CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. – Norm Brumblay has been selected as chief operations officer for the Clarksville-Montgomery County School System, beginning Dec. 1.
He replaces Jim Sumrell, who retires at the end of the semester.
Brumblay has been with CMCSS since 2002, serving as the operations director and facilities manager. In this role, he has acted as the chief operations officer designee, supervised the Facilities Department staff and the operation of all school and district facilities, and been responsible for the planning, design, and construction of facilities during his tenure.
Previously, he was a project manager and designer for DBS & Associates Engineering. Additionally, Brumblay serves as a sergeant first class in the US Army assigned to Tennessee Army National Guard 129th AB. Over his 33 years of military service, he has provided first-line leadership for various missions, including overseas combat operations in the Persian Gulf War with the 101st Airborne Division.
Brumblay earned his M.S. in business management from Austin Peay State University and a B.S. in civil engineering from the University of Tennessee in Knoxville. He has earned his FEMA Incident Command ICS Certificate, was a member of the National Science Foundation Innovation Corps, and completed the U.S. Army Advanced Leadership School. He received the National Medal of the Arts, as a military musician, U.S. Army Meritorious Service Medal, and was named the U.S. Army Bands NCO of the Year in 2003.
Locally, he was a graduate of the Leadership Clarksville Class of 2008 and served on the Montgomery County Growth Plan Development Committee and the City of Clarksville Access Management Board. Brumblay is a past president of the United Way of the Greater Clarksville Region Board of Directors and a past regional director of the Tennessee School Plant Management Association. He is a Boy Scouts of America Scout Master and earned the BSA Trailblazer Award.
His wife Robyn, is a teacher at Rossview Middle, and they have two children.