Andrew Smarick, an appointee of Governor Larry Hogan, was unanimously elected president of the Maryland State Board of Education on Tuesday.

From The Capital Gazette,

Smarick, who was appointed as a member of the school board a year ago by Gov. Larry Hogan, works as a partner at Bellwether Education Partners, a national nonprofit. He was formerly an education official at the U.S. Department of Education under President George W. Bush.

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The school board votes each year on who will be its president and vice-president. The vote is usually decided in private session and then formally taken in public.The election of Smarick was unanimous. School board members are volunteers appointed to the board by the governor.

The school board also made S. James Gates Jr, a prominent theoretical physicist and long time board member, vice-president. Gates is a physics professor at the University of Maryland College Park. He was awarded the National Medal of Science in 2013.

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