In May 2019, Sarah Neville-Morgan was appointed by State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond to serve as the Deputy Superintendent for the Opportunities for All Branch (OFAB) at the California Department of Education (CDE) to support California’s 6 million students reach their educational potential. In this role, Neville-Morgan oversees a branch with a budget of over $10 billion that includes five divisions – Early Education, Expanded Learning, Multilingual Support, Nutrition Services, and Special Education. This branch is leading many of the state’s recent budget investments to transform the educational system, including implementation of universal meals, and universal prekindergarten for all four-year-old children, as well as increased access to expanded learning programs, dual language immersion programs, and is leading a focus on enhanced special education supports including full inclusion of children with disabilities in the California State Preschool Program.
Prior to being named Deputy Superintendent, Neville-Morgan served as Director of CDE’s Early Learning and Care Division and provided leadership to ensure high-quality early education programs for young children and their families. She also has served as Deputy Director of Program Management at First 5 California, Deputy Executive Director of the California Early Learning Council, as an Academic Child Development Specialist at the UC Davis Center for Child and Family Studies, and provided child development to foster care parents and worked in a child care resource and referral agency.
Additionally, Neville-Morgan was recently selected by the Annie E Casey Foundation for its Children and Family Fellowships. During the 21 month-long fellowship, she is joining 14 other leaders that will work within their respective organizations on specific, measurable improvements in child, family, and community well-being while always centering equity in their results work.