Featured Alumni

ROBERT ALFARO

The Broad Superintendents Academy Class of 2004
Region Superintendent
Clark County School District, Las Vegas, Nev.

"The federal No Child Left Behind Act has propelled our profession into rethinking how public education does business. At no other time in history has such a challenge been given to the profession, with such a focus on local accountability for student academic performance. The stakes are greater than ever, but the beneficiaries are the students in our public schools. The next generation of education leadership must rise to the challenge and serve as a catalyst for change."

In June 2005, Robert Alfaro was appointed as a region superintendent in the Clark County School District in Las Vegas, Nev. Clark County is the fifth largest districts in the country with more than 270,000 students and almost 300 schools. Born and raised in west Texas, Alfaro began his career in education as a middle and high school teacher. Since then, he has served in a variety of leadership roles, including assistant principal, principal, area superintendent, assistant superintendent and superintendent. While serving as superintendent in Premont, Texas, a rural district with approximately 1,000 students, Alfaro was recruited to work in the San Antonio Independent School District. As area superintendent in San Antonio, he was responsible for 46 elementary and secondary schools serving 35,000 students with 3,000 staff members. Alfaro most recently served as associate superintendent for accountability, technology and management information services in San Antonio, where he managed district-wide technology development and support for all 95 schools and all administrative offices and departments that support those schools. Alfaro received a bachelor’s degree and a master’s of education from Sul Ross State University in Texas.  Alfaro is a graduate of the 2004 class of The Broad Superintendents Academy.