Kisha R. Norris is the vice president for education and superintendent of schools for the Texas Conference of Seventh-day Adventists in Alvarado, Texas. She has held this position since August 2019. Before her appointment, she spent several years in leadership in Seventh-day Adventist higher educational institutions, including Southwestern Adventist University in Keene, Texas, Loma Linda University in Loma Linda, California, and Oakwood University in Huntsville, Alabama, working in the philanthropy departments as a director of development, senior director of development, assistant vice president and an executive director of Advancement. She has returned to education, her passion, which she pursued after completing her undergraduate degree. She is a former high school chemistry and Spanish teacher and an adjunct professor of education at Southwestern Adventist University.

Norris holds a bachelor’s degree in Biology with a Secondary Education and Music minor and a master’s degree in Educational Leadership, both from Southwestern Adventist University. She also holds a doctoral degree in education from Capella University.