A key witness in the criminal case against State Superintendent Joy Hofmeister has resigned from his job as head of a school administrators’ group.

Ryan Owens was general counsel for the Cooperative Council of Oklahoma School Administration before being named executive director in July.

The CCOSA executive committee held a special meeting Tuesday, where it accepted Owens’ resignation, according to a message sent out by the group. Owens could not be reached for comment.

Pam Deering, CCOSA’s associate executive director and former superintendent and chief financial officer of the Midwest City-De...