Canyons Superintendent David S. Doty has been named First Vice President of the national Education Law Association.
Dr. Doty was nominated by the Board of Directors and elected by the general membership to the post. He is in line to become the Association’s president in 2011.
“The Canyons Board of Education is pleased that Dr. Doty has been elected to serve in this national leadership role,” Canyons Board of Education President Tracy Scott Cowdell said. “His selection speaks to his many capabilities and talents, as well as to the overall caliber of the leader we have at the helm of Utah’s newest school district.”
Dr. Doty was elected First Vice President during the 55th Annual Conference of the Education Law Association, which took place Oct. 21-24 in Louisville, Ky. He is currently a member of the Association’s Board of Directors. Dr. Doty has worked 15 years as a school law attorney in Utah and South Carolina. He served as Assistant Commissioner and Director of Policy Studies for the Utah System of Higher Education from 2005 to August 2008, when he was appointed Canyons Superintendent of Schools.