People Watch
School Administrator, October 2022


S. Annalee Bennin

Annalee Bennin has assumed the district administrator post in Franklin, Wis., after two years in the same role in Sheboygan Falls, Wis. She previously held several positions over 10 years in the Oak Creek-Franklin Joint School District in Oak Creek, Wis., including assistant superintendent for teaching and learning, director of curriculum and instruction and principal. Bennin’s career began as a summer school educator for the Elkhart-Lake Glenbeulah School District in Elkhart Lake, Wis. She has been an AASA member since 2020.


Paul Imhoff

AASA’s immediate past president, Paul Imhoff, has been named director of governmental relations for the Buckeye Association of School Administrators in Columbus, Ohio, beginning in January. He spent nine years as superintendent in Upper Arlington, Ohio, and earlier was superintendent of Mariemont City Schools in Cincinnati, Ohio, and assistant superintendent of Madeira City Schools in Cincinnati. Imhoff received his Ed.D. from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, and is a 15-year AASA member.

Patrick K. Murphy

After stints as superintendent in Berkeley County, W.Va., for three years and Arlington, Va., for 10 years, Patrick Murphy has moved into the deputy superintendency of the Montgomery County Public Schools in Rockville, Md. Murphy previously worked for the Fairfax County, Va., schools as assistant superintendent for accountability. Earlier, he worked as director of instruction in Winchester, Va., and middle school principal in Springfield, Va. An AASA member for 23 years, Murphy holds an Ed.D. in educational administration from Virginia Tech.

James J. Sullivan

Following two years as assistant superintendent for curriculum and instruction with the Rutherford County Schools in Murfreesboro, Tenn., James Sullivan is moving to the top berth in the district. Sullivan previously worked as a principal in the district and in Bedford County Schools in Shelbyville, Tenn. He serves as an adjunct professor at Lipscomb University’s College of Education in Nashville, Tenn., where he received his Ed.D. Sullivan has been an AASA member since 2021.

APPOINTMENTS
Jeanne Collins, from superintendent, Rutland Northeast Supervisory Union, Rutland, Vt., to assistant executive director, Horace Mann League
Krislynn Dengler, from superintendent, South Kortright, N.Y., to superintendent, Glens Falls, N.Y.
Jordan Dickey, from superintendent, Bronaugh, Mo., to director of student services, Joplin, Mo.
Gabe Edgar, from assistant superintendent of business and operations to superintendent, St. Joseph, Mo.
Ben Ferney, from superintendent, Valley, Wash., to superintendent, Cheney, Wash.
Steve Fisk, from superintendent, Colville, Wash., to principal, Richland High School, Richland, Wash.
Paul Gordon, from superintendent, Wenatchee, Wash., to superintendent, Community Unit School District 303, St. Charles, Ill.
Mark Holzman, from superintendent, Manitowoc, Wis., to superintendent, Janesville, Wis.
Edward J. Manuszak, from superintendent, Dundee, Mich., to executive director of early childhood, Wash­tenaw Intermediate School District, Ann Arbor, Mich.
Stephen F. Murley, from superintendent, Green Bay, Wis., to clinical instructor, University of Iowa College of Education, Iowa City, Iowa
Jason Pearson, from superintendent, Community Unit School District 303, St. Charles, Ill., to superintendent, Northbrook District 28, Northbrook, Ill.
Daniel Ross, from superintendent, Cherryfield, Maine, to superintendent, School Union 76, Deer Isle, Maine
Cassandra Schug, from superintendent, Watertown, Wis., to superintendent, Belvidere District 100, Belvidere, Ill.
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