The Cedar Hill ISD Board of Trustees officially named Dr. Maria Gamell as the sole finalist for superintendent.
CEDAR HILL, Texas — The Cedar Hill ISD Board of Trustees named a lone finalist for the district’s superintendent position.
The board named Dr. Maria Gamell as the last candidate standing during its Thursday board meeting.
According to CHISD, Gamell has 24 years of experience in education; most recently serving as Chief Human Resources Officer for Eagle Mountain-Saginaw ISD in Tarrant County. Before that role, Dr. Gamell also served as a principal.
The district said Gamell was selected following “an extensive search and interview process.”
Gamell will be succeeding former CHISD Superintendent Dr. Gerald Hudson, who had led the district since 2019, when the district’s previous superintendent, Billy Snow, resigned amid an investigation into an undisclosed allegation against him.
Dr. Hudson will officially resign on June 30, but will stick around in the district as Superintendent Emeritus through June 30, 2026.
The board will have to adhere to the state-mandated 21-day waiting period before officially naming Dr. Gamell as superintendent.