Administration
Dr. Steven Sullivan
Dr. Sullivan comes to Chapel Hill with more than two decades of school leadership experience. At North Brunswick High School, where Dr. Sullivan was the Brunswick County Schools 2021-22 Principal of the Year, Advanced Placement enrollment increased by 125%, Career and College Promise enrollment (which allows high school students to dual-enroll in college classes) went up by 50% and the on-time graduation rate was over 80% each year.
Prior to North Brunswick, he served in numerous school leadership positions, including principal at Isaac Bear Early College High School and John T. Hoggard High School, where he was named the 2016-17 New Hanover County School Principal of the Year. He also served as principal at Heide Trask High School, where he was named the 2009-10 Pender County Schools Principal of the Year. Earlier, Dr. Sullivan was an assistant principal and an English teacher (1992-93 Teacher of the Year at South Columbus High School in NC). He was also a Chinese Language crypto-linguist in the United States Air Force before most of his service in public education.
Dr. Sullivan graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with a Bachelor's degree in Secondary Education with a concentration in English. He followed that by earning a Master’s in Foundations of Education from Troy State University (AL) and a Doctorate in Education with a concentration in Curriculum Development and Systemic Change from Nova Southeastern University (FL).
Mr. Spencer Hawkins
Dr. Hawkins began his career in education as a secondary school counselor in 1998. As such, the forging of positive relationships with students, parents, and staff is a top priority for him. Dr. Hawkins worked as a counselor at Durham’s Jordan High School in the area of freshman transition. In 2010, he transitioned into school leadership because he wished to be an active agent of school reform and maximized potential for all students. Dr. Hawkins completed his Principal Internship at Smith Middle School in 2011-2012 before serving as Assistant Principal at Eastern Alamance High School and Carrboro High School for the following six years. He returned to Smith in 2018 as Assistant Principal where he worked until joining the Tiger admin team in 2025. He has worked as an educator at every level of K12 and in four NC school districts - and even as a private consultant specializing in the development of high school transition programs.
Dr. Hawkins has a B.A. in Political Science from UNC-Greensboro, a Masters of Counselor Education from NC State, and a Masters of School Administration and an Ed.D. in Educational Leadership both from UNC Chapel Hill. He earned his doctorate in 2017 after successfully defending his dissertation, the focus of which was student equity as evidenced through high school scheduling and teacher assignment practices. He is also a certified scuba diver, avid Tar Heels basketball fan, and nerdy comic book collector who enjoys working out and traveling (especially to Walt Disney World with his family!).
Dr. Hawkins oversees the CTE, Cultural Arts, Healthful Living, ML, and Student Services departments.
Mrs. Ally Moore Scercy
Ms. Scercy is originally from Greenville, North Carolina. She attended UNC-Chapel Hill for her undergraduate degree in psychology and NC Central for her Masters in School Counseling. She is currently working towards her Masters in School Administration, which she will complete this summer through Gardner-Webb University. Ms. Scercy started her career in education as a school counselor at a small school outside of her hometown.
She joined the tiger family in May 2015, as a school counselor and has served as the counseling department chair for the last two years. Ms. Scercy has also coached the CHHS JV cheer team for the past 8 seasons.
Ms. Scercy oversees the Science, World Languages, and Exceptional Children.
Assistant Principal
Chapel Hill High School
Mr. Dorian Locklear - Assistant Principal
Dorian Locklear, a 1994 graduate of Chapel Hill High School, began serving as a CHHS assistant principal in September 2023.
Locklear has been in education for over 17 years, starting his career as an English teacher.
Locklear had been an assistant principal in the Durham Public Schools district for eight years, split, serving at Glenn Elementary School, Lucas Middle School and Lakeview Alternative School.
Mr. Locklear oversees the English, Math, and Social Studies.
Assistant Principal
Chapel Hill High School