Superintendent
Nixa Public Schools
Gearl Loden is the newly appointed superintendent of Nixa Public Schools in Nixa, Missouri. Previously, Loden served as school superintendent in Tupelo, Mississippi. While there, he was named the 2015 Mississippi State Superintendent of the Year. He has also received the Tupelo/Lee County NAACP – S.L. Ratcliff Education Award in 2015 and was named a Hometown Hero by Alpha Kappa Alpha in 2012.
Loden has been actively involved in his community. He served as the chair of the Health Works North Mississippi Board of Directors, a board member of Tupelo/Lee County Community Development Foundation and a board member of the Hancock Learning Foundation. He's also a member of Rotary International.
Loden has a doctorate and master's degree in education leadership from the University of Mississippi, an MBA from Western Governors University and a bachelor's degree in education from Delta State University.