Katie Salch gets #celebratED as the new President-elect of the Arizona Alternative Education Consortium! Presently, she serves as the Administrator for Mentoring and Community Partnerships at Student Choice High School in Arizona, an Adjunct Professor at Glendale Community College, and as the founder of Striving for Bliss. We thank Katie for all the ways she champions alternative pathways to success, and we look forward to her leadership of the consortium! Student Choice High

Dr. John B. Gordon III gets #celebratED a for being recognized as the Region II Superintendent of the Year! He serves as the Division Superintendent of Suffolk, Virginia Public Schools and as an Adjunct Professor for Old Dominion University. In addition to this, he has served as Chief of Schools for the Chesterfield, Virginia County Public Schools and as President of Schools That Inspire. We honor John for all the ways he makes a difference in the profession, and we wish him

Cynthia Conley gets #celebratED as the new Principal at Bryant High School in Fairfax, Virginia! She is also a Past President of the Fairfax County Public Schools Middle School Principals Association (MSPA). Prior to this new role, Cynthia served as an Assistant Principal and Social Studies Department Chair and Civics Teacher in Fairfax County, and as a Social Studies Teacher at Manhattan High School in Manhattan, Kansas. We are grateful for everything she brings to the work,

John Pappalardo gets #celebratED as the new Chief Business Officer at Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified School District in Placentia, California! He also serves as an Adjunct Professor at San Jose State University as a Lecturer in its Ed.D. Leadership Program. Before these current roles, John was the Chief Financial Officer for the Cambrian School District  in San Jose, California, and as the Superintendent of the San Gabriel, California Unified School District. We applaud John f

Ellie Edsor gets #celebratED as a new Class Teacher at St. Christopher's Prep in Hove, East Sussex, England! Previously, she served as a Key Stage 1 Teacher for Pennthorpe – part of the Hurst Family of Schools in Rudgwick, West Sussex, England, and as an Open Day Guide at the University of Reading. We congratulate her on this new role, and we wish her all the best in 2026! St, Christopher's Prep   Pennthorpe University of Reading LinkedIn

Shellon Samuels-White gets #celebratED for her study on school leadership and the ways principals support the well-being of teachers and students in, “Post–Pandemic School Leadership: Jamaican Principals’ Approaches to Supporting Students’ and Teachers’ Mental Health,” previously presented in Germany and now published in the Caribbean Journal of Education at The University of the West Indies (Vol. 2, Issue 1, January 12, 2026)! We continue to be impressed by the clarity of he

Dr. Jason DeFalco  gets #celebratED for being named Superintendent of the Marlborough, Massachusetts Public Schools! He has served as Interim Superintendent there since last July, and the School Committee voted to extend his contract through July 1, 2030. Prior to this, he served as Superintendent for the Blackstone-Millville Regional School District, Deputy Superintendent for the New Bedford Public Schools, and as a Principal for the Worcester Public Schools, all in Massachu