Texas Nominees for National Superintendent of the Year 1988-Present
To be eligible for AASA National Superintendent of the Year, a Texas superintendent must first be selected by TASA as Texas’ nominee.
2021 Texas Nominee J.A. Gonzalez
TASA has selected McAllen ISD Superintendent J.A. Gonzalez as Texas’ nominee for 2021 National Superintendent of the Year, an award given by AASA | The School Superintendents Association. Gonzalez will be considered by a panel of judges from across the U.S. that will select four finalists to be interviewed virtually in January. The 2021 National Superintendent of the Year will be announced and the state nominees honored at AASA’s National Conference on Education to be conducted virtually February 18-19, 2021.
Past Texas Nominees for National Superintendent of the Year

Keith Bryant
2020 Texas Nominee
Lubbock-Cooper ISD

Brian Woods
2019 Texas Nominee
Northside ISD (20)
Finalist for National Superintendent of the Year

LaTonya Goffney
2018 Texas Nominee
Lufkin ISD

Marcelo Cavazos
2017 Texas Nominee
Arlington ISD

Mary Ann Whiteker
2016 Texas Nominee
Hudson ISD

Michael McFarland
2015 Texas Nominee
Lancaster ISD
Year | Texas Nominee | District |
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2014 | Terry Grier | Houston ISD |
2013 | Daniel P. King | Pharr-San Juan-Alamo ISD |
2012 | Jeff Turner | Coppell ISD |
2011 | Richard Middleton | North East ISD |
2010 | Oscar Rodriguez, Jr. | Mission CISD |
2009 | No Nominee | |
2008 | Roel Gonzalez | Rio Grande City CISD |
2007 | Guy Sconzo | Humble ISD |
2006 | Susan J. Simpson | White Settlement ISD |
2005 | Michael J. Harris | Slaton ISD |
2004 | Richard E. Berry | Cypress=Fairbanks ISD |
2003 | Michael A. Moses | Dallas ISD |
2002 | Thomas S. Tocco | Fort Worth ISD |
2001 | Roderick R. Paige | Houston ISD |
2000 | Cathy Bryce | Weatherford ISD |
1999 | Barbara F. Erwin | Allen ISD |
1998 | Leonard Merrell | Katy ISD |
1997 | Bob E. Griggs | Birdville ISD |
1996 | John Horn | Mesquite ISD |
1995 | Don W. Hooper | Galena Park ISD |
1994 | Estanislado Paz | El Paso ISD |
1993 | Clayton W. Downing | Lewisville ISD |
1992 | Ronald L. McMichael | Longview ISD |
1991 | Patricia Shell | Brazosport ISD |
1990 | Harold D. Guthrie | Spring Branch ISD |
1989 | Victor Rodriguez | San Antonio ISD |
1988 | Ronald K. McLeod | El Paso ISD |