Pete Callas
California State Director of Career Technical Education and the Director of the Career and College Transition Division (CCTD) at the California Department of Education (CDE)
Pete joined the CDE in 2012 as an Education Programs Consultant for the Charter Schools Division and has held increasingly responsible positions at CDE. Prior to becoming the CCTD Director, he served as an Educational Administrator in the Assessment Development and Administration Division and over the High School Innovations and Initiatives Office within CCTD. During his tenure in CCTD, Pete has successfully added Career Technical Education programs at the middle school level and youth apprenticeship programs for high school students. He went to the private sector between principal tenures and was a Human Resources manager at Hewlett Packard.
Pete also served as a high school and middle school principal for over 20 years, teaching for several years at the middle school and community college levels. Pete holds a bachelor’s degree in Kinesiology from California State University Sacramento, a master’s degree in curriculum, and an MBA from the University of California, Davis.
Before Pete’s career in education, he played professional baseball for the Philadelphia Phillies Organization, along with four years of college baseball at CSU Northridge.