Dr. Nancy Hacker
Amy Goldman
Dr. Nancy M. Hacker
Dr. Nancy M. Hacker has worked in education for nearly five decades. She began her career in Pennsylvania in the Southeast Delco School District, teaching foreign languages, English, and Reading for fifteen years. She subsequently served as a secondary assistant principal and as an elementary school principal in the Penn-Delco School District. After then serving first as Supervisor of Curriculum and Instruction in Haddon Heights, New Jersey, and then as Assistant Superintendent for six years, Dr. Hacker was selected as Superintendent of the Haddon Heights Public Schools. After six years, Dr. Hacker returned to Pennsylvania as the Superintendent of the Interboro School District before going to the School District of Springfield Township as Superintendent for eight years, retiring in December of 2020.
Dr. Hacker is a Cum Laude graduate of Cornell University, holds a Master’s Degree in Educational Administration from Villanova University, and has a Doctorate of Education degree in Educational Leadership from Widener University, where she was the recipient of the Outstanding Doctoral Student Award. She has been an adjunct instructor at both Delaware Valley University and Rowan University, as well as a literacy consultant for numerous school districts, focusing on the development of school-wide literacy programs. She has provided workshops for teachers in numerous districts on a variety of topics, including math instruction and social and emotional learning. She has been a featured speaker at national, state, and local conferences for organizations such as the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, the National Association of Elementary School Principals, and the International Reading Association. Dr. Hacker is currently an adjunct instructor teaching Master’s degree and doctoral level coursework in educational administration and leadership at Gwynedd Mercy University, where she also serves as a dissertation advisor for doctorate students. She also currently serves as the Executive Director of the Springfield Township Education Foundation, which she founded while still serving as Superintendent, and she serves on several committees of the Board of Directors for the Overbrook School for the Blind in Philadelphia.
In 2019, Dr. Hacker was honored to have been selected as the recipient of the Pennsylvania Association of School Administrators “Leadership in Public Education” Award, given to an educator who has provided outstanding leadership and service. In 2020, the National Association of Secondary School Principals honored her with its national Distinguished Leader Award.
Amy Goldman
Amy Goldman has served on the Radnor Township School Board for eight years including two terms as Board Vice President followed by two terms as Board President. Amy was also active as a parent volunteer in Radnor schools for nearly twenty years. Amy started her Radnor parent volunteer service as Chair of the Cultural Arts Committees for the Ithan and Radnor Middle School PTOs. Amy then served as President of the Radnor Middle School PTO and was the Founder and Chairperson of the Radnor PTOs District-Wide Initiatives Committee. Amy has also been a member of the Radnor Educational Foundation’s Grants Committee and Board of Directors. Amy has also participated in several Radnor Township School District (RTSD) Community Committees including those for Strategic and Comprehensive Planning, Technology Integration, Student Wellness, and Career and College Readiness.
Since her election to the School Board in 2015, Amy has served on all five School Board Committees and Chaired for multiple years the School Board’s Policy Committee and Government Relations and Communications Committee. Amy has served two two-year terms as the volunteer PA School Boards Association’s Sectional Advisor for Section 8 (Southeastern PA). In addition, Amy has served as RTSD’s elected board member to the Delaware County Intermediate Unit and as Co-Chair of the Delaware County School Boards Legislative Council. Amy completed a nine month Fellowship Program with Pennsylvania’s Education Policy Leadership Center and served three terms as a member of the Board of Trustees of The University of the Arts in Philadelphia. Amy has also served on the PA Department of Education’s Committee on Education Talent Recruitment. Prior to her volunteer service, Amy was an Account Executive in television advertising sales at 6ABC in Philadelphia. She holds a B.A. degree in History from the University of Pennsylvania. Amy and her husband have two children. Their daughter is a 2017 graduate of Radnor High School and their son is a 2019 graduate of The Haverford School.
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