
Barbara Mullen
Superintendent,
Rush Henrietta Central School District
United States
Dr. Barbara Mullen has been superintendent of the Rush-Henrietta Central School District in suburban
Rochester, New York, since April 2023. Before joining Rush-Henrietta, she served as the Assistant
Superintendent of the Office of Student Services for Cambridge Public Schools in Cambridge,
Massachusetts and the Chief of Equity, Culture, and Student Support in Providence Public Schools,
Rhode Island. In December 2023, Dr. Mullen was awarded the Leaders of Distinction Award by District
Administration Leadership Institute, the premier national membership organization for school district
Leaders. In addition to the forthcoming Healing Centered Leadership in Schools; Dr. Mullen is the author of Secure Your Oxygen Mask First: Strategies to Prevent Burnout in Special Education Practitioners and published in the Journal of Education Leadership Policy: Spring 2021 Improving Equitable Student Outcomes: A Transformational and Collaborative Leadership Development Approach