Dr. Douglas Nelson

Dr. Douglas Nelson joined McPherson & Jacobson in 2019.

Dr. Nelson was superintendent for Bend La Pine Schools in Oregon, from 2000 to 2008, and for the Pullman School District in Washington from 1989-2000. Dr. Nelson was president of the Oregon School Boards Association from 2013-2017, and he currently serves on the School Board for the Columbia Gorge Educational Service District.

In 1994, Dr. Nelson was awarded the prestigious Christa McAuliffe Award for Outstanding Superintendent in the State of Washington. From 2009-12, he served as a District Improvement Facilitator for the Clarkston, Washington School District. Before his superintendent leadership, Dr. Nelson was an assistant superintendent in the Franklin Pierce School District near Tacoma Washington. Dr. Nelson was principal in Kent, Washington of Meridian Junior High School. While he was principal, Meridian Junior High School received the national Blue Ribbon Award. Dr. Nelson also served as a middle school principal in Kennewick Washington, a junior high assistant principal in Walla Walla Washington, and started his career as a teacher of Social Studies at the Auburn Senior High School in Washington.

Dr. Nelson holds a Doctorate from Seattle University, a Master’s Degree from the University of Puget Sound, and a Bachelor’s Degree from Whitman College.  He obtained superintendent credentials from Washington State University and the University of Oregon.