In another first for the annual dinner, DSAG honored two educators – and chose them from the same family!
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ack W. McLaughlin MS ’65, EdD ’68 and Michael (Mike) J. McLaughlin EdD ’77 are brothers, longtime California superintendents, and members of a Trojan family which holds 16 USC degrees and includes three generations of superintendents. Jack was the youngest to earn a doctorate of education from USC when he received his EdD at age 26. He served as Nevada Superintendent of Public Instruction, as well as school superintendent of Sunnyvale City, Hemet Unified, Berkeley Unified, and Stockton Unified. In 1999, he was named California Superintendent of the Year by the American Association of School Administrators. Mike has served as superintendent in Santa Barbara, Redding, Auburn, Cambria, and Cotati-Rohnert Park among others. He also served as superintendent of The New Millennium Partnership consortium of districts. In 1989-90, he was recognized as CAEOP’s California’s Administrator of the Year. He has taught at USC Rossier, Cal State Chico, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, and was a presenter of the Association of California School Administrators’ Superintendents Academy for 23 years. The honorees were introduced by their sons, the third generation of McLaughlin superintendents, Jack McLaughlin, Jr. MS ’92 and Mike McLaughlin, Jr. EdD ’06, who acknowledged the lessons from their dads. “It’s about family, and it’s about tradition.” A Trojan tradition. n Honorees Mike McLaughlin EdD ’77 (l) and Jack McLaughlin MS ’65, EdD ’68
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Board of Councilors
We are very honored to have a group of board members who support, advise, and advocate for the USC Rossier School of Education in the fulfillment of our mission. Following is the current roster:
Carol Fox MS ’62, Chair USC Trustee, Teacher Education Lecturer, Former President, USC Alumni Association Board of Governors Ira W. Krinsky, Vice-Chair Consultant, Korn/Ferry International Sheree T. Speakman, Vice-Chair Founder and CEO, CIE Learning
William (Bill) Allen BA ’79 President and CEO, Los Angeles Economic Development Corp. Jim Berk CEO, Participant Media
Katherine Bihr EdD ’05 Vice President & Executive Director, Tiger Woods Learning Center
Margaret (Maggie) Chidester EdD ’95 Law Offices of Margaret A. Chidester & Associates
Verna B. Dauterive ME ’49, EdD ’66 USC Trustee, Retired Principal, Los Angeles Unified School District, President, Dr. Verna B. Dauterive and Associates Alicia Dowd Rossier Faculty Council Chair
Greg Franklin ’83, EdD ’97 Superintendent, Tustin Unified School District, Dean’s Superintendents Advisory Group Chair John Katzman Founder, Noodle Education
Donald (Don) Leisey EdD ’73 Former Superintendent and educational entrepreneur, President of Leisey and Associates, Co-Director of the International Academy for Educational Entrepreneurship Cindy Shueh Lin BS ’94 Senior Director of New Business, PepsiCo Foods China
Luther S. Luedtke President and CEO, Education Development Center, Inc. Cindy Hensley McCain ’76, MS ’78 Chair, Hensley & CO
Brent Noyes ’75, MS ’79 Chairman, The Academy Retired Principal, Arroyo Vista Elementary School Steve Poizner Entrepreneur and former State Insurance Commissioner of California
Mark Rocha PhD ’88 Superintendent/President, Pasadena City College
Peter Weil Co-Managing Partner, Glaser, Weil, Fink, Jacobs, Howard & Shapiro, LLP
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