David S. Byer

David Byer is a longtime business and public policy executive in Washington, D.C., with a 40-year history of working across the public, nonprofit, and corporate sectors to improve education and workforce opportunity. From 2000-2022, he led worldwide education advocacy at Apple, where he was responsible for managing the company’s U.S. and global education and workforce development policy efforts and strategic relationships with education, industry, and policy leaders. Prior to Apple, he was tapped by Congress to direct the U.S. Web-Based Education Commission, a bipartisan, bicameral national commission authorized to develop federal and state policies to improve the use of and access to the internet for learning. He earlier served as vice president of government affairs at the Software and Information Industry Association and held advocacy positions with the American Society for Training and Development, National School Boards Association, and National Association of College and University Business Officers. Byer began his career as an assistant to U.S. Senator Claiborne Pell of Rhode Island.

Byer has served on several education- and workforce-related boards including the International Society for Technology in Education, Partnership for 21^st Century Skills, and Workcred. He is a founder and former chair of the National Coalition for Technology in Education and Training and is currently a trustee of the Education Development Center. He holds BA and MBA degrees from the George Washington University.