Office of the Superintendent
About the Superintendent
The Superintendent is the District's top administrator who is hired by the Board of Education.
The Superintendent oversees FUSD's three main branches:
Contact
District Office, Room 290
Phone: (510) 659-2542
Fax: (510) 659-2597
Erik Burmeister
Superintendent
Patty Sandoval
Executive Assistant to the Superintendent & Board of Education
Deanna Quiroz
Administrative Secretary
About Superintendent Burmeister
In June 2024, the Fremont Unified School District Board of Education unanimously approved the appointment of Erik Burmeister as Superintendent, effective July 1, 2024.
Mr. Burmeister has two decades of professional experience in Bay Area school districts; he previously served as Superintendent, Assistant Superintendent, and Principal in Menlo Park City School District; Principal and Assistant Principal in Union School District; and Assistant Principal, Activities Director, and Teacher in Campbell Union High School District.
Mr. Burmeister was named the 2020 Superintendent of the Year for California School Administrators (ACSA) Region 5. In 2012, he was named California Middle Grades Principal of the Year by ACSA, and was a finalist for National Principal of the Year.
In 2022, Mr. Burmeister founded Solutionary Advisors, a Menlo Park-based consulting firm, to provide design, strategy, and implementation services to schools and youth-serving systems.
Mr. Burmeister holds a Master of Arts in Educational Policy Analysis from Stanford University; a Master of Arts in Educational Leadership and Administration from San José State University; two bachelor’s degrees from Ohio University in Education & Communications, and Secondary Education and Teaching; and an advanced certificate from the University of Southern California for completing the Urban Superintendent Academy. He is currently involved in a number of organizations that serve students and youth, including as a member on the advisory boards for YMCA, Learner-Centered Collaborative, SRI, and TeachUNITED.