Supt. Kowba at the recent Reality Changers conference.

Supt. Kowba at the 2012 Reality Changers conference.

Superintendent Bill Kowba

Bill Kowba, Interim SuperintendentAdministrative leadership for the San Diego Unified School District is provided by the Superintendent of Schools. The Superintendent is appointed by the Board of Education and is responsible for the overall administrative and educational management of the district.

On June 29, 2010, the Board of Education appointed Bill Kowba as new superintendent of the San Diego Unified School District. Prior to his appointment, Kowba had served as interim superintendent for the district since September 2009.

Kowba has served in several senior management positions with the San Diego Unified School District. He was the district’s Special Projects Officer, where he oversaw a wide spectrum of initiatives and issues associated with Food Services, Instructional Facilities, Transportation, Finance, and Information Technology, bringing together cross departmental teams to implement new initiatives and identify strategic solutions.

Kowba joined the district in August 2006 as Chief Financial Officer. He assumed additional responsibilities as, Acting Chief Administrative Officer in August 2007 and served as the Interim Superintendent from January-March 2008. Following the appointment Dr. Terry Grier as Superintendent, he served as Chief Logistics Officer, where he managed the district's operational and facilities departments.

A retired Rear Admiral, Kowba had a distinguished 30-year career in the U.S. Navy. He was the first commander of the Fleet and Industrial Supply Centers organization, a Navy logistics force that streamlined regional and waterfront support and financial and acquisition operations. In this last assignment before joining the district, he developed a global network of Navy supply centers at more than 100 locations staffed by nearly 7,000 logistics, acquisition, and financial professionals.
 
Kowba's professional affiliations include serving as Chair of the San Diego County Superintendents' Achievement Gap Task Force. He is also a member of the California School Boards Association, the Superintendent's Latino Advisory Committee and the Association of African American Educator’s (AAAE) Blueprint Taskforce. His community activities include serving on the boards of the San Diego County YMCA, Veteran's Village and Children's Initiative.

Kowba and his wife, Maureen, have two adult children and live in Encinitas.

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