Jon East

Jon East is the vice president of Policy and Public Affairs for Step Up For Students. Previously, he was a member of the editorial board and the Sunday commentary editor at the St. Petersburg Times, Florida’s largest daily newspaper, where he wrote about education issues for most of his 28 years. He was also a reporter and editor at the Evening Independent and Ocala Star-Banner. He has a bachelor’s degree in journalism from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.