Jillian Balow is an American politician who was appointed as the Virginia superintendent of public instruction in January 2022.

Balow was a division administrator in the Wyoming Department of Family Services.

[2] A Republican, she was elected as the Wyoming Superintendent of Public Instruction in 2014, winning 61% of the vote against Democrat Mike Ceballos.

[3] In January 2022, Balow was appointed by governor Glenn Youngkin as the Virginia superintendent of public instruction.

Balow's tenure at VDOE was marked with high-profile fights over issues including revised state standards for history education and the treatment of transgender students in schools.