Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick in April 2021. As co-chairs, this commission will compile solutions for a comprehensive tech policy agenda under President Biden and Congress on topics as privacy, antitrust, digital dequity, and content moderation/platform accountability. In popular culture Spellings appeared on Celebrity Jeopardy! (episode airing November 21, 2006). She was the first sitting Cabinet member to appear as a contestant on the show. She came in second with a score of $11,100, losing to actor Michael McKean's $38,800. She was the only active member of the Bush Administration to appear on Comedy Central's The Daily Show, as of her appearance on May 22, 2007. She also appeared on The Colbert Report on July 22, 2008. She appeared over the phone on NPR's News Quiz Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! on March 8, 2008. See also List of female United States Cabinet members References External links University of North Carolina Biography U.S Department of Education Biography Doug Lederman, "The Secretary Offers a Preview," Inside Higher Ed September 8, 2006 Secretary Spellings' Remarks on the Fifth Anniversary of the No Child Left Behind Act Gerald Bracey's Huffington Post article, Margaret Spellings: An Argument for Abolishing the Federal Department of Education Opposing view: One approach can't fit all By John Strassburger, USA today |- |- 1957 births Boston Consulting Group people George W. Bush administration cabinet members 21st-century American politicians Living people Presidents of the University of North Carolina System People from Houston Politicians from Ann Arbor, Michigan Texas Republicans United States Secretaries of Education University of Houston alumni Women members of the Cabinet of the United States 21st-century American women politicians Women heads of universities and colleges