UA Trustees Approve Selection of McDowell As Executive Director at ASMSA

UA System trustees approve Lyon graduate Derek McDowell to lead Arkansas School for Mathematics, Sciences & the Arts | Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

LITTLE ROCK -- The University of Arkansas System Board of Trustees approved Derek McDowell, director of secondary academics for the Amarillo Independent School District in Texas, as the next executive director of the Arkansas School for Mathematics, Sciences & the Arts (ASMSA) during a special meeting Thursday.

UA Trustees Approve Selection of McDowell As Executive Director at ASMSA

Derek McDowell, Ph.D. LITTLE ROCK (April 16, 2026) – The Board of Trustees of the University of Arkansas today approved the selection of Derek McDowell, Ph.D., director of secondary academics for the Amarillo (Texas) Independent School District, as the next executive director of the Arkansas School for Mathematics, Sciences & the Arts (ASMSA). The UA Board approved University of Arkansas System President Jay B. Silveria’s recommendation of McDow…