{"id":2551,"date":"2023-01-10T10:26:52","date_gmt":"2023-01-10T15:26:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coenet.org\/?post_type=people&#038;p=2551"},"modified":"2025-07-15T14:59:02","modified_gmt":"2025-07-15T18:59:02","slug":"diane-shust","status":"publish","type":"people","link":"https:\/\/coenet.org\/people\/diane-shust\/","title":{"rendered":"Diane Shust"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<section class=\"page-banner-bio alignfull coe-block\">\r\n\t<div class=\"container page-banner-bio__inner\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"row\">\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"page-banner-bio__content column-2 wow animate fade-in-stagger\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"breadcrumbs kicker\"><\/div><!-- .breadcrumbs -->\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"person__title page-banner-bio__title\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\tDiane Shust\t\t\t\t<\/h1>\r\n\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"person__position\">Vice President, Public Policy<\/h4>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"person__departments\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>Department: <\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\tPublic Policy\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"page-banner-bio__media wow column-2\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"page-banner-bio__image to-square bg-img\"\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t style=\"background-image: url(' https:\/\/coenet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/diane_shust_public_policy_council_for_opportunity_in_education_trio_advocacy-1-1-500x500.jpg ')\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n\t<div class=\"patterns-bg color-theme__bg patterns-hash-short\"><\/div>\r\n\t<div class=\"patterns-bg color-theme__bg patterns-herring-tall\"><\/div>\r\n<\/section>\r\n\r\n\n\n\n<p>Diane Shust is the vice president for public policy at the Council for Opportunity in Education. In this role, she is a COE senior leadership team member. She is responsible for designing and implementing the government relations agenda of the Council and representing Council interests on Capitol Hill and before the U.S. Department of Education, the White House, and other relevant entities. Shust has a deep knowledge of the internal workings and nuances of Capitol Hill. She most recently served as chief of staff in the Office of Congressman Tom Suozzi (D-NY), acting as Representative Suozzi\u2019s principal liaison with the House Democratic Leadership and the Committee on Ways and Means.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She previously served as Chief of Staff for Congressman Jim McDermott (D-W) and as Legislative Counsel to Congressman George Miller (D-CA). Shust directed government relations at the National Education Association (NEA) for 16 years. Shust is a former public defender in Washington, D.C. 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