Ceylane Meyers-Ruff

Senior Deputy Commissioner for Education Policy

NYS Education Department

Ceylane Meyers-Ruff was appointed Senior Deputy Commissioner for Education Policy for the New York State Education Department (SED) in June 2026. As a member of the Commissioner’s leadership team, she provides guidance, analysis, and direction in achieving the Department’s strategic goals.

Meyers-Ruff has held various roles at SED since 2017. Most recently she oversaw the Office of Special Education and Adult Career and Continuing Education Services as deputy commissioner.

Prior to joining SED, Meyers-Ruff was director of employment for the Office for People with Developmental Disabilities and a former senior legislative budget analyst for the NYS Assembly Ways and Means Committee. She also served as deputy director of Citizen Action of New York.

Ms. Meyers-Ruff has a Master of Arts in Political Science from the State University of New York, Nelson A. Rockefeller College of Public Affairs and Policy, and a bachelor’s degree from Utica College of Syracuse University.