| Nellie Tayloe Sanders | |
| Office: | Oklahoma Secretary of Education |
| Governor: | Kevin Stitt |
| Term Start: | January 24, 2024 |
| Predecessor: | Katherine Curry |
| Office2: | Member of the Statewide Virtual Charter School Board of Oklahoma |
| Appointed2: | Greg Treat |
| Term Start2: | February 2023 |
| Term End2: | January 21, 2024 |
| Education: | Salve Regina University |
| Spouse: | Mike Sanders |
| Relatives: | Nellie Tayloe Ross (great-grandmother) William B. Ross (great-grandfather) |
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. In February 2023, she was appointed to the Oklahoma Statewide Virtual Charter School Board by Senator Greg Treat.[2] In June, she voted to approve the charter of St. Isidore of Seville Catholic Virtual School.[3] 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.[4]
Governor Kevin Stitt appointed Sanders the Oklahoma Secretary of Education on January 24, 2024.[5] She resigned her school board position on January 21, before taking office.
She is married to Mike Sanders and they have two children.[6] 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]