Cabinet
What is the Salem-Keizer Public Schools cabinet?
The cabinet is comprised of the superintendent, assistant superintendents and department directors.
What does the cabinet do?
The cabinet is an advisory body to the superintendent that meets each week and collaborates to ensure Salem-Keizer Public Schools achieves Our Vision: All students graduate and are prepared for a successful life.
Salem-Keizer School District’s Strategic Plan
Equitable student outcomes
Visit the Strategic Plan page for more details and downloads!
Executive Administration Members
Christy Perry
Superintendent
- Executive Administration
- School Board

Iton Udosenata
Assistant Superintendent, Secondary
- Secondary Programming, Services and Curriculum
- District Strategic Initiatives
- Public Complaints
- Advancement Via Individual Determination (AVID)
- Principal Leadership Coaches
- Special Education
- Executive Cabinet
Iton Udosenata is a native Oregonian, and began his career in education in South Central Los Angeles in 2004. He returned to Oregon in 2006, leading a high school alternative education program before serving as a social studies teacher at Thurston High School for five years. Since then, he has held numerous positions including assistant principal at Willamette High School, principal at Cottage Grove High School and most recently serving as principal at North Eugene High School, which has experienced significant gains in graduation rates under his leadership.

Olga Cobb
Assistant Superintendent, Elementary
Olga Cobb has been a long-time familiar face in SKPS. Starting in 2000, Cobb began as a bilingual instructional assistant before moving into the role of community school outreach coordinator, school office specialist and grant coordinator. Olga has served as a district leader working for 11 years as principal at Highland and Chávez and leading the teacher preparation partnership between Chávez Elementary and two Salem-Keizer area universities.
Prior to being named assistant superintendent in 2021, Cobb served as a director of elementary education, providing leadership to elementary school principals on programs that help students learn and thrive.
Olga is equity focused in thinking and practice and centers her leadership on care and connection for students, families and community.

Robert Silva
Chief Operations Officer
- Financial Services
- Facilities & Planning (Facility Rentals)
- Auxiliary Services
- Safety & Risk Management
- Food & Nutrition Services
- Transportation
- Executive Cabinet
Robert Silva is the chief operations officer at Salem-Keizer Public Schools. As the COO, he serves in the critical role of forming and executing strategic and operational agendas while implementing and maintaining equitable, crucial and quality services throughout the district.
Bob has served in educational leadership roles for more than 24 years and brings a proven ability of strategic planning, running large operations and proactively discerning and responding to the needs of SKPS families with a focus on equity and customer service. He served as the director of Technology and Information Services at SKPS for five years prior to working at his current position.

John Beight
Executive Director, Human Resources
- Human Resources
- Employee Relations
- Benefits
- Recruitment & Hiring
- Student Teaching
- Substitutes
- Staff Quality & Improvement
- Teaching Mentors
- Executive Cabinet

Suzanne West
Director, Strategic Initiatives
Cabinet Members

Lizi Aguilar-Nelson
Director, Elementary Education

Matthew Biondi
Director, Middle School Education

Gweneth Bruey-Finck
Director, Secondary Curriculum & Instruction

Sara Leroy
Director, Elementary Education

Larry Ramirez
Director, High School Education

Cynthia Richardson
Director, Student Equity, Access and Advancement

Teresa Tolento
Director, Elementary Curriculum & Instruction
