Dean’s Superintendents Advisory Group
Established in 1980 by Ed Dundon, the Dean’s Superintendents Advisory Group (DSAG) provides an opportunity for a growing group of superintendents to consult with the Dean, network with other superintendents in California, and recruit aspiring superintendents to join the USC family. DSAG elected Frank Cosca PhD ’80 as its first president in 1991. Today DSAG has approximately 200 members.
DSAG Priorities Include:
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Member Events
- DSAG Awards Dinner (January)
- Spring DSAG Meeting (April/May)
- Leadership Conference (July)
- DSAG @ Associates Picnic (September)
- Fall DSAG Meeting (September/October)
View a gallery of past DSAG events.
News
Superintendent Announcements
- Jeff Davis EdD ’07 was named superintendent of Oak Park Unified School District in Oak Park, Calif.
- Carmen Garcia EdD ’07 was named superintendent of Morgan Hill Unified School District in Morgan Hill, Calif.
- Kenneth “Chris” Hurst EdD ’11 was named superintendent of West Contra Costa Unified School District in Richmond, Calif.
- Steve McLaughlin EdD ’11 was named superintendent of Fullerton Joint Union High School District in Fullerton, Calif.
- Stephen Nellman EdD ’08 was named superintendent of Centinela Valley Union High School District in Lawndale, Calif.
- Julie Parks EdD ’21 was named superintendent of Moraga Elementary School District in Moraga, Calif.
- Andrew Schwab (current EdD student) was named superintendent of Santa Ynez Valley Union High School District in Santa Ynez, Calif.
- Ryan Smith EdD ’10 was named superintendent of Monrovia Unified School District in Monrovia, Calif.
- Wes Smith EdD ’05 was named superintendent of Newport-Mesa Unified School District in Newport Beach, Calif.
- Cheryl Hildreth EdD ’19 was named superintendent of Washington Unified School District in West Sacramento, Calif.
- Mathew Neal EdD ’18 was named superintendent of Woodland Park School District in Woodland Park, Colo.
- Darnise Williams EdD ’09 was named superintendent of Sequoia Union High School District in Redwood City, Calif.
DSAG Hall of Fame Inductees
2021 | Gregory Franklin ’83, EdD ’97 |
2020 | David Verdugo EdD ’05 | 2019 | David Cash EdD ’08 |
2018 | John Roach EdD ’88 |
2017 | Maria Ott PhD ‘94 |
2016 | Michael Escalante EdD ‘02 |
2015 | Pedro Garcia EdD ’83 |
2014 | Jack McLaughlin MS ’65 PhD ’68 and Michael J. McLaughlin PhD ’77 |
2013 | Karen Symms Gallagher |
2012 | Thomas C. Halvorsen EdD ’80 |
2011 | Steven Fish EdD ’97 |
2010 | Rudy Castruita EdD ’82 |
2009 | Darline Robles PhD ’93 |
2008 | Mike Caston MS ’73 EdD ’80 PhD ’81 |
2007 | Carol Wilson PhD ’80 |
2006 | Robert French ’52 PhD ’69 |
2005 | Stuart Gothold EdD ’74 |
2004 | John Duncan PhD ’70 |
2003 | Robert Ferris PhD ’65 |
2002 | Frank Cosca PhD ’80 |
2001 | John Stallings ’48, PhD ’58 |
2000 | Charles Terrell PhD ’66 |
1999 | Leonard Murdy ’48, MS ’50, PhD ’62 |
For more information please contact:
Matt DeGrushe
Director of Alumni Engagement
mdegrush@rossier.usc.edu
(213)821-2670