Tonya S. McIntyre

Tonya S. McIntyre is the Executive Director of Student Academic Success for Amherst Regional Public Schools and a veteran education leader with over 30 years of experience leading equity-focused instruction, systems improvement, and educator development. A native of Wadmalaw Island, South Carolina, she previously held several leadership roles in the Charleston County School District, including Interim Director of Community Outreach, District Instructional Specialist, and Teacher Recruitment and Retention Coordinator for the Acceleration Schools, where she worked to ensure the district’s most vulnerable schools were staffed with high-quality, effective, and diverse educators. Earlier in her career, Tonya spent more than two decades as a high school mathematics teacher, designing learning environments that supported students’ academic, social, and cultural needs.

She holds a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics from Savannah State University and a Master of Management Studies from The Broad Center at Yale School of Management. Tonya is currently a doctoral student in Strategic Leadership in Education at Belmont University, where her research examines leadership identity and meaning-making in the superintendency through the lived experiences of African American female superintendents in U.S. public K–12 school districts.