Educator Spotlight

Princess Pressley-White gets #celebratED for being named the Director of Elementary Education with Halifax County, North Carolina Schools! Previously, she served as an Elementary Principal at Rashkis Elementary School in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, and at Southwest Elementary Global Academy in Lexington, North Carolina. We applaud Princess for taking on this new leadership opportunity, and we wish he all the best in Halifax! Halifax County Schools Rashkis Elementary School S

Dr. Roy Bishop Jr. gets #celebratED for being named the new Superintendent for Grosse Pointe Public School System in Southfield, Michigan! Prior to this he served as Deputy Superintendent, Administrator and Principal at Grosse Pointe, and as an Assistant Principal and Athletic Director with the Birmingham Public Schools in Beverly Hills, Michigan. Roy also serves as Chief Executive Officer for The Be Team, a coaching, mentoring and professional learning service that provides

Terri Pham gets #celebratED for being appointed the new Assistant Head of Lower School for Academics at St. Andrew’s Episcopal School in Austin, Texas! Previously, she served as the Principal at the True North International School in Hanoi, Hanoi, Vietnam, and as the Curriculum Coordinator with the Concordia International School in Shanghai, China. We celebrate her across her storied career, and we are excited for her as she brings her talents to St Andrews! St. Andrew’s Epis

Josh White gets #celebratED for being named an Assistant Principal for Forest Hills Eastern High School in the Forest Hills, Michigan Public Schools! Prior to this, he served as a Principal and Assistant Principal at the Westminster, Colorado Public Schools, and as a Special Education Teacher with the Michigan Center, Michigan Public Schools. We applaud him for all the ways he serves children and their communities, and we know we will be hearing great things from him in Fore

Dr. Adrian Bustillos gets #celebratED for being selected as the new Superintendent for the San Antonio, Texas Independent School District! Prior to this, he was the Chief Transformation Officer for the Aldine Independent School District, and as the Executive Director of Transformation with the El Paso Independent School District. We salute him in this new role, and we are excited for the impact he will have in San Antonio! Press Release San Antonio Independent School Distric

Donell Underdue, Jr. gets #celebratED for being named Assistant Superintendent of Elementary School Performance at Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools in Charlotte, North Carolina! Previously, he served as Assistant Superintendent for District Transformation & Strategic Initiatives for the Cumberland County Schools in Fayetteville, North Carolina, as an Area Superintendent for the Hillsborough County Public Schools in Tampa, Florida, and as Chief of Schools (Network 10) with the Ch

Dr. Kristina Mason gets #celebratED for being named Interim Chief of Schools for Winston-Salem/Forsyth County, North Carolina Schools! She also currently serves as a Senior Advisor with Alma Advisory Group out of Chicago. Previously, Kristina was the Chief Talent Officer for the Washoe County School District in Reno, Nevada. We are grateful for all the ways she serves educators and the children they serve, and we anticipate great things in Winston-Salem! Winston-Salem/Forsyth

Christine Hirst Bernhardt gets #celebratED for being appointed to the new role of Assistant Professor at George Mason University! She is also the new Science Education and Environmental Literacy Coordinator for the Maryland State Department of Education (MSDE), and she continues to serve as the current President of the National Earth Science Teachers Association. We celebrate her on these new leadership roles, and we cheer her on as she continues to make impact in the profess

Dr. Shayla Wiggins Savage gets #celebratED for being named the new Superintendent of Thomasville City, Georgia Schools (TCS)! Prior to this, she served as the Chief Student Services Officer and Director of Administrative Services for the Iredell-Statesville Schools. We congratulate her on this next step in her leadership journey, and we wish her all the best in Thomasville! Thomasville City Schools Press Release Iredell-Statesville Schools LinkedIn

Dr. Edwin Nii Bonney gets #celebratED for his International Educational Scholars Research Lab officially becoming part of Clemson University's College of Education! Before serving as an Assistant Professor at Clemson, he was an Assistant Professor at Radford University and a Graduate Research Assistant at the University of Missouri-Columbia. We celebrate Edwin for his program’s success, and we look forward to hearing great things from its association with Clemson! Internation

Peter Badalament gets #celebratED for being appointed the new Senior Education Director of the Glickman Academy, a very small therapeutic day school for students experiencing mental health issues or with profound autism! In this role, he will serve as principal/special ed director. Prior to this, he served as Principal at the at the A.R. Gould School, a fully accredited high school within the Long Creek Youth Development Center, and as Principal at Falmouth High School in Mai

M. Joe Walther gets #celebratED for becoming a Project Manager for the American Councils for International Education in Suva, Fiji! Prior to this, he has served as a U.S. State Department English Language Fellow at Daugavpils University in Daugavpils, Latvia, and as an Associate Professor of English Language and Literature Department at Sookmyung Women's University in Seoul, South Korea. We honor Joe for all the ways he influences education globally, and we wish him well as

Elizabeth Leisy Stosich gets #celebratED for being appointed the new Associate Dean of Academic Affairs at the Fordham Graduate School of Education! Over the past nine years, she has served as an Assistant and Associate Professor of Educational Leadership, Administration, & Policy at Fordham. Prior to this, she was a Research and Policy Fellow at the Stanford Center for Opportunity Policy in Education (now RILE), and as a Teaching Fellow at the Harvard Graduate School of Educ

Geneva Rodriguez gets #celebratED for being named the Interim Acting Principal of the School of Math, Science, and Healthy Living (also known as P.S. 971) for the NYC Public Schools! Prior to this, she has served as an Assistant Principal and Special Education Teacher in the district. Geneva has also participated in PBLWorks’ Project Slice and in the New York City Teaching Fellows Program. We are grateful for all the ways Geneva leads by example, and we are honored to follow

David E. Brown gets #celebratED for being named the new Principal of Center Elementary School in the Hanover, Massachusetts Public Schools! Prior to this, he served as the Upper Elementary School Principal at Prospect Hill Academy Charter School, and as a Principal with the Randolph, Massachusetts Public Schools. We congratulate him on this new role, and we wish him all the best in Hanover! Press Release Center Elementary School Prospect Hill Academy Charter School Randolph P

Christina Pierce gets #celebratED for being named the Association of California School Administrators (ACSA) 2026 Exemplary Woman in Education! Dr. Pierce is the assistant superintendent of educational services at Alta Loma School District. ACSA gives this honor to women leaders who demonstrate a passion for the profession; a commitment to grow and develop others; a desire to give back through public and/or community service; advocacy for the value of school administrators an