Dr. Cheryl Logan, the 2022 McGraw Prize in Education Winner, is the director of the McGraw Center for Educational Leadership at the University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education (GSE). Until June 2023, Dr. Logan served as the superintendent of the Omaha Public Schools, a system serving 53,000 students. She has spent her career in education working in school districts with large immigrant populations and children living in poverty and previously served as the chief academic officer and assistant superintendent at the School District of Philadelphia, principal, and foreign language and ESL instructor; she is fluent in Spanish. She holds a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Maryland, a Master of Education degree from Johns Hopkins University, and a Doctor of Education degree from Penn GSE. In addition to other forms of diversity among the communities in which she has served, Dr. Logan believes that education leaders must collaborate with governing bodies, students, faculty, employees, and businesses, community, and faith partners in service of their organization. She is the mother of an adult daughter and resides in Greenville, DE, with her husband and two dogs.
Cheryl Logan, Ed.D.
