Meet David VanHorn

Meet David VanHorn
Posted on 07/01/2021
MEET DAVID VANHORN
SWMetro's NEW Executive Director of Teaching & Learning

Working in education service agencies like SWMetro has been my passion and the focus of my career. Over the course of twenty-nine years, I served as a School Psychologist, Director of Special Education, Instructional Services Director, Associate Administrator, and Executive Director of Specialized Services at an Area Education Agency (AEA) in southwest Iowa. (An AEA is Iowa’s version of intermediate districts.) While at the AEA I had the chance to lead a variety of projects, including the development of Iowa’s Technology Plan, the development and implementation of our AEA merger plan, and the development of an online professional learning module focused on suicide prevention, intervention, and postvention. I retired from the AEA in June of this year and joined the SWMetro team on July 1.

When I am not working, I enjoy spending time with my family. I am the father of five. My oldest will be 27 in October. My youngest and only daughter turned 19 in June. We enjoy kayaking, occasional fishing (especially if we can get to Northern Ontario), and traveling. My wife and I hope to travel to Ireland in the spring of 2022, and this coming October we will be flying to Mexico to celebrate the Day of the Dead.

Beyond time with my family, I enjoy regular workouts (running and weightlifting) and officiating youth soccer games. When my children were younger I also enjoyed coaching youth soccer. We are passionate followers of the US Women’s National Soccer Team.

I am excited to meet more of the SWMetro team and have the opportunity to work on the great programs and projects we have here. I feel very fortunate to have the opportunity to be a member of SWMetro!


Join us in welcoming David to the team!