Kevin Skelly currently serves as the superintendent of the Palo Alto Unified School District, a post he began July 1, 2007.  He came to Palo Alto after three years as associate superintendent of Learning Support Services for the Poway USD, a district of 33,000 students in San Diego County.  Prior to Poway, Skelly was the principal of Saratoga High School for eleven years.  Skelly’s background includes work with budgeting, benefits, compensation, policy, curriculum and instruction, standards and assessment, special education and staff development.  His passion for education and children began with his work after college with talented students from low-income neighborhoods in Washington, D.C. and shoe-shine boys and their families in Quito, Ecuador. 

Skelly received his BA in Economics from Harvard and his Ph.D. in Education Management and Policy from UC Berkeley.  He lives in Palo Alto with his wife.  They have four children, two of whom attend Palo Alto schools.