Jodi McDaniel Named FCS 2024-2025 Support Professional of the Year

Jodi McDaniel, Fulton County Schools (FCS) Professional Assistant III for two superintendents in Zones 4 and 7, was named 2024-2025 Support Professional of the Year. She was nominated by Zone 4 Superintendent Alexandra Bates.

“Jodi McDaniel is a classic case of all that is good with Fulton County Schools,” Bates said. “As the Professional Assistant III, she quickly became indispensable in the Division of the Chief of Staff. She has a true servant’s attitude and continuously figures out ways to make the families, staff, and communities we serve in Zones 4 and 7 feel heard, safe, well informed and seen.”

Zone 7 Superintendent Kibbey Crumbley agrees: “In less than one year in her role, Ms. McDaniel has truly revolutionized our efficiencies because of her outstanding communications skills, both in writing, verbally and in print communications. She manages multiple stakeholder concerns by developing an efficient system to collect, respond, resolve, and close out complaints/concerns.”

Before joining FCS in 2019, McDaniel worked as a project manager for a printing company and as a packaging and graphics manager for a pharmaceutical company. She holds a college degree in graphic design.

“I am customer service driven,” McDaniel says. “Whether it is internal or external customers, I always strive to give 100 percent.”

"Ms. Bates cited a concept from an article in the Harvard Business Review that irreplaceable employees do not just come up with ideas or point out problems. “They focus on the best way to accomplish the task...they get things done and achieve results.”