Dr. Steve Joel–Regional Director, Central Region

Dr. Steve Joel has been with McPherson and Jacobson since 1996 and serves as a member of the Executive Board as well as on the Board of Directors.  He has conducted more than 100 national searches during this time.

A native of Long Island, NY his entire career has been in education beginning as a teacher in a small rural Nebraska School District followed by 41 years as a school administrator; the last 37 serving as a superintendent.  Dr. Joel recently retired as superintendent in Lincoln, Nebraska (42,000 students) which he had served for the last twelve years.  He has attained a number of state and national awards including the Nebraska Superintendent of the Year.

Dr. Joel is a member of AASA and serves as a mentor/teacher with the Urban Superintendent’s Academy.  He has had a long- standing involvement with the Urban Superintendents Association and serves in an Advisory role with the Educational Resource Development Institute. Dr. Joel is also a frequent national presenter on topics such as the superintendent search, leadership development, board and administrative goal setting and governance principles.

Dr. Joel has degrees from Doane College, The University of Nebraska, and Kansas State University.