Black Lives Matter activist and former Baltimore mayoral candidate DeRay Mckesson will be starting a new job leading the city’s office of human capital for Baltimore City Public Schools, the Baltimore Sun reports.
According to the report, incoming schools CEO Sonja Santelises on Tuesday named Mckesson interim chief human capital officer, the second and most high-profile Cabinet appointment made by Santelises, who begins her own new job Friday.
“He has the depth of knowledge of the system, and he has proved that he can lift the work in a short amount of time,” Santelises told the Sun. “And he has proven his dedication to the children of Baltimore.”