Dr. Sally Vaughn has served as the Deputy State Superintendent/Chief Academic Officer for the Michigan Department of Education since August 2007. In that capacity, she is responsible for providing leadership and support for school improvement, special education, assessment and accountability, teacher preparation, early childhood education, and career and technical education.

Prior to this role, Dr. Vaughn was the superintendent of Livingston Educational Service Agency (LESA) where she provided leadership and support services to local school districts serving over 30,000 students.

Before her superintendency at LESA, she served as Associate Superintendent for Learning Services for Wayne Regional Educational Service Agency (RESA) for eleven years, where she worked with 34 local school districts and eight public schools authorized by Wayne RESA, serving nearly 500,000 students.

She also served in administrative and consultant capacities for Wayne RESA in grants and planning, state and federal programs, school improvement, and career and technical education. She began her educational career as a Business English teacher in Detroit.

Dr. Vaughn has served as president of the Michigan Association for Intermediate School Administrators (MAISA), on the Board of Directors for the Michigan Association of School Administrators (MASA), the American Association for School Administrators, and the National Association of State and Federal Programs.

She received the Michigan Association of State and Federal Program Specialists' Educator of the Year Award in 2003 and the MAISA President's Distinguished Service Award in 2005. She was appointed by Governor Granholm to the Early Childhood Investment Corporation in 2006.

Dr. Vaughn received her B.A. from Western Michigan University and her M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of Michigan.

She is married and has a 19 year old son, who is a junior at the University of Michigan.