Mr. Loving became the NSSD superintendent in July 2022. He has nearly 24 years of educational experience in Oregon with 19 of those in administrative capacities. He was most recently the principal of Ridgeview High School in Redmond and in 2019, was named the Oregon Secondary Principal of the Year. Some of his other roles span from high school athletics coach, Social Studies teacher, President of the Oregon Assoc. of Secondary School Administrators, Coalition of Oregon School Administrators Board Member and member of the Oregon AVID Principal’s Collaborative Leadership Committee. 

Rhonda became the NSSD Business Director in August 2022. She has been in school finance for 17 years, with 6 of those years as an administrator. Rhonda's Business Office experience began at Harrisburg School District, where she worked as a Business Office Clerk from 2005-2014. She then served Linn Benton Lincoln ESD from 2014-2022, beginning as a Fiscal Analyst 1 & 2 before becoming the Assistant Business Manager in 2016, and Deputy Business Manager in 2020. She also completed the New Business Manager Institute through OASBO in 2016. Rhonda holds a Bachelor of Arts in Social Science from Northwest Nazarene University.

Before coming to NSSD in June 2022. John worked as the Nutrition Services Manager at Willamette Valley Medical Center in McMinnville for 19 years from 2003-2022. Prior to that, he was a cook and shift supervisor at WVMC for 3 years from 2000-2003. He worked for two years as a cook/corrections officer at the Washington Corrections Center for Women from 1998-2000, and prior to that, worked as a chef and kitchen manager at restaurants around
the northwest.

He lives in McMinnville with his wife, Angie and daughter, Katie (who is a sophomore at MHS and on varsity Dance and Rugby) He also has three older boys, JT, Brian, and Jacob, all of whom were OSAA high school state wrestling champions! Brian wrestled for one season at University of Northern Colorado and three years at Oregon State and Jacob is just starting his second season wrestling at Oregon State.

In his spare time, he likes to raise and breed different species of tropical fish.

Gary oversees all building level safety committees, processes, and coordinates our district-wide plan for emergency preparedness/K-12.

AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY:

District-Wide Truancy
District-Wide Security
District- Wide Safety
Land-Line Telecommunications/ K-12
Wireless Communications (cell)/ K-12
Pre-employment & Volunteer Background Investigation/ K-12
District-Wide Key and Lock Inventory/K-12
District-Wide Asbestos Compliance Manager(AHERA)
Student Health Services/K-12

Dave joined the North Santiam School District in 2009 as Head Custodian at SHS, and later moved to the Assistant Facilities Director position before becoming Director of Facilities in 2020.  He received an AS degree in mechanical design from CCC in 1983.  Prior to his employment at NSSD he worked at Philips Products in Stayton for over 26 years as a lead person, supervisor, field service technician, and service manager.

He enjoys overseeing custodial and maintenance services, as it keeps him busy and the variety that comes with it always makes for an interesting day.  He sees the main goal in facilities is providing a clean, comfortable and safe environment, along with maintaining buildings and equipment, so teachers can focus on providing a quality education for our students.

 He lives in Stayton with his wife Donna, they enjoy traveling and visiting their grandkids, 3 local and 2 in North Carolina.  In his spare time, he enjoys working around the house, and playing in a local pool league.