Joseph A. Aguerrebere is President and CEO of the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards® (NBPTS) in Arlington, Virginia.  NBPTS is an independent, nonprofit organization that advances the quality of teaching and learning by establishing rigorous standards for what accomplished teachers should know and be able to do.  It provides a national voluntary system certifying teachers who meet these standards.

Dr. Aguerrebere was born and raised in East Los Angeles.  After graduating from Garfield High School (subject of the movie, Stand and Deliver), he attended the University of Southern California where he earned a BA in political science, and masters and doctorate degrees in educational administration. 

His education career includes serving as a teacher and administrator in elementary, middle, and high school settings in California.  He later served as a professor of educational administration at California State University, Dominguez Hills in Los Angeles where he prepared educators to work successfully in urban settings.  Prior to joining NBPTS, Dr. Aguerrebere was Deputy Director at the Ford Foundation in New York.

He is recognized as a national expert on school reform, serves on numerous boards, and is an advisor to education organizations, journalists, and government.