Heather Perry

Superintendent of Schools, Gorham School Department (Maine)

Heather J. Perry is Superintendent of Schools for the Gorham School Department in Maine, where she has served for 10 years. The Gorham School Department serves approximately 2,800 students in Cumberland County. In her 30 years of experience as a Maine public school employee, she has worked her way up from the role of an educational technician, to middle school social studies teacher, to building principal, and now serves as a passionate Superintendent of Schools for the past 20 years in Maine.

She received her Ph.D. from the University of Southern Maine in Public Policy, her Masters of Educational Leadership from the University of Maine and her Bachelor of Arts in History from the University of Maine at Machias.  She currently serves as a member of MSSA鈥檚 Executive Board at the state level. She has recently completed service as a member of 91制片鈥檚 Executive Committee at the National Level. She is a mentor for the 91制片 Aspiring Superintendents Academy and has recently been named a regular blogger for 91制片.  She is a graduate of Educate Maine鈥檚 Educational Leaders Experience, Alpha class.  She volunteers her time mentoring for young women in the Olympia Snowe鈥檚 Women鈥檚 Leadership Program and is a proud wife, mother, and grandmother!