Jesse Ruiz
Chairman of the Illinois State Board of Education
In office September 2004 – May 2011
Governor	Rod Blagojevich Pat Quinn
Preceded by	Janet Steiner (interim)
Succeeded by	Gery Chico
President of the Chicago Park District Board of Commissioners
In office January 13, 2016 – 2019
Preceded by	Bryan Traubert[1]
Succeeded by	Avis LaVelle
Interim CEO of Chicago Public Schools
In office April 20, 2015 – July 16, 2015
Mayor	Rahm Emanuel
Preceded by	Barbara Byrd-Bennett
Succeeded by	Forrest Claypool
Personal details
Born	(1965-02-17) February 17, 1965 (age 56) Chicago, Illinois
Political party	Democratic
Alma mater	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (BA) University of Chicago Law School (JD)
Profession	Lawyer

Jesse H. Ruiz^[2][3] (born February 17, 1965) is an American politician and lawyer. He is currently serving as the Deputy Governor of Illinois for Education. He previously held the positions of Chairman of the Illinois State Board of Education, President of the Chicago Park District Board of Commissioners, and Vice President of the Chicago Board of Education. He also briefly served as the interim CEO of Chicago Public Schools.

As a lawyer, Ruiz spent more than two decades as a partner at the firm Drinker Biddle & Reath. He is the former president of the Chicago Bar Association.

Ruiz has been on the boards of a number of nonprofits, including the Chicago Community Trust. Ruiz also spent many years as a member of the board of directors for the company Commonwealth Edison.

In 2018, he unsuccessfully sought the Democratic Party nomination for Illinois Attorney General.