RIO RANCHO — A newcomer to New Mexico, Dr. Robert “Robby” Dodd loves the fact that the Sandia Mountains are always on the horizon when he wakes up every morning.
But those mountains — which gets their name from the Spanish word for “watermelon” — carries a more profound meaning for the longtime Maryland school administrator who is about to become Rio Rancho Public Schools’ next superintendent. For Dodd, the Sandias serve both as a “reference point in your daily life” and as a metaphor for his new leadership role, which he will assume on March 1.
“The superintendency is very much like what the Sandia Mountains provide us. The superintendent should always be a highly effective leader that provides students, staff and community members with that reference point of where we’re going and what’s on the horizon,” Dodd said…