People Watch
School Administrator, January 2022


Chuck Marcum

The new chief of staff with the Alabama State Department of Education in Montgomery, Ala., Chuck Marcum, previously served as the superintendent of the 1,600-student Roanoke City Schools in Roanoke, Ala., for 18 years. He also spent four years as principal of Handley High School in Roanoke and 10 years as a social studies teacher in the Roanoke City Schools. He has been a member of AASA for 17 years.


Michael A. Rossi

Michael Rossi is the new superintendent for the 700-student Lenape Valley Regional High School in Stanhope, N.J. Previously, he spent six years as chief school administrator for the Sparta Township School District in Sparta, N.J., and has held superintendencies in Madison, N.J., the Roxbury Township School District in Succasunna, N.J., and Lopatcong, N.J. Rossi began his education career in 1988 as a social studies teacher in Fiskdale, Mass. He serves as an adjunct professor at Centenary University in Hackettstown, N.J. An AASA member since 2007, Rossi holds a Ph.D. from Seton Hall University.

Anibal Soler

After spending a year as superintendent in Batavia, N.Y., Anibal Soler is the new superintendent of the 9,300-student Schenectady, N.Y., district. He previously worked as associate superintendent of strategic alignment and innovation in the Buffalo Public Schools for two years. Soler has held principalships at North Park Academy, an elementary school in Buffalo, and East High School in Rochester, N.Y. Soler was an academy director at Charlotte High School and an instructional technology teacher over six years in Rochester, N.Y. He began his career teaching middle school art in Rochester, N.Y., in 2000 and has been an AASA member since 2020.

Cosimo Tangorra Jr.

Cosimo Tangorra is the new superintendent in New Hartford, N.Y., after serving in the same role in the Central Valley, Niskayuna, Ilion, Trumansburg and Oppenheim-Ephratah districts, all in upstate New York. Tangorra also was a deputy commissioner with the New York State Education Department as well as a principal and special education teacher. A 19-year AASA member, Tangorra received his Ed.D. from Sage Colleges in New York.



Stacy L. Winslow

The new superintendent of the Derry Township School District in Hershey, Pa., is Stacy Winslow. She previously served in the same school district as the assistant to the superintendent for curriculum, instruction and assessment for seven years. Earlier, Winslow held a variety of positions in Pennsylvania’s Manheim Township School District, including assistant principal, curriculum coordinator, teacher and director of professional development. She started as a middle school teacher in Lancaster, Pa. An AASA member since 2018, she received her Ed.D. in educational leadership and administration from Immaculata University in Immaculata, Pa.



APPOINTMENTS
Danny Adkins, from superintendent, Floyd County, Ky., to superintendent, Woodford County School District, Versailles, Ky.
Rodriguez Broadnax, from superintendent, Noxubee Community School District, Macon, Miss., to superintendent, Clintondale Community School District, Clinton Township, Mich.
Paul Fregeau, from superintendent, Decatur, Ill., to superintendent, Fox C-6 School District, Arnold, Mo.
Tim Godfrey, from superintendent, Kenmare, N.D., to superintendent, Lake Park, Minn.
Teresa Gremaux, from superintendent, North Manchester, Ind., to superintendent, East Noble School Corporation, Kendallville, Ind.
George Griffith, from superintendent, Arapahoe, Neb., to superintendent, Humboldt Table Rock Steinauer Schools, Humboldt, Neb.
Susan Higley, from elementary principal, Towanda, Pa., to superintendent, Sullivan County School District, Laporte, Pa.
Bryan Johnson, from superintendent, Hamilton County Schools, Chattanooga, Tenn., to chief of staff, U.S. Xpress, Chattanooga, Tenn.
Paula D. Knight, from deputy superintendent, St. Louis, Mo., to superintendent, Jennings, Mo.
Erin McMahon, from chief academic officer, KIPP Foundation, New York, N.Y., to superintendent, Saugus, Mass.
Rich Nye, from superintendent, Ogden, Utah, to superintendent, Granite School District, Salt Lake City, Utah
Calvin Watts, from superintendent, Kent, Wash., to superintendent, Gwinnett County Public School District, Suwanee, Ga.