Superintendent

INTERIM SUPERINTENDENT ANNOUNCEMENT - August 9, 2026

Dear Piedmont Unified families, staff, and community:

We hope you are all looking forward to the first day of school tomorrow. I’m writing to share that, pending board approval on August 12th, we have selected a familiar face to serve as our interim superintendent: Donald Evans, Ed.D. 

For those of you who may not be familiar with him, Dr. Evans was our interim superintendent during our last superintendent search during the 2022-23 school year. He has a tremendous amount of experience, serving as the superintendent of Berkeley Unified School District for six years before retiring in 2019, and as the superintendent of Hayward Unified School District before that. Since his retirement, he has been the interim superintendent in Albany and has worked with the California Collaborative for Educational Excellence. He provides executive coaching for district leaders in the Bay Area and has been a Lecturer at the California State University, East Bay since 2022. 

Dr. Evans started his career in education as an elementary school teacher and as a vice principal and then principal. He received his BA from University of Delaware, MA from United States International University, and earned his Doctorate of Education from the University of California, Berkeley.

​We are thrilled to welcome him back to the district, where he has well-established relationships with our administrators and staff. Please be on the lookout for him with Dr. Jen Hawn at our campuses on the first day of school tomorrow and give him a warm welcome back to the district!

​Sincerely,

Ruchi Medhekar
President, Board of Education

Michael Malione
Vice President, Board of Education

​Max Roman
Trustee, Board of Education

​Susy Struble
Trustee, Board of Education

​Lindsay Thomasson
Trustee, Board of Education