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Dr. Suellen K. Reed, Indiana's superintendent of public instruction, will be the featured speaker at the 15th Kosciusko Leadership Academy graduation ceremony at Tippecanoe Lake Country Club on May 6.
Reed is Indiana's chief state school officer, serving as the chairwoman of the State Board of Education and CEO of the Indiana Department of Education. She was recently re-elected to a second four-year term of office.
She has been a teacher at elementary, middle and high school levels; assistant principal; principal; assistant superintendent; and superintendent. Her areas of expertise include international education, gifted and talented education, elementary education and history, political science and curriculum.
She has a bachelor's degree from Hanover College and master's and doctorate degrees from Ball State University. She has done graduate work at Indiana University, Purdue University, Indiana State University, Earlham College, the University of Scranton and Florida Atlantic University. She also has visited schools in Japan, Singapore, the former USSR, United Kingdom, China and Germany.
A group of community leaders founded KLA in 1981 to identify and form a pool of innovative, creative young men and women interested in assuming leadership positions. This year's 25 graduates bring the total to more than 375.
