TRAINERS
The following people are members of the Minnesota Principals’ Academy Leadership Team and will serve as facilitators:
- Efe Agbamu - Principal, Highland Park High School, St. Paul
- Kathy Alvig - Principal, Northrop Environmental Elementary, Minneapolis
- Mary Baier - Principal, Washington Elementary School, Owatonna
- Mari Jo Bergerson - Director/Principal, Academy of BIoScience, Columbia Heights
- Daniel Bittman - Director of Educator Licensing and Teacher Quality, Minnesota Department of Education
- Thomas Brenner - Principal, Cloquet Middle School
- Rosalie Dehli - Dehli Consulting, Montevideo
- Khuzana DeVaan - Principal, Southview Elementary, Waconia
- Ed Donahue - Former Principal, Kennedy High School, Bloomington
- Mary Donaldson - Director, Concordia Creative Learning Academy, St. Paul
- James Eaton - Principal, Monroe K-8, St. Paul
- Carole Gupton - University of Minnesota College of Education and Human Development, Director of Continuing Professional Studies, former principal
- Kim Hartung - Coordinator, Metropolitan Principals’ Academy
- James Hirman - Principal, Jackson County Secondary School
- Jim Hoogheem - Retired Elementary Principal
- Juanita Hoskins - Principal, Roseville Area Middle School
- Bonnie Johnson - Principal, University Avenue Elementary, Blaine
- Jill Johnson - Principal, Richfield High School
- Eric Kaiser - Principal, special assignment, Duluth Public Schools
- Craig Kay - Retired principal and superintendent, Dassel Cokato
- Todd Kieffer - Principal, Pine Island Elementary
- Patricia King - Director of School Improvement, Minnesota Department of Education
- Gloria Kumagai - University of Minnesota College of Education and Human Development, Coordinator, Administrative Licensure, former principal
- Judith Eaton Lamp - Executive Director, MN Board of School Administrators, former principal
- Rosemary Lawrence - Principal, Eisenhower Elementary, Hopkins
- Patricia Loehr-Dols - Principal, Roosevelt Elementary, Willmar
- Lawrence Lucio - Principal, Edison High School, Minneapolis
- Deborah Luedtke - Teacher Education Supervisor, Minnesota Department of Education
- Steve Massey - Principal, Forest Lake High School
- Mari Lu Martens - Principal, Sibley East Gaylord Elementary
- Paula Martin - Principal, Orono Intermediate School
- Paul McDowall - Principal, Byrne Elementary, Burnsville
- Rhoda Mhiripiri - Principal, Champlin Park High School
- Cindy Moeller - Program Director, Center for School Change, University of Minnesota and Chair of the Board, Yinghua Academy (a Mandarin-immersion charter school)
- Joselyn Murphy - Principal, Ely Memorial High School
- Linda Nelson - Principal, South High School, Minneapolis
- Darren Overton - Principal, Pine Island Middle School
- Mark Parr - Director of Secondary Education, Rosemount-Apple Valley-Eagan Schools
- Craig Paul - Principal, Wayzata High School
- Mary Jo Schmid - Principal, Ellen Hopkins Elementary, Moorhead
- Byron Schwab - Principal, Pilot Knob Elementary School, Eagan
- Dennis St. Sauver - Retired principal, educational consultant
- Henry Taxis - Retired elementary middle level principal, consultant in Minneapolis
- Winston Tucker - Principal, Murray Junior High School, St. Paul
- Padmini Udupa - Assistant Principal, Northeast Middle School, Minneapolis
- Ann Werner - University of Minnesota College of Education and Human Development Director of Administrative Licensure, former principal
- Sally Wherry - Supervisor High School Initiatives, Minnesota Department of Education
- Kathleen Wilcox-Harris - Executive Director of Professional Development, St. Paul