Jerome Colonna recently retired from a lengthy career in public education after serving as Superintendent of the Beaverton and Redmond School Districts and as Director of Secondary Education for the Eugene School District.  Prior to his working in administration he was a high and middle school science teacher in Alaska, California and Oregon. 

Mr. Colonna was on the Executive Committee of the American Association of School Administrators, was President of Education Northwest (Ed.NW) and the Coalition of Oregon School Administrators (COSA) and Chair of the Teacher Standards and Practices Commission.  He is a past recipient of Oregon’s Superintendent of the Year. 

He lives in Bend with his wife, Bo, who is a retired science teacher.  His daughter, Ann, works for Oregon State University’s Food Innovation Center.  Currently Mr. Colonna is an education consultant for COSA, Ed.NW and school districts in Oregon.  He was recently appointed to the Oregon State Board of Education.