Tom came to Francis Tuttle in 1997 after having served 19 years in the State Department of Career & Technology Education where he held numerous positions including Curriculum Specialist, State DECA Advisor, State Coordinator for Technology Centers, and Assistant State Director for the agency. While at the State Career-Tech Department he was responsible for the development of ten new technology centers located in Ada, Okmulgee, Wetumka, Omega, Altus, Stigler, Tahlequah, Kansas, Sayre and Frederick. Additionally, he was the designer of the Oklahoma Technology Center Gold Star School Program and the Career-Tech Public Information Council. Prior to that he was a Marketing Education Teacher at Putnam City West High School where his DECA Chapters continually received state and national honors.
He has authored numerous manuscripts on career-tech education that have been featured in state, national and international publications and is a sought after speaker on career-tech.
He is the past president for both the Oklahoma Council of Local Administrators and the Administrative Division of the Oklahoma Association of Career & Technology Education and currently serves as President of the Oklahoma Career-Tech Foundation. He is a graduate of Leadership Oklahoma, Leadership Oklahoma City, The Educator’s Leadership Academy, and Duke University’s Executive Education for Government Officials Academy. He also serves on the Board of Directors for Leaders Read.
Tom has a master’s degree from the University of Central Oklahoma and a bachelors and doctors degree from Oklahoma State University where his dissertation on correctional education was recognized by the graduate college for research excellence and used as justification for expanding Oklahoma’s system of inmate training centers.
E-mail: tfriedemann@francistuttle.com