Leadership Team

Our teaching and support staff is intensely focused on providing the best learning environment possible and the greatest care and support to each student

“ We know what a difference a strong education can make, because our lives were changed in just that way. ”

Senior Cabinet
Campus Leadership
Curriculum &
Instruction
District Staff

Senior Cabinet

Leonard Brannon

Superintendent & Co-founder

Glenda Brannon

Executive Director of PEIMS and Marketing
& Co Founder

Elda Rojas

Deputy Superintendent and Chief Academic Officer

Dr. Billy Ferrell

Chief Officer of Culture and Climate

Gene Zhu

Chief Financial Officer

Campus Leadership

Clarencia Wade

Principal of Buckner Preparatory

Celia Sanchez

Executive Principal,
East Grand Preparatory

Dr. Emmanuel Trevino

Principal of Early Childhood,
East Grand Preparatory

Dominga Lira

Assistant Principal
Buckner Preparatory

Kimberly Austin

Assistant Principal,
East Grand Preparatory

Jose Fernando Loaiza

Assistant Principal,
East Grand Preparatory Middle School

Curriculum & Instruction

Maria Jose Pajazetovic

Director of Early Childhood Development

Gabriela Camacho

Director of Curriculum, Instruction & Assessment

Jacqueline Montemayor

Dual Language & Special Projects Specialist

Christopher Rizzuto

Special Education Coordinator

Norma Gomez-Fuentes

Dyslexia Program Lead Specialist

Abraham Manriquez

Emergent Bilingual Program Assistant

Laurie States

Speech Language Pathologist

Felecia Iglehart-Lopez

Counselor, Buckner Preparatory

Counselor, East Grand Preparatory

Michael Quiroz

Instructional Coach

Mayra Bermudez-Torrens

Instructional Coach

Instructional Coach

District Staff

Sandra Verduzco

Communications & Marketing Director

Shelby Tims

Executive Director of Human Resources

Deborah Backus

PEIMS Director

LeAnn Boggs

Payroll Administrator – District Staff

Ana Jurado

Marketing & Communications Specialist

Marina Gonzalez

Student Recruitment Specialist

Katie Nissen

Recruitment & Staffing Specialist

Camille Jones

HR Assistant – District Staff

Carolyn Smith

Accountant

MaryAnn Boyer

Accountant

Brock Boggs

Technology Director

Collin Nugent

Network Administrator

Ever Manriquez

IT Support – District Staff

Lina Alarcon

Director of Operations

Jessica Duran

Business Manager

Israel Zarceno

Senior Desktop Support