People Watch
School Administrator, September 2021


Stephanie S. Burrage

Stephanie Burrage is the new deputy commissioner with the Minnesota Department of Education after four years of service with Robbinsdale Area Schools in Minneapolis, Minn. She was the assistant superintendent for three years and interim superintendent for one in Robbinsdale. Burrage also has been assistant superintendent in Wayne, Mich., and superintendent of Covert Public Schools in Benton Harbor, Mich. Early in her career, Burrage was a principal in various Minnesota schools. An AASA member since 2021, she received her Ed.D. from University of Minnesota.

Margaret Crespo

The Laramie County, Wyo., School District 1 School Board has selected Margaret Crespo as its new superintendent. Crespo comes from an area superintendent post with the Boulder Valley School District in Boulder, Colo. Previously, she held positions in the Thompson School District in Loveland, Colo., as chief academic officer and executive director of secondary services. Crespo launched her education career as a teacher in Jersey City, N.J., in 1994. Crespo received her Ed.D. from Arizona State University and has been an AASA member since 2019.

Joshua J. Garcia

Joshua Garcia is the new superintendent of the 30,000-student Tacoma, Wash., district after nine years as the deputy superintendent. He also previously worked as an assistant superintendent of teaching and learning for eight years in Federal Way, Wash., where he also worked as a high school principal. His early career included positions as a high school teacher, athletic director and dean of students in the Riverview School District in Duvall, Wash., starting in 1998. A member of AASA since 2012, Garcia received his Ed.D. in leadership from Seattle University.
Todd H. Gazda

After spending the past nine years as superintendent of Ludlow Public Schools in Ludlow, Mass., Todd Gazda has moved into a new berth as executive director of the Collaborative for Educational Services in Northampton, Mass. Previous to his superintendency, Gazda held principalships of a middle school in Huntington, Mass., and an elementary school in Chester, Mass. His work life began as a legislative aide in the Maryland House of Delegates in Annapolis before going to work as a contract attorney. An AASA member since 2014, Gazda received his Ed.D. from University of Hartford.

Carol L. Kelley

Carol Kelley is the new superintendent in Princeton, N.J., after spending six years as the superintendent of the 6,100-student Oak Park Elementary School District in Oak Park, Ill., a first-ring suburb of Chicago. She previously worked as the superintendent in Branchburg, N.J., for three years and director of curriculum and instruction for Hunterdon Central Regional High School District in Flemington, N.J. In 1994, she began her education career as a teacher of grades 5, 6 and 8. Kelley, an AASA member since 2014, received her Ed.D. from University of Pennsylvania.



David Moyer

The Arlington Central School District in LaGrangeville, N.Y., has selected David Moyer as its new superintendent. Moyer had spent six years as superintendent of the 8,500-student Elmhurst, Ill., schools. Previously, he also held superintendencies in Moline, Ill., and Burlington, Wis. For four years, he was assistant superintendent of Community High School District 117 in Lake Villa, Ill. His career began as a middle school English teacher in Sheboygan, Wis., in 1988. A member of AASA since 2006, Moyer holds an Ed.D. in educational administration from Northern Illinois University.



APPOINTMENTS
Scott Akom, from superintendent, Mesick, Mich., to superintendent, McBain Rural Agricultural School, McBain, Mich.
Troy Bales, from assistant superintendent to superintendent, Paradise Valley Unified School District 69, Phoenix, Ariz.
Daniel Benavidez, from superintendent, Zuni, N.M., to superintendent, Central Consolidated School District 22, Shiprock, N.M.
Dwight Bonk, from acting superintendent to superintendent, Wappingers Central School District, Hopewell Junction, N.Y.
Jeffrey Fuller, from superintendent, Freedom, Pa., to director, Bureau of School Support, Pennsylvania Department of Education, Harrisburg, Pa.
Jerry Gibson, from superintendent, Marshall, Texas to superintendent, Galveston, Texas
David Goetz, from interim superintendent, Williams County School District 8, Williston, N.D., to superintendent, Oakes, N.D.
Susan Hasenauer, from assistant to the superintendent, Brockport, N.Y., to superintendent, Newark, N.Y.
Kenneth “Chris” Hurst, from superintendent, Othello, Wash., to superintendent, West Contra Costa Unified School District, Richmond, Calif.
LeeAnne Jordan, from elementary school principal to superintendent, Jasper Troupsburg Central School District, Jasper, N.Y.
Lane Ledbetter, from superintendent, Midlothian, Texas, to superintendent, Carroll Independent School District, Southlake, Texas
Matt Montgomery, from superintendent Revere Local School District, Bath, Ohio, to superintendent, Lake Forest, Ill.
Kelli Moulton, from superintendent, Galveston, Texas, to member service representative, Texas Association of School Administrators, Austin, Texas
Christopher Record, from assistant superintendent, Gorham, Maine, to superintendent, Cape Elizabeth, Maine
Kevin C. Roberts, from assistant superintendent to superintendent, Big Spring School District, Newville, Pa.
Shauna Schmerer, from superintendent, Almira, Wash., to superintendent, Bandon, Ore.
Christopher Smith, from chief of staff to superintendent, Cherry Creek School District 5, Greenwood Village, Colo.