Ellen Miller-Brown, the Chief Academic Officer in BVSD, has held a variety of positions in education in four different districts.   She taught for fifteen years in a community college and elementary, middle and high schools; she was a staff developer, a director of professional development, a middle school assistant principal and principal and a director of middle and K-8 schools.  Currently she is responsible for overseeing the accomplishment of the district’s goals; the supervision of schools; the development and implementation of curriculum, assessment and instruction; support for students with diverse needs; educational equity; and planning and assessment.  She currently is the facilitator of the Boulder Valley Attendance Committee, the Boulder Valley Gang Task Force and the Curriculum Coordinating Council.  Please contact her at (720) 561-5913 or ellen.miller-brown@bvsd.org .

Sandy Ripplinger, Assistant Superintendent for School Leadership, oversees the K-8 schools and ten of the elementary schools.  She began her educational career as a music teacher and moved into administration seventeen years ago in Boulder Valley School District.  During her years in the district, she has served as a dean of students and principal at Nederland Elementary and was founding principal of Eldorado K-8 School before moving into her current position in 2005. Along with the supervision of elementary and K-8 schools, she co-facilitates the learning of the elementary and K-8 principals; provides leadership for the district’s school improvement process, TIES (Tools of Inquiry for Equitable Schools); oversees professional development across the district; and assists with the training of administrative mentors. She serves on the Front Range BOCES Executive Board, and has been an officer of Phi Delta Kappa, a national educational organization in partnership with the University of Colorado-Boulder, for over 12 years.   Please contact her at (720) 561-5086 or sandy.ripplinger@bvsd.org.

Deirdre Pilch, Ed.D., Assistant Superintendent for School Leadership, oversees the middle and high schools in BVSD.  She also supports secondary charter schools and contract schools. She began her career as a Language Arts teacher and has since fulfilled the roles of High School Assistant Principal, Middle School Principal, High School Principal, Director of Curriculum and Instruction K-12, and Adjunct Professor. She joined BVSD in 2003 as the principal of Centaurus High School and has been in her current role since 2007. Deirdre serves on many local committees, including sitting on the board of directors for the I have a Dream Foundation and the Boulder County Prevention and Intervention Program. She serves on a number of District committees as well as acting as Co-coordinator of the District AVID program and Coordinator of the Curriculum Advisory Board. Deirdre provides leadership for the Secondary Pre-Engineering program, Standards Based Grading 6-12, Secondary International Baccalaureate, the District Improvement Plan & Implementation, Secondary Curriculum Development, Middle & High School Summer Transition Programs, and the Post Secondary Education Options (PSEO) Program. Her most recent projects have been focused on dropout prevention, intervention and retrieval. Her work with the new online learning program and online school (Boulder Universal) has contributed to the success of her dropout reduction efforts. Please contact her at (720) 561-5111 or deirdre.pilch@bvsd.org.