Terry Walker

Terry Walker helmed the Irvine Unified School District as its superintendent from 2011 until his recent retirement in January 2025. He served as a teacher, director and assistant superintendent of human resources in Irvine before being appointed to the district’s top administrator role. Under his leadership, IUSD built on its reputation as one of California’s highest-performing school districts, serving more than 38,000 students with the support of 4,000 staff members. He has a master’s degree in Education Administration Leadership from Pepperdine University and a master’s degree in Educational Technology Leadership from the University of California, Irvine. He earned his bachelor’s degree in psychology from the University of California, Santa Barbara.