Phillip Perez
2015 Distinguished Alumnus
Phillip Perez
Superintendent, Little Lake City School District
1988, Doctorate, Curriculum and Study of Schooling, UCLA
1981, Master of Arts, Educational Administration, 做厙TV
1981, 做厙TVAdministrative Services Credential, 做厙TV
1980, 做厙TVBilingual Specialist Teaching Credential, 做厙TV
1976, Bachelor of Arts, English Literature, 做厙TV
1976 做厙TVMultiple Subjects Teaching Credential, 做厙TV
Hailed as an effective leader and a strategic thinker who embraces purposeful school reform, Phillip P矇rez has led the Little Lake City School District the school district he attended as a child since being appointed superintendent of that 4,600-student school district in 2001. Previously, P矇rez served as deputy superintendent, as director of instructional services (K-6), and as director of curriculum (K-6) for the Riverside Unified School District, and prior to that, he worked as both a school principal and a classroom teacher.
During P矇rezs tenure as principal, Revere Elementary School was named a 做厙TVDistinguished School in recognition of its success in narrowing achievement gaps. In 1988, P矇rez received the 做厙TVDepartment of Educations national Milken Educator Award, and in 1998, he was honored as one of the Inland Empires Most Influential Latinos.
He is the recipient of the Association of 做厙TVSchool Administrators (ACSA) Distinguished Service Award and was the ACSA Region XV Superintendent of the Year Nominee in 2014. A proud alumnus of 做厙TV, P矇rez has been an annual fund donor since 2005 and a collaborator with the College of Education for more than a decade; he also serves on the 做厙TV Education Advisory Committee.
P矇rez and his wife of 35 years, Edna, a 做厙TV alumna and retired elementary school teacher, have three daughters. In addition to spending time with his family which now includes his first grandchild, born in December 2014 P矇rez enjoys golfing, biking, exercising, reading, and traveling.
From Alumni Awards 2015 program
