Board of Education

MS. AMY SHELTON
DISTRICT 2

Ms. Shelton was elected to the Board of Education in February 2017. Her term will expire in February 2021.

Ms. Shelton has dedicated her career to working in public education and serving as a community advocate and volunteer. Ms. Shelton taught fifth grade at both Anderson and Cooper, and third-grade reading intervention at Celia Clinton. She also completed an internship with the district's teaching and learning team. When Reading Partners came to Tulsa, Ms. Shelton directed, designed, and implemented a multi-site summer school program for third- grade students who were at risk of being retained. She continued volunteering with Reading Partners while working as a graduate teaching assistant in the education department at the University of Tulsa.

Ms. Shelton holds an Oklahoma educator's certification, a bachelor's in international studies from Cedarville University in Ohio, a master's in educational studies from the University of Tulsa, and a graduate certificate in nonprofit management from Oklahoma State University. She is a member of the Kendall-Whittier Resident Council, Tulsa Young Professionals, and the Women's Leadership Council.

Ms. Shelton and her husband David have one daughter and are expecting their second child this fall.

Schools in Ms. Shelton's election district include, Kendall-Whittier, McKinley, Mitchell, Owen, Sequoyah, and Springdale elementary schools; Carver Middle School; Will Rogers College High and Junior High and Booker T. Washington High School.

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
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.

DR. CINDY DECKER
VICE PRESIDENT
DISTRICT 5

Dr. Cindy Gustafson Decker was first appointed by the Board of Education in May 2015 to fill a vacancy and then elected to her post February 2016. Her term will expire in February 2020.

Since 2002, Dr. Decker has worked as an education researcher. She is passionate about ensuring all children have a quality education. She works as Director of Research and Innovation at CAP Tulsa, an early childhood education provider for low-income children.  She is also on the Board of Moto, Inc., a family-owned business based in Illinois. Formerly, she was a Senior Economist working with the education team at the U.S. Government Accountability Office. while also consulting for various groups including the U.S. Department of Education and Howard County Public School System in Maryland.

Dr. Decker attended Patrick Henry, Edison Junior High, and graduated from Edison High School. She holds a B.A. in Economics and Mathematics from Emory University in Atlanta and a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of California at Berkeley. She is a member of Leadership Tulsa Class 44.

Dr. Decker and her husband Jason have two children, Fairlyn and Morgan.

Schools in Dr. Decker's election district include Eliot, Lanier, Mayo, and Wright elementary schools and Edison Preparatory School.

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.