A longtime key leader at the Oregon Department of Education, Tenneal Wetherell, is leaving the agency for a new position at the helm of the Lane Education Service District in Eugene.
Wetherell has regularly represented the state education agency during legislative hearings and in front of the state Board of Education. After serving as chief of staff to current agency head Charlene Williams, she was named the department’s Deputy Director of Operations, overseeing finance, human resources, information technology, nutrition services and some specialized programs.
Her departure is the latest in a wave of upper management churn at the agency, which has been helmed by Williams, a former deputy superintendent of the Evergreen School District in Vancouver and principal of Roosevelt High School, since July 2023…