Superintendent Todd Lile is a Madera native who attended John Adams and Howard Elementary schools and Thomas Jefferson Middle School. At Madera High School, he was involved in athletics and student government for four years. While attending California State University, Fresno, he served as a special education paraprofessional for more than four years in Madera Unified. He graduated in 1996 with a BA in History. He served as a teacher for 13 years before earning his MA in educational leadership from the College of New Jersey in 2010.
As an educator for 25 years, Superintendent Lile demonstrated a love of teaching and learning. His educational career began at Clovis Unified, where he served for a combined six years between Clovis High, Clovis West, and the Center for Advanced Research and Technology (CART), where he was an original staff member and psychology teacher. He and his wife, Jessica Zapata-Lile, also of Madera, taught overseas in Escuela Americana Honduras for two years. He then taught at Dubai American Academy for five years as an International Baccalaureate history teacher.
Mr. and Mrs. Lile traveled widely in both the Old and New World together and often with students. After the birth of their first of three sons (Luke, Ian, and Benjamin respectively), they returned to California, where he eventually served as a vice principal and principal at Madera South High School. In 2015, he assumed the role of Chief Academic Officer for Secondary in Madera Unified School District. In 2017, he was named the superintendent.
Superintendent Lile is able to speak conversational Spanish and reads as much as possible about a wide variety of subjects ranging from education, psychology, to history and current events.
