Danna Diaz
The former superintendent of the 800-student San Juan Island, Wash., School District is the new superintendent of Reynolds School District in Fairview, Ore. Danna Diaz came to the Pacific Northwest from Texas, where she was assistant superintendent in El Paso and director of student engagement in Fort Worth. She also was a regional superintendent in Philadelphia and an elementary principal in several schools in Texas and Florida after starting as a bilingual teacher. Diaz, who earned a Ph.D. from University of Texas at Austin, has been a member of AASA since 2012.

 

 

Donna Hargens
Donna Hargens is the new superintendent of the 17,000-student Catholic schools for the Archdiocese of Baltimore, Md. Hargens moved to Baltimore from Louisville, Ky., where she was superintendent of Jefferson County Public Schools, the nation’s 25th largest district. She previously served as chief academic officer, assistant superintendent for curriculum and instruction and interim superintendent in Wake County, N.C. Hargens also was a principal and Spanish teacher. An AASA member since 2010, she earned her doctorate in educational leadership from Seton Hall University in South Orange, N.J.

 



Julie A. Vitale
The Romoland School District in Homeland, Calif., has bid farewell to its superintendent of five years as Julie Vitale takes the reins of Oceanside, Calif., Unified School District. Vitale began her career as a language arts teacher in the Corona-Norco Unified School District in Norco, Calif., where she later served as the inaugural principal of Eleanor Roosevelt High School and director of student services. She earned a Ph.D. in urban educational administration from Claremont Graduate University in Los Angeles. Vitale joined AASA in 2012.

Pete Bush, from superintendent, Coloma, Mich., to superintendent, Sparta, Mich.
Ron Carruth, from superintendent, Whittier, Calif., to superintendent, El Dorado Union High School District, Placerville, Calif.
Jim Cummins, from superintendent, Seneca, Mo., to superintendent, Neosho, Mo.
Robert Humble, from superintendent, Fairbanks Local Schools, Milford Center, Ohio, to superintendent, Sidney, Ohio
Jesus F. Jara, from deputy superintendent, Orange County Public Schools, Orlando, Fla., to superintend-ent, Clark County School District, Las Vegas, Nev.
Paul Johnson, from superintendent, Mill Valley, Calif., to superintendent, Los Gatos, Calif.
Kurtis Kotes, from assistant superintendent, Goshen, N.Y., to superintendent, Mount Pleasant Central School District, Thornwood, N.Y.
Jeffrey Lawson, from associate superintendent to superintendent, Cecil County Public Schools, Elkton, Md.
Kelly MacFadyen, from principal, Greenville, Maine, to superintendent, Guilford, Maine
Eric Mackey, from executive director, School Superintendents of Alabama, Montgomery, Ala., to state superintendent, Alabama State Department of Education, Montgomery, Ala.
Dedrick Martin, from school reform officer and director of partnership districts, Michigan Department of Education, Lansing, Mich., to superintendent, Caledonia, Mich.
Allan Mucerino, from superintendent, Duarte, Calif., to superintendent, Alvord Unified School District, Corona, Calif.
Phillip D. Page, from assistant superintendent, Cobb County School District, Marietta, Ga., to superintendent, Bartow County School District, Cartersville, Ga.
Marc Schaffer, from assistant superintendent, Boulder Valley School District, Boulder, Colo., to superintendent, Thompson School District, Loveland, Colo.
Quintin Shepherd, from superintendent, Linn-Mar Community School District, Marion, Iowa, to superintendent, Victoria, Texas

 

DEATHS
Gary D. Anger, 53, superintendent, Shakopee, Minn., Aug. 26
Sydney L. Cousin, 72, retired superintendent, Ellicott City, Md., Aug. 17
William J. “Bill” Leary, 86, retired superintendent, Gloucester, Mass., May 19
Edward D. Sadler Jr., 71, retired superintendent, Gastonia, N.C., Aug. 16