June Newsflash
Comings & Goings . . .
Michael Johnson,
Special Assistant to the CEO, leaves for
St. Louis YMCA. . . . Gwen Morris,
Executive Director, Office of Transition
and Alternative Education, is retiring.
. . . Pat Knapper-Smith,
Director, Office of Parent & Community
Relations, is retiring. . . . Duties for
Cecilia Cummings, Director
of Communications, expand to include Parent
& Community Relations and faith-based
initiatives. . . . Fernando Gallard
will move to Director of Communications.
. . . Vincent Thompson,
Media Relations Manager, will move to
Deputy Director of Communications. . .
. Janet Samuels, Regional
Superintendent, West Region, moves to
Superintendent of the new Center City
(Academic) Region. Shirl E. Gilbert
II replaces Samuels in the West
Region.
Elsewhere in the education
community . . .
Meg Wise, Director of
Scholars and Civic Engagement for the
Philadelphia Education Fund leaves June
3rd for the Fleisher Art Memorial.
“Comings & Goings” is a feature of the Notebook Newsflash that reports personnel changes within the institutions and organizations that focus on public education in Philadelphia. We welcome any knowledge you’d like to share on recent or upcoming personnel moves. E-mail us at sheilas@thenotebook.org.