{"id":75,"date":"2010-09-01T20:19:58","date_gmt":"2010-09-01T20:19:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/regions.acsa.org\/8\/"},"modified":"2025-07-17T13:36:10","modified_gmt":"2025-07-17T21:36:10","slug":"administrator-of-the-year","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/regions.acsa.org\/8\/about\/administrator-of-the-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Administrator of the Year"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><strong>Awards Overview<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Each year ACSA\u00a0recognizes a select group of individuals for their significant contributions to education through three prestigious awards named in memory of past ACSA leaders:\u00a0<strong>Ferd. Kiesel Memorial Distinguished Service Award, <\/strong><strong>Marcus Foster Memorial Award for Administrator Excellence<\/strong> and the\u00a0<strong>Robert E. Kelly Award.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In addition, members are honored for outstanding performance and achievement as\u00a0<strong>Administrators of the Year <\/strong>in\u00a021 job-alike categories.<\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0<strong>Valuing Diversity Award<\/strong> is given to the member whose efforts to promote diversity epitomize ACSA\u2019s mission statement.<\/p>\n<p>Programs and businesses that collaborate with administrators in support of education are also recognized though the\u00a0<strong>Partners in Educational Excellence Award<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h2>2024-2025 Recipients<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Superintendent<\/b><\/span>: Carmen Garcia, Ed.D<\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\"><b>Secondary Principal<\/b><span class=\"s2\">: Greg Louie<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Middle Grades Principal<\/b><\/span>: Ginelyn Doldolea-Kudsi<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Elementary Principal<\/b><\/span>: Rochelle Renae Espitia<\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\"><b>Central Office Administrator<\/b><span class=\"s2\">: Joann Vaars<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\"><b>Secondary Co-Administrator<\/b><span class=\"s2\">: Frankie Kellett<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\"><b>Classified Leader<\/b><span class=\"s2\">: Reina Gonzalez<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\"><b>Personnel\/Human Resources Administrator<\/b><span class=\"s2\">: Jos\u00e9 Vicente Gonz\u00e1lez, Ed.D<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\"><b>Special Education Administrator<\/b><span class=\"s2\">: Melissa Rojek<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\"><b>Student Services Administrator<\/b><span class=\"s2\">: Shannon Bui<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\"><b>Curriculum &amp; Instruction Administrator<\/b><span class=\"s2\">: Jenay L. Enna<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Retired Administrator<\/b><\/span>: Clifford E. Tyler, Ed.D<\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\"><b>Valuing Diversity Award<\/b><span class=\"s2\">: Juan Cruz<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\"><b>Adult Education Administrator<\/b><span class=\"s2\">: Christine Berdiansky<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\"><b>Technology Administrator<\/b><span class=\"s2\">: David Wu<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\"><b>Business Office Administrator<\/b><span class=\"s2\">: Stephanie Gomez<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\"><b>CTE Administrator<\/b><span class=\"s2\">: Joell Hanson<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\"><b>Every Student Succeeding, PK\u201312 Education<\/b><span class=\"s2\">: Erick De La Rosa Aguilera<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>Region Deadline<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Please note: the statewide submission deadline for all nominations is<strong> Jan 22, 2026,\u00a0at 11:59 p.m.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Resources and Nomination Forms<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Log in to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/urldefense.com\/v3\/__https:\/\/acsa.awardsplatform.com__;!!LqsEMg!SIwodqoa2p3AfJuTkWk16o5KpE-fV09QVnJ_0DuZ__fOOMW_4gAAJepYUIQHRkW9MerV5jIKyTFYiX6tC2K9eQ$\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-redirector=\"https:\/\/acsa.awardsplatform.com\/r\/d3742b2140bd2a2424d52eae8517f0e3\" data-linkindex=\"1\">acsa.awardsplatform.com<\/a>\u00a0to begin your nominations, or visit\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/urldefense.com\/v3\/__https:\/\/www.acsa.org\/awards__;!!LqsEMg!SIwodqoa2p3AfJuTkWk16o5KpE-fV09QVnJ_0DuZ__fOOMW_4gAAJepYUIQHRkW9MerV5jIKyTFYiX4ZueFFPw$\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-redirector=\"https:\/\/acsa.awardsplatform.com\/r\/bd52aefe871fe46fa95d076515095b8b\" data-linkindex=\"2\">acsa.org\/awards<\/a>\u00a0for complete information on the program as well as helpful resources.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>ACSA Awards Program:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/urldefense.com\/v3\/__https:\/\/www.acsa.org\/awards__;!!LqsEMg!SIwodqoa2p3AfJuTkWk16o5KpE-fV09QVnJ_0DuZ__fOOMW_4gAAJepYUIQHRkW9MerV5jIKyTFYiX4ZueFFPw$\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-redirector=\"https:\/\/acsa.awardsplatform.com\/r\/bd52aefe871fe46fa95d076515095b8b\" data-linkindex=\"5\">acsa.org\/awards<\/a><\/strong><br aria-hidden=\"true\" \/><strong>Nomination Portal:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/urldefense.com\/v3\/__https:\/\/acsa.awardsplatform.com__;!!LqsEMg!SIwodqoa2p3AfJuTkWk16o5KpE-fV09QVnJ_0DuZ__fOOMW_4gAAJepYUIQHRkW9MerV5jIKyTFYiX6tC2K9eQ$\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-redirector=\"https:\/\/acsa.awardsplatform.com\/r\/d3742b2140bd2a2424d52eae8517f0e3\" data-linkindex=\"6\">acsa.awardsplatform.com<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Awards Overview Each year ACSA\u00a0recognizes a select group of individuals for their significant contributions to education through three prestigious awards named in memory of past ACSA leaders:\u00a0Ferd. Kiesel Memorial Distinguished Service Award, Marcus Foster Memorial Award for Administrator Excellence and &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/regions.acsa.org\/8\/about\/administrator-of-the-year\/\">Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":2,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-75","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/regions.acsa.org\/8\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/75","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/regions.acsa.org\/8\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/regions.acsa.org\/8\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/regions.acsa.org\/8\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/regions.acsa.org\/8\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=75"}],"version-history":[{"count":38,"href":"https:\/\/regions.acsa.org\/8\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/75\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2909,"href":"https:\/\/regions.acsa.org\/8\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/75\/revisions\/2909"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/regions.acsa.org\/8\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/regions.acsa.org\/8\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=75"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}