Nellie Tayloe Sanders | |
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Oklahoma Secretary of Education | |
In office January 24, 2024 –October 2, 2025 | |
Governor | Kevin Stitt |
Preceded by | Katherine Curry |
Succeeded by | Dan Hamlin |
Member of the Statewide Virtual Charter School Board of Oklahoma | |
In office February 2023 –January 21,2024 | |
Appointed by | Greg Treat |
Personal details | |
Spouse | Mike Sanders |
Relatives | Nellie Tayloe Ross (great-grandmother) William B. Ross (great-grandfather) |
Education | Salve Regina University |
Nellie Tayloe Sanders is an American politician who has served as the Oklahoma Secretary of Education since January 24,2024.
Nellie Tayloe Sanders graduated from Salve Regina University. [1]
In 2013,she started working for the Center of Family Love,a hospice care center that works with disabled people. [2] In February 2023,she was appointed to the Oklahoma Statewide Virtual Charter School Board by Senator Greg Treat. [3] In June,she voted to approve the charter of St. Isidore of Seville Catholic Virtual School. [4] In a July meeting,she voted to retain Alliance Defending Freedom to represent the schoolboard in litigation over the approval of St. Isidore of Seville Catholic Virtual School. [5]
Governor Kevin Stitt appointed Sanders the Oklahoma Secretary of Education on January 24,2024. [6] She resigned her school board position on January 21,before taking office. [2]
She is married to Mike Sanders and they have two children. [2] [1] She is dyslexic. [7] She is the great-granddaughter of Nellie Tayloe Ross,the first woman governor in the United States,and William B. Ross. [8]