Fern Bowling 

Education:  Ed.D. in Career & Technical Education/Administration, M.S. and B.S. in Business, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK

Prior experience:  National Alliance for Partnerships in Equity (NAPE), Director of Program and Policy.

Administrator and specialist in equity/diversity where I co-piloted an e-mentoring program for females in selected STEM areas called GirlTech, planning coordinator, and assistant state supervisor of Business and Office Education, Oklahoma Department of Career & Technology Education, Stillwater, OK.

Executive Director, Oklahoma Council on Vocational Education, Oklahoma City, OK.

Current:  Oklahoma Commission on the Status of Women-Commissioner; American Indian Council-agency representative; Oklahoma Private School Board – Director; Rural Enterprises Inc. of OK- Past President and Board Director (nonprofit corporation has added $1 Billion to the economy in Oklahoma since the early 1980s in economic development); Governor’s Oklahoma Women’s Summit – Co-Chair in 2004 and 2006, National Alliance for Partnerships in Equity – Past President and member;  nd Career and Technical Education Equity Council (CTEEC) – Past President and member.  Stillwater Literacy Council – Board Member.