Dr. John Closen

Dr. John Closen joined McPherson & Jacobson, L.L.C. in 2013.

Dr. Closen has served as a teacher/coach in the Peoria Public Schools, Peoria, IL. He has also served as the principal/superintendent in the Rankin School District, Pekin, IL.

Dr. Closen spent 17 years as superintendent of the North Pekin/Marquette Heights School District in North Pekin, IL. During this time, he also spent time on the Board of Directors for the Illinois Association of School Administrators (IASA). After leaving that position, he served as an Assistant Professor of Educational Administration at Western Illinois for 7 years. Dr. Closen has served as the Director of the Area III Learning Technology Center, serving 110 school districts in west central Illinois from 2013 through 2018. After serving for 5 years on the Board of Directors for the Illinois Digital Educator’s Alliance, he retired only to be called to serve as the  Interim Executive Director for the Illinois Digital Educator’s Alliance (IDEA) from September 2022 to June 2023.

Dr. Closen has a Baccalaureate degree, a Master’s degree, and a Doctorate from Illinois State University.