Longtime and interim leaders are promoted in big districts

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Several big districts have promoted longtime and interim leaders to superintendent in recent weeks.

Tiffany McMaster 
Tiffany McMaster

Nevada’s Washoe County Public Schools elevated Deputy Superintendent Tiffany McMaster to replace the retiring Joe Ernst. McMaster first joined the district as a math teacher.

North East Independent School District in San Antonio, Texas, promoted interim leader Anthony Jarrett to superintendent. Jarrett was serving as the district’s chief instructional officer when he was named interim superintendent in December and was previously an assistant superintendent in Northside ISD.

Dyann R. Mack has been the interim leader of Maryland’s Harford County Public Schools since January and is now its permanent leader. She has worked in the district for 30 years and previously served as executive director and director of elementary school instruction.

Anoka-Hennepin Schools, the largest district in Minnesota, chose chief operations officer Greg Cole as its next superintendent. Cole joined Anoka-Hennepin as a teacher in 1995. In Ohio, the Middletown City School District picked Princeton City Schools Superintendent G. Elgin Card as its next leader. Card also served as an administrator in Lakota Local Schools.

Former Palo Alto Unified School District superintendent Don Austin was selected to lead Laguna Beach USD, where he was previously a principal. Austin also served as superintendent of Palos Verdes Peninsula USD.

In New Jersey, Superintendent Brian Latwis is moving from the Barnegat Township School District to the Ocean City School District. Jason Fine was named superintendent of Ohio’s New Albany-Plain Local Schools. He has led Bexley City Schools since 2021.

Texas’ Teddy Clevenger will take the helm of Lorena ISD after having led Bartlett ISD since 2019. In the same state, Brandon Dennard, superintendent of Red Lick ISD since 2018, is the finalist to lead Pittsburg ISD.

In Connecticut, Killingly Public Schools Superintendent Sue Nash was given the top spot at Ellington Public Schools. Juliana Thompson, who led Roanoke Rapids City Schools in North Carolina for five years, has been named the next superintendent of Southampton County Public Schools in Virginia.

More new hires

  • Tim Anderson, Northfield Public Schools (Minnesota)
  • Scott Carroll, Hinsdale Central School District (New York)
  • Pasquale Cusumano, Richmond Community Schools (Michigan)
  • Misty Dale, Oregon-Howell R-III School District (Oregon)
  • Kevin Dinning, Culver School District #4 (Oregon)
  • Corinna Erickson, Lac qui Parle Valley ISD 2853 (Minnesota)
  • Mike Esseily, Dearborn Public Schools (Michigan)
  • Michelle Gabree-Huba, Hoosic Valley Central School District (New York)
  • Jason Goodwin, Pike Road Schools (Alabama)
  • Jennifer Guarcello, Tillamook School District #9 (Oregon)
  • John Hauser, Hastings Public Schools (Nebraska)
  • Christopher Hey, Souderton Area School District (Pennsylvania)
  • Joseph Hoelzle, Miami East Local Schools (Ohio)
  • Catherine Kochanski, Avondale School District (Michigan)
  • Renato M. Lajara, Bethlehem Area School District (Pennsylvania)
  • Dan Sadler, Storey County School District (Nevada)
  • Stacey Schmidt, Central Lee Community School District (Iowa)
  • Karl Schneider, Fairport Harbor Exempted Village School District (Ohio)
  • Jennifer Scott, Clarke County School District (Georgia)
  • Carla Shaw, Urbana City Schools (Ohio)
  • Kevin Threadgill, Monroe County School District (Mississippi)
  • Jeff Tuka, Mason County Central Schools (Michigan)
  • Torian White, Bulloch County Schools (Georgia)
  • John Young, Lincoln Parish Schools, (Louisiana)
Matt Zalaznick
Matt Zalaznick
Matt Zalaznick is the managing editor of District Administration, covering K-12 public school leadership, teaching and learning, student achievement, education technology, and federal education policy. A journalist since 1996, Zalaznick has reported on politics, law enforcement, and breaking news for newspapers and websites across the U.S. Virgin Islands, the San Francisco Bay Area, Colorado, and the New York City suburbs. He holds a B.A. in English from Tufts University.

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