Peter A. Blake

{{short description|American public administrator|bot=PearBOT 5}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| birthname = Peter Alan Blake

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| office = Director of the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia

| term_start = April 1, 2011{{efn|Blake served in an interim capacity until January 10, 2012.}}

| term_end = January 1, 2024

| governor = {{ubl|Bob McDonnell|Terry McAuliffe|Ralph Northam|Glenn Youngkin}}

| preceded = Daniel J. LaVista

| succeeded = Scott Fleming

| office2 = 12th Virginia Secretary of Education

| term_start2 = July 22, 2005

| term_end2 = January 14, 2006

| governor2 = Mark Warner

| preceded2 = Belle Wheelan

| succeeded2 = Thomas R. Morris

| party =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1957|04|06}}

| birth_place = Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.

| death_date =

| death_place =

| spouse = Mary Blanchard

| residence =

| education = {{indented plainlist|

• Virginia Commonwealth University {{nowrap|(BA, MS)}}}}

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Peter Alan Blake (born April 6, 1957) is an American public administrator. Appointed Deputy Secretary of Education of Virginia by Governor Mark Warner in 2002, he was elevated to secretary upon Belle Wheelan's resignation in 2005.{{cite news|last=Glod|first=Maria|title=Va. Education Secretary Leaving for Accrediting Group|newspaper=The Washington Post|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/06/21/AR2005062101588.html|date=June 22, 2005|accessdate=May 2, 2018|archive-date=June 26, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180626135925/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/06/21/AR2005062101588.html|url-status=live}} In 2012, he was appointed as Director of the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia after serving since April 2011 as interim director.{{cite web|title=SCHEV names new interim director|work=Richmond Times-Dispatch|url=http://www.richmond.com/news/schev-names-new-interim-director/article_3b6f232b-d86b-5fd5-9f4d-736792eb542d.html|date=March 23, 2011|accessdate=May 2, 2012|archive-date=November 1, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231101043849/https://richmond.com/news/schev-names-new-interim-director/article_3b6f232b-d86b-5fd5-9f4d-736792eb542d.html|url-status=live}}{{cite web|title=SCHEV Names Peter Blake as Director|url=http://archive.sheeo.org/resources/PeterBlakeDirector20120110.pdf|publisher=State Council of Higher Education for Virginia|date=January 10, 2012|accessdate=May 2, 2018|archive-date=May 3, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180503041727/http://archive.sheeo.org/resources/PeterBlakeDirector20120110.pdf|url-status=live}}