Nellie Tayloe Sanders | |
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Oklahoma Secretary of Education | |
Assumed office January 24, 2024 | |
Governor | Kevin Stitt |
Preceded by | Katherine Curry |
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]