Jesus Gandara

The corporate world would do well to observe and learn from Jesus Gandara, the superintendent of the Sweetwater Union High School District, on how to get acceptance and involvement from stakeholders in creating fundamental change.

Gandara arrived at Sweetwater in 2006, fresh from a successful stint at Mercedes Independent School District in Texas, where he overhauled the system of a border town school district rated as the sixth poorest among 1,000 districts in the state.