Superintendent's Office

The Superintendent’s Office provides visionary leadership and strategic direction to ensure the highest standards of education. We oversee district operations, collaborate with the school board, and engage with the community to achieve our educational goals. Our commitment is to create a supportive and innovative learning environment where students and staff can thrive.

Superintendent Liz Grant started her career in the Salt Lake City School District as a first-grade student at Rosslyn Heights Elementary. She also attended Wasatch Elementary and Bryant Junior High before graduating from East High School. 

Liz worked as a junior high and high school history teacher for seven years. After earning her administrative credential, she returned to the Salt Lake City School District and served as assistant principal at Edison Elementary and principal of Lowell Elementary. 

She is a former associate professor of education at George Washington University’s Graduate School of Education and Human Development. Earlier she worked at the US Department of Education as a senior policy advisor and chief of staff to the Assistant Secretary in the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education. Dr. Grant earned a B.A. from the University of Utah and received her M.Ed. from Harvard University and her Ph.D. in education policy and M.A. in sociology from Stanford University.

Liz is keenly focused on expanding the number college and career pathways available to students along with reducing chronic absenteeism. In addition as serving as superintendent, she currently serves on the advisory board of University Neighborhood Partners and on the education advisory council of the U of U’s Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute. Before starting in her role as superintendent, Liz wrote the book Deliberative Policymaking, recently published by Harvard Education Press.