James McBride

James M. McBride, R, born October 14, 1948, in Sunbury, Pennsylvania. His parents, William F. McBride and Leah Hoover McBride, were Pennsylvania natives. Raised in Pennsylvania, McBride graduated from Shamokin High School in 1966. He received his Bachelor of Science degree from Bloomsburg University in 1970. In 1971 he received his Master of Education in Earth and Space Science from the University of Pennsylvania. He began teaching at Caesar Rodney Junior High School near Dover Delaware in 1971. On March 27, 1971, McBride married Sandra Zimmerman of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.

From 1971 to 1975, McBride taught and also completed certification as a principal. In December 1975, he joined the U. S. Air Force. During his many assignments, he continued to teach and attended a number of colleges. In 1981, he completed his MBA at Louisiana Technical University. In 1983 he was sent to the University of North Carolina where he completed his Doctorate of Education Administration and an internship in planetarium administration. For the next five years, he taught and held various positions at the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

In 1996, Dr. McBride was selected as President of the Community College of the Air Force, the largest fully accredited community college in the world. Jim retired from the Air Force after 26 years in December 2001 and embarked on a new career as Superintendent of Schools in Bennett, Colorado. In May of 2003, he joined the Wyoming Department of Education as a technology administrator. In August 2005, McBride was selected by Governor Dave Freudenthal to complete the unexpired term of Trent Blankenship. In November 2006, he was elected to serve a four-year term as the State Superintendent of Public Instruction. He was defeated in the 2010 primary by Cindy Hill.

In October 2011, McBride became Deputy State Registrar for the Wyoming Department of Health.