Stephen Bowen
Stephen Bowen is Maine’s Commissioner of Education. Before joining the Department of Education, Commissioner Bowen directed the Center for Education Excellence at the Maine Heritage Policy Center, a Portland-based public policy think tank. As director, he researched and wrote dozens of public policy briefs on issues from school consolidation and school funding to online learning and charter schools, and regularly presented his research findings to state policymakers and the public. He has also taught middle and high school social studies and served in the Maine House of Representatives. Bowen has a B.A. in Political Science from Drew University and a Masters of Education from George Mason University.