Transitions
November 3, 2025
Alice Petrossian has stepped down from her position as ACSA’s Partnership Executive after five years at the helm of the Partner4Purpose program, which has become a thriving, mission-driven program under her visionary leadership.
Petrossian was hired in 2020 at a time of transition for the program, when it was brought under the Member Services Department. With her ability to identify shared values between ACSA and its partners, she grew participation in the program from around $300,000 annually to nearly $1.5 million in annual revenue to support the association.
“A true connector at heart, Alice had a unique ability to help partners understand and realize their value within ACSA,” said ACSA Deputy Executive Director Margarita Cuizon-Armelino. “Her extensive knowledge of school leadership and student learning, combined with her genuine enthusiasm for ACSA, allowed her to create meaningful, lasting relationships that benefited everyone involved.”
Petrossian is an award-winning educator who served in multiple administrative positions in the Glendale Unified School District and retired as Pasadena USD’s Chief Academic Officer-Deputy Superintendent, having served several months as acting superintendent prior to her retirement. She was elected to serve as ACSA president in 2011-12. In 2005, ACSA awarded her with the Ferd. Kiesel Memorial Distinguished Service Award and in 2014 with its Marcus Foster Award for Administrator Excellence.
Petrossian said she wasn’t looking for a job when she was approached by former ACSA Executive Director Dr. Wes Smith to serve as ACSA’s Partnership Executive in 2020.
“I used to say I can’t sell anything, but learned very quickly that if you love, are passionate about, and believe in what you are selling, you can sell. Thus, the nearly five years of success with ACSA’s outstanding partners,” Petrossian said. “Success could not have been possible without the amazing support of ACSA staff, our truly generous partners, and my two teammates in the work, Joanne Godfrey and Alexis Rennacker — their dedication has been a key to the P4P success.”
Petrossian will continue to serve ACSA as a Region 16 recruiter in addition to serving as a staff liaison for state ACSA on the Council of Retired Leaders.
In stepping down from this full-time role, Petrossian plans on spending more time with family, especially watching her grandsons who play high school and university water polo. A proud daughter of Armenia who immigrated to the U.S. at the age of 9, Petrossian will continue volunteering in her home country, where she focuses on the issues of education and education leadership. One of her new projects is working through the Armenian Education Foundation to select and support scholarships for wounded soldiers, and families of the soldiers who lost their lives in a recent war.
ACSA has announced that Bob Lee has been hired as the association’s new Director of Partnership Accounts. Lee is a former president of ACSA (2007-08), longtime member and has most recently served the association as a membership recruiter for Region 7. Lee will use his wealth of experience and deep understanding of the association’s mission in leading ACSA’s Partner4Purpose program.
July 1st brought several changes to Mountain View School District in South Ontario.
Jeremy Currier has been appointed by the Board of Trustees as Deputy Superintendent. He has been serving as Assistant Superintendent since 2017 and previously served as a principal in Mountain View School District and Corona Norco Unified School District.
Edward “Skip” Elder has been appointed by the Board of Trustees as Assistant Superintendent of Educational Services. He has been serving in this position since February. He previously served as the Coordinator of Academic Support Services and Principal in MVSD.
Melanie Valdés has been appointed by the Board of Trustees as Chief Technology Officer. She previously served as the Director of Information Technology in MVSD since 2021 and the Information Services Manager for Colton Joint Unified since 2016.
Peggy Jetton-Rangel has been approved by the Board of Trustees as the Coordinator of Academic Support Programs. She previously served as a Coordinator of Early Education in SBCSS.
Haley Ayers has been approved by the Board of Trustees as the Coordinator of Child Welfare and Attendance. She previously served MVSD as a District Counselor.
Charlotte Lerchenmuller, executive board member of ACSA-R in Region 16, has been unanimously elected and approved to serve on the 15-member Los Angeles Unified School District Bond Oversight Committee. The Bond Oversight Committee is an independent committee of citizens who are dedicated to ensure prudent expenditure of funds for the construction, repair, and modernization of schools in the district. She began her two-year term on July 1, 2025.
Lerchenmuller has been a member of ACSA since 1980 and ACSA-R since 2007 following 38 years of service to the students and community of LAUSD. She began her career as a teacher then became a sponsor, coordinator, counselor, assistant principal-counseling, assistant principal-instruction, assistant principal-operations, and middle school principal.
She served on the state ACSA Middle Grades Committee and the state ACSA Retirement Committee. In her retirement, she has served as a mentor principal, principal coach, and administrator/consultant for the Associated Administrators Los Angeles.
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