 The Department is managed by the State Superintendent of Schools, a publicly elected position currently held by Richard Woods (since 2015).Former Superintendents of the department have included Linda Schrenko, Kathy Cox, William Bradley Bryant, and John Barge; the first superintendent was John Randolph Lewis, in 1871.The department is headquartered in the 2054 Twin Towers East building at 205 Jesse Hill Jr. Drive SE at Martin Luther King Jr. Drive in Downtown Atlanta.