Bio

Dr. Jeanice Kerr Swift

Swift is a lifelong educator—most recently serving the Ann Arbor Public Schools in Michigan as superintendent for more than a decade. In Colorado Springs School District 11, she served as assistant superintendent, teaching and learning executive director, principal, assistant principal, teacher coach, and a secondary English teacher for 15 years. She also taught secondary English and Spanish for ten years in the Hurst-Euless-Bedford School District in Texas. Swift earned a bachelor’s degree from the University of Texas at Arlington, her master’s at the University of Colorado, and a doctorate in educational leadership at the Morgridge College of Education, University of Denver.

The Michigan Association of School Administrators named Swift its Superintendent of the Year in 2018. The National School Public Relations Association recognized her as a Superintendent to Watch for demonstrating dynamic leadership with a strong emphasis on communication.