State Superintendent-Elect McCormick Announces Transition Team
Jennifer McCormick speaks with the press on Nov. 8, after she defeated current State Superintendent Glenda Ritz. (photo credit: Eric Weddle/WFYI)
State superintendent-elect Jennifer McCormick announced her transition team Friday. The 17-person team will help McCormick is hiring her cabinet at the Department of Education and preparing her new administration. She takes office Jan. 9.
The transition team consists of many public school principals, superintendents and leaders in higher education.
“I am excited and honored to work with such a dynamic and diverse group,” McCormick said in a statement. “The team’s commitment to Hoosier students will drive critical decision-making which will ultimately impact Indiana’s education system and ensure Indiana has one of the best Departments of Education in the nation.”
Here is the full list of McCormick’s transition team:
Dr. Brad Balch – Professor and Dean Emeritus, Indiana State University, Department of Educational Leadership
Dr. Todd Bess – Executive Director, Indiana Association of School Principals
Mr. Wes Bruce – Education and Assessment Consultant
Dr. Jeff Butts – President-Elect, Indiana Association of Public School Superintendents
Rep. Tony Cook – Republican, Cicero
Mr. Denny Costerison – Executive Director, Indiana Association of School Business Officials
Dr. Scot Croner – Superintendent, Blackford County Schools
Mr. Steve Edwards (Transition Team Chair) – Retired Superintendent and Education Consultant, Administrator Assistance
Dr. Nancy Holsapple – Executive Director, Old National Trail Special Services Inter-Local
Mr. David Holt – Chief Financial Officer, MSD Warren Township
Dr. Lee Ann Kwiatkowski – Member, State Board of Education
Mr. Micah Maxwell – Executive Director, Boys & Girls Club of Muncie
Dr. Hardy Murphy – Executive Director, Indiana Urban Schools Association and Clinical Professor of Education, IUPUI, IU School of Education
Mrs. Kathryn Raasch – Principal, Wayne Township Preschool
Mr. Terry Spradlin – Director of Community and Governmental Relations, Education Networks of America
Mrs. Lisa Tanselle – General Counsel, Indiana School Boards Association
Mrs. Kelly Wittman – Executive Principal, Max S. Hayes Career & Technical High School of MSD Cleveland