Executive Leadership Team
Dr. Gladys I. Cruz
District Superintendent
Chief executive officer of the BOCES. Oversees all BOCES offices and services. She also oversees the executive leadership team, school attorney, certification specialist, and Superintendent Council.
Over a 40-year span, Dr. Gladys I. Cruz has established a distinguished career in education as a teacher and leader at the local, regional, state, and national levels. Cruz is past president of AASA, The School Superintendents Association, the nation’s premier organization representing the more than 13,000 public school superintendents nationwide. She also served as a commissioner of AASA’s Learning 2025 Network: A National Commission on Student Centered-Equity-Focused Education.
Cruz holds a Ph.D. in Curriculum and Instruction and a master’s degree in Curriculum Development and Instructional Technology from the State University of New York at Albany. In addition, she holds a master’s degree in Bilingual Education and a bachelor’s degree in Elementary Education and English from La Universidad del Turabo in Puerto Rico.