Bruce Gearing

Dr. Gearing has served as the Superintendent of Leander ISD since September 2019. LISD has an enrollment of 43,500 students across 200 square miles. He served as the Dripping Springs ISD superintendent from 2012-2019 and superintendent of Marshall ISD from 2009-2012, three years as an assistant superintendent, and five years as an elementary principal. A native of South Africa, Gearing started his career teaching science and math at the high school level, including three years at international schools. He proudly became a United States citizen in 2010. Gearing earned his doctorate from Texas A&M – Commerce, master’s from Texas A&M – Texarkana, and bachelor’s in mathematics and chemistry from the University of the Witwatersrand. He and his wife, Aldine, have four children.