Nellie Tayloe Sanders

Nellie Tayloe Sanders is an American politician who has served as the Oklahoma Secretary of Education since January 24, 2024.

[2] In February 2023, she was appointed to the Oklahoma Statewide Virtual Charter School Board by Senator Greg Treat.

[4] 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.

[5] Governor Kevin Stitt appointed Sanders the Oklahoma Secretary of Education on January 24, 2024.

[7] She is the great-granddaughter of Nellie Tayloe Ross, the first woman governor in the United States, and William B.