy expertise and leadership and has worked as a lobbyist in the Texas legislature before becoming an aide/policy director. Reynolds will be sworn in on July 1.