Superintendent Profile
      Wife:  Liz Wilson
     Children:  3 daughters
     Age:  53
     High school education:  John F. Kennedy High School, Silver Spring, Md.    

College education:  Bachelor’s degree, University of Maryland, bachelor’s in philosophy and English; Idaho State University, master’s, curriculum and supervision; University of Wyoming, Ph.D., curriculum and instruction.

Teaching and administrative experience:  teacher, coach, middle school principal, and director of curriculum in two Wyoming school districts from 1976 to 1994; Superintendent in Sublette, Wyoming School District #1, 1994-2000; Superintendent in Hermiston, Oregon, 2000-2005; Superintendent of Schools for Poudre School District, 2005 to present.

Beliefs that guide my work:

• The fundamental learning connection is between student and teacher.
• We must nourish great teachers, who make a difference in the lives of our children.
• Principals fundamentally influence improved student achievement.
• Public education is the most vital force in our country’s history.