Dr. Spiros Protopsaltis currently serves as the General Secretary for Rural Development and Food at the Ministry of Rural Development and Food in Greece. He previously held the position of Governor and Chairman of the Board of Directors of DYPA, the Public Employment Service of Greece. During his tenure, he also served as President of the National Council for Labor Force Skills and Chair of the European Network of Public Employment Services (PES Network). Prior to that, he was the First Vice-Chair of the PES Network and National Coordinator for the European Year of Skills. Prior to his appointment at DYPA in 2019, he worked for 24 years in the USA as Associate Professor and Director of the Center for Education Policy at George Mason University, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Higher Education and Student Financial Aid at the U.S. Department of Education (during the Obama administration), Senior Higher Education Advisor to Senator Tom Harkin, Chairman of the US Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pension, and as Senior Policy Advisor to Congressman and current Governor of Colorado Jared Polis on the House Committee on Education and Labor in Washington, D.C. Dr. Protopsaltis is an Athens College alumnus and earned a bachelor’s degree summa cum laude from Northeastern University, a master's degree from The New School University, and a PhD from the University of Colorado Denver.