Principal of the Year Awardees
The Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA) is pleased to announce Mr. Marc Villareal, principal of Sigonella Middle/High School as the 2023 DoDEA Principal of the Year. Villareal joined DoDEA in 1998 and has served as a teacher, assistant principal and now principal of Sigonella MHS. His DoDEA experience includes both teaching and leading at the elementary, middle school and high school levels across the Pacific and European theaters in Japan, Germany, Italy and Spain..
Mr. Villareal received a Bachelor of Science and Master of Science in Curriculum and Instruction from the University of Wisconsin, Madison. He participated in a master’s program in Educational Administration from Framingham University and is pursuing a doctorate in Educational Leadership.Â
Americas
Mr.s Theresa Wilson is a veteran educator with 22 years of experience as a teacher and administrator for both public and private schools. Wilson began her career with DoDEA in 2009 as a 7th grade World Geography Teacher at Wassom Middle School located at Fort Campbell, Kentucky. In January 2018, Wilson was named as the Principal of Scott Middle School, which was later transitioned into Scott Intermediate School.
Europe
For more than two decades, Mr. Marc Villarreal has served with DoDEA as a teacher, assistant principal and now principal of Sigonella MHS. His DoDEA experience includes both teaching and leading at the elementary, middle school and high school levels across the Pacific and European theaters in Japan, Germany, Italy and Spain.
Villarreal Selected as 2023 DoDEA-Europe Principal of the Year
Pacific

Mr. Jason Sheedy
Robert D. Edgren Middle-High School
Unit 5040
APO, AP 96319-5040
United States
Mr. Sheedy has served as principal at Edgren Middle High School since August 2021. He has served as a principal in the DoDEA Pacific region since 2013, with principalships at Andersen Middle School from 2013-16 and Guam High School from 2016-2021.
DoDEA Pacific selects Jason Sheedy as Region Principal of the Year