Board of Education

MS. JANIA WESTER
DISTRICT 2

Born and raised on the island of Puerto Rico, Jania Wester came to the United States to attend college. She received her Bachelor’s in Education from Oral Roberts University and her Master’s in Educational Leadership from Oklahoma State University.

She was first hired as part of the founding faculty of Kendall-Whittier Elementary in Tulsa Public Schools, where she spent 14 years, the last two of those years as one of their assistant principals. She then became the first Latinx principal of Henry Zarrow International Elementary School, a Tulsa Public Schools language immersion magnet program, for four years. Her passion for bilingual education and community engagement is clearly evident in her work and in the high bar that she sets both for herself and those she has led.

She and her husband, Kirk, have been married since 1996 and they have 3 children: Sanjuana, Markos and Isabela. They have chosen to raise their children to be bilingual, bi-literate, and change agents in the poverty cycle.

Jania and her family intentionally moved into the Kendall-Whittier neighborhood in 1998, when it was known as the Red Light District and they have not only joined their neighbors in the transformation of their neighborhood but have truly embraced the beauty that comes with living in a multi-cultural and mixed income neighborhood.

Schools in Ms. Wester’s election district include Kendall-Whittier, McKinley, Mitchell, Owen, Sequoyah, and Springdale elementary schools; Carver Middle School and Rogers College Jr. High; and Rogers College and Booker T. Washington high schools.

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MS. JENNETTIE MARSHALL
DISTRICT 3

Ms. Jenettie Marshall was elected to her post in April 2017. Her term will expire in February 2021.

Ms. Marshall has a strong history of serving people through her ministerial duties, funeral service duties, and volunteer work. Jennettie retired from the State of Oklahoma where she worked for the Department of Corrections and the Department of Human Services. She also served the City of Tulsa as a police and fire chaplain and was trained in emergency disaster response and hostage negotiation. In 1994, Ms. Marshall established Reclaim Inc., a program that specializes in serving as a "vehicle of change and r4edirection" for families, juveniles and adults.

Jennettie holds an associates in political science, bachelor of science in corrections, masters of science in business management, associates in applied science in funeral service, attended Phillips Theological Seminary and is completing her seminary coursework through Andersonville Theological Seminary. She is the founding pastor of Living Sanctuary Evangelistic Ministries and previously served as Senior Pastor of Snowden Chapel and Macedonia Christian Methodist Episcopal churches.

Ms. Marshall is the proud mother of three children, DeAndrae Sr., LaKesha Caraway and LaToya (deceased). She is the proud grandmother of twelve grandchildren.

Schools in Ms. Marshall’s election district include ECDC Bunche; Academy Central, Anderson, Burroughs, Celia Clinton, Gilcrease, Hamilton, Hawthorne, Unity Learning Academy, Penn and Whitman elementary schools; Dual Language Academy; Monroe Demonstration Academy; McLain 7th Grade Academy; Central Jr. and Sr. High and McLain Jr. and Sr. high schools.

MS. SHAWNA KELLER
(VICE PRESIDENT)
DISTRICT 4

Ms. Keller was elected to her post in February 2018. Her term will expire in February 2022. As a fourth-generation East Tulsa resident, Ms. Keller attended Disney Elementary School, Foster Middle School (currently East Central Junior High School) and East Central High School. Ms. Keller graduated from the University of Tulsa with a bachelor’s degree in history and received her teaching certification from Northeastern State University. Ms. Keller is currently working on her master’s degree in history at the University of Tulsa. Ms. Keller began teaching at Owasso Ram Academy in 2006 as a history teacher. She was selected as Teacher of the Year at the Ram Academy in 2011. Ms. Keller is an active member of the Oklahoma Education Association.

Schools in Ms. Keller's election district include: Cooper, Disney, Huerta, Kerr, Lindbergh, Lewis and Clark, Peary, Skelly, East Central Jr. High and East Central High School.

VACANT

MS. RUTH ANN FATE
DISTRICT 6

Ms. Fate was first elected to the Board of Education in April 1996. She served as president from February 1999 through February 2002. Her term will expire February 2020.

Ms. Fate is a life-long Oklahoman, graduating from high school in Miami and attending Oklahoma University. She married Martin Fate, Jr. in 1954 and was widowed in 1995. Ms. Fate’s three children, Gary Fate, Steven Fate and Mary Ann Davis, graduated from Memorial High School.

Ms. Fate is a charter member of Bethany Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), and a founding member of the Bethany Community pre-school where she taught for ten years.

A tireless community volunteer, Ms. Fate is on the Board of Trustees for the National Conference for Community and Justice and currently serves as a docent for the Philbrook Museum of Art. Ms. Fate sits on the boards of the Philbrook Museum, Arts and Humanities Council, OU College of Education Board of Advocates, Center for Counseling, Tulsa Arboretum, and the Phillips Theological Seminary board.

Schools in Ms. Fate’s election district include Bell, Hoover, Jones, MacArthur, and Salk elementary schools; Zarrow International School; Hale Jr. High, Hale High School, Memorial Jr. High, and Street School. 

MS. SUZANNE SCHREIBER
(PRESIDENT)
DISTRICT 7

Ms. Suzanne Schreiber was elected to her post in February 2018. Her term will expire in February 2022. She has lived in Tulsa more than 20 years. Her passion for public education is fueled by the belief that every child can learn and our community is stronger when all children have access to a quality education. Ms. Schreiber and her husband, Tony Rittenberry, have four children ranging from ages two to ten. Their school-age children are students at Tulsa Public Schools. 

Suzanne has always been civically active, participating in everything from student government, leadership organizations and charitable boards to middle school mentor and homeroom mother at Grimes Elementary. She is a graduate of the University of Tulsa and the University of Tulsa Law School. She works for the Tulsa Community Foundation on a variety of community improvement projects. Prior to her position at Tulsa Community Foundation, Suzanne practiced law in the private sector and served as a federal law clerk at both the district and appellate levels.

Schools in Ms. Schreiber’s election district include Carnegie, Eisenhower International, Grimes, Grissom, Patrick Henry, Key, Marshall, and McClure elementary schools; Thoreau Demonstration Academy; and Memorial High School.