Jeannie Stone has dedicated her life to public schools for over thirty years. A native North Texan, Jeannie began her career teaching middle school English in Dallas ISD. With a focus on equity and excellence in education for ALL students, she has served in a variety of diverse districts from small to large urban settings including Wylie, Mesquite, and Richardson ISD.
Dr. Stone currently serves as Superintendent-In-Residence for the Commit Partnership, an organization that strives to cultivate a collaborative educational ecosystem across school systems, higher education institutions, city, county, and state governments, foundations, non-profits, employers and workforce agencies. The Partnership believes that through our collective actions, Dallas County, which is the 8th largest county in the United States and educates 10% of Texas and 1% of the nation’s students, can be an inclusive and prosperous region where economic opportunity is shared equitably rather than predicted by race, place and socioeconomic status.
She served as Superintendent of Schools in Richardson ISD, a suburban district in Dallas County, from 2017-2021. She has instructed graduate courses at Texas A&M University-Commerce and University of North Texas. As an educator, Dr. Stone has been recognized for her innovative leadership and commitment to children. She was named the 2019 Texas Superintendent of the Year by Texas PTA, Altrusa International’s 2018 Outstanding Woman in Education, and the 2017 Superintendent of the Year by the Texas Educational Support Staff Association. Dallas Business Journal named Dr. Jeannie Stone one of their inaugural Leaders in Diversity award recipients on March 4, 2021.