Kirk Shook was appointed as Executive Director to the Nonpublic Postsecondary Education Commission by Governor Brian Kemp on February 1, 2019. He currently serves on the Regional Steering Committee of the Southern Regional Education Board and the Experiential Professional Development Advisory Committee at the University of Georgia. Before his time at NPEC, Kirk worked in K-12 education as a high school teacher for twelve years. He was appointed by the State Board of Education to serve on various committees at the Georgia Department of Education in 2014 and 2015. Governor Nathan Deal appointed him to serve on the Governor’s Teacher Advisory Committee in 2016.