Deputy Superintendent Myong Leigh

Myong Leigh

Deputy Superintendent for Policy and Operations

As Deputy Superintendent for Policy and Operations for the San Francisco Unified School District, Myong Leigh oversees most non-instructional operations that support SFUSD schools.

Mr. Leigh has been a SFUSD staff member since August 2000 and has dedicated his career in public education to seeking adequate school funding and creating conditions for educators to do their best work with students and families.

Mr. Leigh is responsible for the development and implementation of district policy, business services, facilities, human resources, information technology, student nutrition, intergovernmental relations, public engagement and communications.

Mr. Leigh’s work involves interaction and collaboration with numerous staff members in the district including all school sites and all central office departments. His work has focused in subject areas including financial planning and resource allocation, school site-based academic decision-making and budgeting, student assignment and desegregation, collective bargaining and labor relations, capital facilities planning, and transportation.

Prior to his work with SFUSD, Mr. Leigh was the Budget Director for the District of Columbia Public Schools for two years. Prior to starting his career in urban K-12 education, he was a financial advisor to state and local governments on capital facilities financing and budgeting. His clients included the District of Columbia, the City of Philadelphia, the Virginia Public School Authority, the City of Norfolk, and Montgomery County, Maryland.

Mr. Leigh serves on the boards of the Alice B. Toklas LGBT Democratic Club and the Center for Asian American Media and is a member of the San Francisco Redistricting Task Force.

Mr. Leigh holds a Masters in Public Policy from Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government and a Bachelor of Science in Economics from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.