Greg Schmidt has worked in the Office of the General Counsel since January 2021, serving as Chief of Staff since March 2021. He previously practiced law as a counsel at Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, where his work included representing institutions, organizations, and students in a variety of K-12 and post-secondary education matters. He also worked as a Special Assistant Attorney General for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and clerked for a federal judge. Prior to his legal career, he taught fifth grade at P.S. 213 in Brooklyn, New York, and served as a senior policy advisor in the Office of Planning, Evaluation, and Policy Development at the Department.

He is a graduate of Harvard Law School, where he was an editor of the Harvard Law Review, and of Harvard College.