Retired school administrator for three separate school districts with nineteen years experience in the superintendent’s position. His last school district was Jamestown Public Schools where he led a major initiative that saw the oversight of three public referendums totaling over 130 million dollars for capital improvement and technology enhancements. He developed a fiber optic network to connect his twelve buildings regarding voice, video, data and security systems.

Ray has had private sector technology experience and through his leadership has made Jamestown Public Schools a leader in technology in New York State. He was featured in District Administrator (August, 2007) in an article entitled “Private Sector Technology Experience Applied to School District.” Ray started his thirty- five year educational career as a science and biology teacher for thirteen of those years. He and his wife, Jeanine, live in Jamestown, New York.