Nancy McTygue serves as the Executive Director of the Center for Public Service and Education.  A former high school teacher, McTygue also served as the Executive Director of the California History-Social Science Project, one of the nine disciplinary networks that make up the California Subject Matter Project, from 2005-2024. McTygue has served as Principal Investigator and Project Director for scores of public (state and federal) and private grants. From 2012-2016 McTygue served as Co-Chair of the History-Social Science Subject Matter Committee of the Instructional Quality Commission, helping to lead the 2016 revision of California’s History-Social Science Framework.   McTygue earned her B.A. in Political Science, her Secondary Teaching Credential in Social Science and Government, and M.A. in Education, Curriculum and Instruction, all from UC Davis.