Featured Alumni

JOHN SCANLAN

The Broad Superintendents Academy Class of 2007
Deputy Superintendent of Administration
Rochester City School District, N.Y.
Retired Captain, U.S. Navy

“The democratic experiment that created our nation continues to face many threats, both external and internal to our country. After a career of defending our citizens from external aggression and terrorism, I am focusing my leadership and energy on eliminating the educational and economic divide faced by too many of our nation’s children. We must not only provide each child access to quality education, but we must also challenge them to achieve excellence in their learning and their lives. The education of every child is the only catalyst that can transform lives, bridge growing financial disparity, overcome societal barriers, unify our citizens and create the inclusive society needed to sustain our democracy.”

In August 2008, John Scanlan was appointed deputy superintendent of administration of the Rochester City School District, which serves 34,000 students in 58 schools. Previously, he served as chief operating officer of the Oklahoma City Public Schools. Scanlan recently completed a 26-year career in the U.S. Navy where he served as the commanding officer for the Fleet Readiness Center Southeast leading more than 4,500 engineers, logisticians, technicians and mechanics encompassing 128 trades. In addition, he directed all phases of the Navy’s largest aviation industrial activity, which earns annual revenues exceeding 10 million. Previously, Scanlan served in the Headquarters Naval Aviation Depots where he led a staff of 80 personnel responsible for logistics planning, workload coordination, production reporting, workload standards development, and facilities information technology requirements determination for the Navy’s three aviation depots, managing budgets exceeding .6 billion per year. A trained 6-Sigma black-belt, he also teaches and speaks on leadership, organizational transformation and change management. Scanlan has a bachelor’s degree in general studies in biology and environmental studies from the University of Kansas and a master’s degree in aviation systems from the University of Tennessee.  Scanlan is a graduate of the 2007 class of The Broad Superintendents Academy.