Brian K. Matney, Ph.D. Email and Phone Number

In August, StoneBridge celebrated the opening of our brand new upper school (Grades 6-12) building; in 2023-2024, we reveled in two state VISAA Division III state championships, in both women’s volleyball and cross country.

Honored to have served as principal of Great Bridge Christian Academy, helping the school begin its pursuit of accreditation through ACSI.

Warren New Tech, named as one of the nation’s best high schools by U.S. News & World Report, has been a proud part of the National New Tech Network focusing on project-based learning.

Currituck County High School was named a prestigious College Board Advanced Placement Capstone School in 2019; only six percent of U.S. high schools have earned this distinction.

Park View Middle announced as one of seven 2020 USDOE National Blue Ribbon Schools in VIrginia, September 2020. In 2018, SOL pass rates improved from some 60% to over 80% and PVMS earned full accreditation for first time in over five years. Also assisted in the planning for a brand new consolidated county middle and high school, which opened in the fall of 2022.

Retired with 30 years of service in the Commonwealth and my hometown of Virginia Beach, July 1, 2017. State Principal of the Year on three occasions:VA Association Secondary School Principals 2006 (selected by my peers)UVA Curry Foundation 2008 (alumni)VA Student Councils Assoc. 2014 (students)Program Evaluation Specialist, Department of Research, VBCPS Central Office, 2016-2017; Principal, Landstown High School: Governor's STEM & Technology Academy, 2011-2016;Principal, Frank W. Cox High School, 2002-2011;Principal, Lynnhaven Middle School, 1998-2002;Assistant Principal, Ocean Lakes High School, 1994-1998. AP Government Teacher, Green Run High School, 1992-1994 and 1987-1988; Named one of the Top 100 New Teachers in America by the Student Loan Marketing Association, 1988; University of North Carolina Graduate School, 1988-1992. President, Virginia Association of Secondary School Principals, 2014-2015; Chair of ABTEL, the advisory board on teacher education and licensure to the State Board of Education, 2015-2016; Certified trainer with the National Institute for School Leadership (NISL); Member, Governor's SOL Reform and Innovation Committee, 2014-2018.

Completed Ph.D. and M.A.T. studies as recipient of a graduate study fellowship, doctoral research grant, Tanner Undergraduate Teaching Award and Dean E. Smith Scholarship. President of Graduate Student Association, School of Education, 1991-1992.