Dr. Gerald L. Paist

Dr. Gerald L. Paist

Prior to his retirement in June 2021, Gerry Paist had been the Superintendent of the Pathfinder Regional Vocational Technical High School District in Palmer, Massachusetts since 1974, and at that time was the longest-serving school superintendent in Massachusetts. He...
Patricia Edmunds

Patricia Edmunds

Pat Edmunds is the Director of Arkansas Tech Career Center in Russellville, Arkansas. Spending more than 25 years in CTE, she has accepted the role as educational administrator, leader, and mentor excitedly. She took a 1972 vo-tech model and modernized it by...
Eric Ripley

Eric Ripley

Eric Ripley has 18 years of professional experience in Career and Technical Education (CTE) including his current roles as the Director of CTE for the Grand Forks Public Schools (North Dakota) and Director of the Grand Forks Area Career & Technology Center. A...
Dan Cox

Dan Cox

Dan has been in secondary education his entire career. He has worked in varied environments in his 30+ years in the field. After graduating from East Tennessee State University with a degree in Mathematics, Dan served 2 years in the United States Peace Corps as a Math...
Dave Keaton

Dave Keaton

Dave Keaton began his current CTE Regional Director/Superintendent position at Region Two School of Applied Technology located in Houlton, Maine, in July 2012. Previously, Dave was CTE Director of Somerset Career & Technical Center in Skowhegan, Maine for 6...