The Smithton, Ill., Community Consolidated School District said farewell to its superintendent of four years as Susan Homes became the Illinois Principals Association’s deputy director for professional development. Homes spent the previous 17 years in Collins-ville, Ill., Community Unit School District 10 as assistant superintendent and director of information systems. She began her career in K-12 schooling as a business teacher in West Allis, Wis., before working in higher education. Homes earned her Ed.D. from Saint Louis University in Missouri and joined AASA in 2013.

After four years as the superintendent in Darlington, S.C., Eddie Ingram is now in charge of the Berkeley County School District in Moncks Corner, S.C. Previously, he served as superintendent and executive director for curriculum and instruction for Franklin County Schools in Louisburg, N.C. Ingram also worked as a principal at several schools in North Carolina after beginning his career as an English and Latin teacher in Elizabeth City and Nashville, N.C. He holds an Ed.D. from East Carolina University. Ingram has been a member of AASA since 2013.

 

After serving for 23 years as superintendent of Alternative Organizational Structure 98, the Rocky Channels Schools System in Boothbay Harbor, Maine, Eileen King has been named deputy executive director of the Maine School Management Association and executive director of the Maine School Superintendents Association. A former president of MSSA, King previously served as principal at Skowhegan Middle School and at Boothbay Region Elementary School, both in Maine. She started her career in public education as a Spanish teacher. King joined AASA in 2004.

 

 

Formerly the chief academic officer at Oro Grande, Calif., School District, Kimberly Mac-Kinney is the district’s newly named assistant superintendent of educational services. MacKinney earlier spent seven years in the Fontana, Calif., Unified School District, first as director of assessment and evaluation and later as director of secondary instruction. She earned her doctorate in educational leadership from the University of Southern California. An association member since 2014, MacKinney was part of AASA’s Aspiring Women Leaders program.

Kevin Mendivil will assume the superintendency of Arizona’s Tempe Union High School District following a stint as Tempe’s associate superintendent. Previously, he served as the district’s assistant superintendent for human resources. Mendivil earlier directed human resources in Mesa, Ariz., Public Schools. He began his career as a special education teacher and an elementary school principal. Mendivil, who has been a member of AASA since 2014, earned his Ed.D. in educational administration and supervision from Arizona State University.

Frank DeFelice, from superintendent, Bangor, Pa., to assistant executive director, Colonial Intermediate Unit 20, Easton, Pa.
David Dyb, from interim superintendent to superintendent, Clintonville, Wis.
Erica M. Forti, from acting superintendent to superintendent, East Haven, Conn.
Robert Miller, from principal to superintendent, Ellicottville, N.Y.
Chris Moseley, from principal to superintendent, Elba, Ala.
Brian Pruitt, from superintendent, Brigantine, N.J., to superintendent, Linwood, N.J.
Barbara Sargent, from superintendent, Readington Township, N.J., to superintendent, Parsippany-Troy Hills School District, Parsippany, N.J.
J.T. Stroder, from superintendent, Gardiner, Mont., to superintendent, Grand County, Utah
Josh Swanson, from assistant superintendent to superintendent, Eden Prairie, Minn.
Johnnie Thomas, from superintendent, Community High School District 115, Crystal Lake, Ill., to superintendent, Rich Township High School District 227, Matteson, Ill.
Brian White Jr., from superintendent, Chartiers Valley School District, Pittsburgh, Pa., to superintendent, Butler, Pa.
Tamara Willis, from assistant superintendent to superintendent, Susquehanna Township School District, Harrisburg, Pa.
Michael Wilson, from assistant superintendent, Ansonia, Conn., to superintendent, Seymour, Conn.

 

RETIREMENTS
Edward Melnick, superintendent, North Shore Community School District, Sea Cliff, N.Y.
Cindy Mortzfeldt, executive director, Capital Area Intermediate Unit, Summerdale, Pa.
James Newton, superintendent, Tonawanda, N.Y.
Randy C. Richards, superintendent, Waverly, N.Y.
Timothy P. Ryan, executive director, Rhode Island School Superintendents’ Association, Warwick, R.I.
Walter Schartner, superintendent, Sayville, N.Y.