Headquarters Leadership
Dr. Shirley Miles, DoDEA Director Mr. Kevin Kelly, Associate Director for Finance and Business Operations Mr. Charlie Toth, Acting Associate Director for EducationArea Leadership
Diana J. Ohman, Director, DoDDS-Europe Nancy C. Bresell, Director, DoDDS-Pacific/DDESS-Guam Elaine Beraza, Director, DDESS/DoDDS Cuba
The DoDEA Leadership
Dr. Shirley Miles
DoDEA Director
Dr. Shirley A. Miles became the Director of the Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA) in June 2008. Prior to her selection, Dr. Miles served as DoDEA's Associate Director for Education and Principal Deputy Director upon joining the organization in June 2007. She is DoDEA's sixth Director.
Prior to joining DoDEA, Dr. Miles was the Superintendent for the Tempe Union High School District, a 14,000-student high school district (grades 9 through 12) in Tempe, Arizona. Dr. Miles began her education career in Colorado Springs, Colorado, where she taught history, economics and law for the Air Academy School District and went on to serve as an assistant principal and high school principal in Denver, Colorado and later became the Human Resources Director for the Academy District in Colorado Springs. Dr. Miles was also an adjunct professor at the University of Colorado (Colorado Springs) training educators in school supervision and evaluation, multicultural education, and other courses designed for school principals.
Dr. Miles earned a Ph.D. in Curriculum and Instruction from the University of Denver in 2001 and was awarded a Masters Degree in Public Administration from the University of Colorado in 1990. She received her Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration from the University of Colorado in 1984. She is a member of a variety of professional organizations including: Arizona School Administrators Association; Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development; and the American Association of School Personnel Administrators. She is also an active member of many business and community organizations and has received numerous awards and certificates for community service and professional achievement.
No stranger to military communities, Dr. Miles was born in Panama where her father was in the U.S. Army. As a youth, she grew accustomed to the regular movement of families and became familiar with the transition issues associated with military family moves, moving 7 times throughout her elementary, middle and high school years. She graduated from Fountain-Ft. Carson High School in Ft. Carson, Colorado. Her father retired from the U.S. Army as a Sergeant Major, and members of her family have served continuously in the Armed Forces since 1947. Two of her brothers graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. Her brother, Brig. Gen. Lloyd Miles, is currently serving as the Deputy Commanding General of Fort Benning and the Assistant Commandant of the U.S. Army Infantry School at Fort Benning, Georgia
