Nancy Gannon

Nancy Gannon, DSLN Project Director, has 30 years of experience as a teacher, coach, principal, and district administrator. In addition to DSLN, she directs a range of projects designed to build state and district capacity to ensure that young people have access to high-quality education. Nancy has led large-scale initiatives and designed programs in the areas of leadership development, school quality and improvement, curriculum, and instruction. Prior to joining FHI 360, she served as Director of Instructional Materials for Student Achievement. As Executive Director of the Office of Academic Quality at the New York City Department of Education, she led a city-wide review and adoption of standards-based curriculum, helped develop and implement the school quality review process, and launched the middle school quality initiative (MSQI). Nancy began her career as a Peace Corps volunteer and has a MEd in Educational Leadership from Baruch College of Education, Principals Institute, in New York, NY as well as an MAT from Towson University.