5-16-2023
Tracy Skinner became the Associate Superintendent of Francis Tuttle Technology Center in December 2021. In her role she has primary responsibility for the Career Planning Center, Marketing & Communications, Professional Development, and Strategic Planning. Before her employment at Francis Tuttle, Tracy was the Assistant Superintendent of Academics with Oklahoma City Public Schools. Tracy began her career in the classroom at Will Rogers Elementary in Putnam City Schools in 1993 and then served as the principal of Deer Creek Middle School and Deer Creek High School for several years before joining Mustang Public Schools as the Executive
Director of Secondary Schools. She was then named Deputy Superintendent at Mustang Public Schools, where she led the Curriculum and Human Resources Department prior to joining Oklahoma City Public Schools. Skinner graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Music Education from Oklahoma City University, as well
as her Masters of Education in Administration from the University of Central Oklahoma in 1998. She is currently working on her doctorate at the University of Oklahoma.
Skinner’s husband, Todd, has been an educator in Putnam City for 33 years, and the couple has a daughter, Addye.
Chair of the Day
Jessica Sherrill is the General Counsel of Oklahoma City Public Schools. She attended the University of Oklahoma (Bachelors of Arts in psychology – 2004) then went on to Oklahoma City University School of Law (Juris Doctor – December 2006). She was sworn in as an attorney in April of 2007.
Jessica is a proud second-generation Rotarian; her late mother, Rebecca Walls, was a member of the Oklahoma City Northwest Rotary Club for nearly 21 years. Jessica served as the District 5750 Governor for the 2018-19 year.
Jessica is Past President of the Oklahoma Association of School Board Attorneys and has been on that board since 2010. She is a member of the Oklahoma Bar Association, National Council of School Attorneys, and the National Association of Unemployment Insurance Appellate Professionals. Jessica is a graduate of Leadership Oklahoma City’s LOYAL Class III and enjoys mentoring and promoting leadership to high school and college students. She volunteers mostly through Junior Achievement OKC and has served on the advisory board of Alpha Chi Omega’s OU (Psi) and OCU (Gamma Tau) chapters. She is the current Chair of the Putnam City Public Schools Foundation Board.
Jessica is married to her college sweetheart, Jay, who works for Quest Diagnostics. Jay is also a school board member and Past President for Putnam City Public Schools. Together, they have a son named Hill, and a daughter named Ainsley, and two rescue dogs, “Link and Zelda.” The Sherrills enjoy travel, finding fun, and giving back to their community. Jessica encourages you to include Rotary in your family and your family into Rotary. What a wonderful legacy of Service Above Self to pass on from one generation to the next!