Michael Patron serves as the Compliance and Regulatory Officer for Mastery Schools. He is responsible for federal, state, local legal and regulatory compliance and reporting, school accountability, and renewals. Additionally, Patron serves as Mastery’s Title IX officer, open records officer, federal programs coordinator, school safety specialist (NJ), and affirmative action officer (NJ). He has a bachelor’s degree in philosophy and history and a master’s in teaching from Brown University. Patron has 40 years of experience in education and has been a part of the Mastery Schools network since 2005.