Palm Desert Woman Receives Gubernatorial Appointment

From The Office of Governor Brown: Sandra L. Lyon, 56, of Palm Desert, has been appointed to the California Collaborative for Educational Excellence. Lyon has been superintendent of the Palm Springs Unified School District since 2016. She was superintendent of the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District from 2011 to 2016, chief leadership officer for the Palmdale School District from 2009 to 2011, superintendent and principal at Hughes-Elizabeth Lakes School District from 2006 to 2009 and a consultant at Thinking Maps Inc. from 2004 to 2006. She served in several positions for the Lancaster School District from 1988 to 2004, including director of curriculum, instruction and assessment, principal, assistant principal, coordinator, at-risk teacher and language arts teacher.

Lyon was an English teacher for the Antelope Valley Union High School District from 1991 to 1992 and in 1988. She was a public affairs representative for the University of California, San Francisco Medical Center at Mount Zion from 1986 to 1987. Lyon held several positions at Time Magazine from 1984 to 1986, including picture researcher, reporter and office manager. She is a member of the Desert Roundtable, Association of California School Administrators, One Future Coachella Valley, Suburban School Superintendents and the Southern California Superintendents Association. Lyon earned a Doctor of Education degree in organizational change and leadership from the University of Southern California and a Master of Arts degree in education from California State University, Bakersfield. This position does not require Senate confirmation and there is no compensation. Lyon is a Democrat.

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