Robert Pasternack

Robert Pasternack
Pasternack in 2001
Assistant Secretary of Education for Special Education and Rehabilitative Services
In office
August 8, 2001 – November 21, 2004
PresidentGeorge W. Bush
Preceded byJudith Heumann
Succeeded byJohn H. Hager
State Director of Special Education for the New Mexico State Department of Education
In office
January 1998
Personal details
BornRobert Harry Pasternack
SpouseJeanelle Livingston
Children2
OccupationEducator, Psychologist and Politician

Robert Harry Pasternack is an American educator, psychologist and politician. He served as the Assistant Secretary of Education for Special Education and Rehabilitative Services from August 8, 2001 until his resignation in 2004, where he was succeeded by John H. Hager on November 21, 2004. Pasternack currently serves as the State Director of Special Education for the New Mexico State Department of Education.