Mr. Shawn Arnold joined McPherson & Jacobson in 2018.
Mr. Arnold is a school principal in the Juneau School District and a faculty member for the Superintendent Endorsement program at the University of Alaska Southeast. He earned his Superintendent Endorsement from the University of Alaska Southeast and Principal Certification from the University of Alaska Anchorage. Additionally, Mr. Arnold holds a Master of Education in Special Education from the University of Alaska Southeast, a Master of Education in Secondary Social Studies from Wayland Baptist University, and a Master of Arts in Military History from Norwich University. He has also participated in the Harvard Graduate School of Education Leadership Institute for Superintendents and completed the American Association of School Administrators National Superintendent Program.
Mr. Arnold has spent most of his adult life in Alaska, first arriving for military service in 1994. After over ten years of active duty, he transitioned to teaching in the Yukon-Koyukuk School District and the Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District before moving into administration. He became the superintendent of Nome Public Schools in 2014, where he served for four years, and then spent three years as superintendent in Valdez City Schools.