| Volume 34 | Number
5
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Fall
2003
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New CareerTech Board Appointed
Story by Matt
Kelly,
Communications and Marketing Intern
Governor Brad Henry has made appointments to the new State Board of Career and Technology Education created by legislation approved this past spring.
“We are pleased with the appointments made to the board,” said Phil Berkenbile, CareerTech interim state director. “The appointed members all come from business and industry and I look forward to working with them as we move the CareerTech system forward.”
Berkenbile said the requirements to serve on the CareerTech State Board according to legislation include having first hand knowledge about the CareerTech system. “Board members must be an owner or business executive having the authority to hire or make policy for their company located in Oklahoma or a significant number of their workforce has been trained or educated in the career and technology system,”he said. “Also board members must have a high school diploma or its equivalency.” Members are appointed by the governor and confirmed by State Senate, and are subject to the orientation and continuing education requirements for school board members. |
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The state’s CareerTech nine-member board is comprised of State Superintendent of Public Instruction Sandy Garrett who serves as the chairperson of the board. Two members of the State Board of Education are also appointed to the board along with a representative of each congressional district and one member at large.
Interim State Director of Career and Technology Education Phil Berkenbile serves as an ex-officio, non-voting member and executive officer of the board.
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Harold Anglin, Pryor, has been appointed as the member at large for the CareerTech board. Anglin is a retired CareerTech educator and administrator. During a span of 27 years he has been highly involved in technology education in both Oklahoma and Kansas. |
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Sue Arnn, Ardmore, is the second member of the State Board of Education appointed to the CareerTech board. Arnn has served on numerous boards of nonprofit organizations, including the Oklahoma State School Boards Association Board of Directors. |
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Debbie Blue, Shawnee, is a member of the State Board of Education also appointed to the CareerTech board. Blue has taught in the Sapulpa, Jenks, and Shawnee school systems and is currently the Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at Oklahoma Baptist University. |
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Cheri Ezzell, Enid, has been newly appointed to the board as the representative for Congressional District 3. Ezzell is the executive director of Community Development Support Association, Inc. in Enid. |
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Randy Gilbert, Tecumseh, has been appointed to the CareerTech board as the representative for Congressional District 5. Gilbert is a former agriculture education instructor, and is currently operations manager of Gilbert and Sons Trucking, in Tecumseh. |
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Melvin Gilliam, Tulsa, has been newly appointed to the CareerTech board as the representative for Congressional District 1. Gilliam is the vice president and director of community reinvestment of MidFirst Bank. |
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Karl Meyers, Ft. Gibson, has been newly appointed to the CareerTech board as the representative for Congressional District 2. Meyers is the operating vice president of the Muskogee Mill for Georgia Pacific. |
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Gen. Toney Stricklin, Lawton-Ft.Sill, has been appointed to the CareerTech board as the representative for Congressional District 4. Stricklin is the vice president of business development for TELOS-OK, a well-established and respected software development firm in Lawton-Ft. Sill. |
