Oklahoma

Commissioner

Will Jones

Primary Point of Contact

Will Jones
Superintendent
Dale Public Schools
e: wjones@dale.k12.ok.us
p: 918-855-8253

Secondary Point of Contact

Dr. Sam Robinson
Chief Financial Officer
Enid Public Schools
500 S. Independence
Enid, OK 73701
e: sjrobinson@enidk12.org
p: 405-550-5828

School Liaison(s)

Air Force

Gwendolyn Brakebill, MSCI, CALT-IT
Altus Air Force Base
School Liaison Program Manager
COMM:(580)481-5439
DSN: 866-5439
gwendolyn.brakebill@us.af.mil
Website: https://www.altusfss.com/school/

Timothy Higgins
Tinker Air Force Base
School Liaison Program Manager
72FSS/FSYY
COMM: 405- 734-3683
Work Cell: (405) 274-0429
Timothy.higgins.12@us.af.mil
Website: https://installations.militaryonesource.mil/military-installation/tinker-afb/education/education

Nicole Painter
Vance AFB
School Liaison Program Manager
71 FSS/FSYSL
COMM 580-213-6285
DSN 448-6285
CELL 580-478-4317
nicole.painter.1@us.af.mil
Website: https://installations.militaryonesource.mil/military-installation/vance-afb/education/education

Army
Sybille McKay
Fort Sill US Army Garrison
School Liaison Officer/OK DoD Representative
COMM: 580-442-4831
DSN: 639-4831
Sybille.r.mckay.naf@army.mil
Website: https://sill.armymwr.com/programs/school-support-services

Karen Vieau
McAlester Army Ammunition Plant
CLEOS/School Liaison
COMM: 918-420-6274
DSN: 956-6274
Website: https://mcalester.armymwr.com/programs/school-liaison-officer

Chief State School Officer

Mr. Ryan Walters, State Superintendent of Public Instruction, Oklahoma Department of Education

Education Designee

Mr. Kevin Hime, Superintendent, Lawton Public Schools

Military Family Education Liaison

Ms. Nicole Painter, School Liaison Program Manager, Vance Air Force Base

Military/DOD Representative

Ms. Sybille McKay, School Liaison Officer, Child and Youth Services, Fort Sill, U.S. Army

State Council Members

Compact Commissioner: Will Jones, Superintendent of Dale Public Schools
Senate Member: Senator Adam Pugh
House Member: Representative Nicole Miller
Superintendent of a School District with a high concentration of military students: Dr. Rick Cobb, Superintendent of Mid-Del Public Schools (Tinker Air Force Base) and Mr. Kevin Hime, Superintendent of Lawton Public Schools (Fort Sill Army Base)
State Board of Education Member: (formerly Brian Bobek; but currently vacant)
State Superintendent of Public Instruction: Ryan Walters

Ex-Officio Members

Military Family Liaison: Nicole Painter, School Liaison Program Manager at Vance Air Force Base
Department of Defense Military Representative: Sybille McKay, School Liaison Officer at Fort Sill (appointed by the Department of Defense)

State Council Meeting

June 28, 2017
June 6, 2018
June 11, 2018 – Agenda
July 24, 2019 – Minutes
July 28, 2020 – Agenda | Minutes (corrected)
June 23, 2021 – Agenda | Minutes
June 23, 2022 – Agenda | Minutes
May 12, 2023 – Agenda | Minutes
June 5, 2024 – Agenda | Minutes
June 23, 2025 – Agenda

End of Year Report

Oklahoma Report 2017-2018
Oklahoma Report 2020-2021
Oklahoma Report 2021-2022
Oklahoma Report 2022-2023
Oklahoma Report 2023-2024
Oklahoma Report 2024-2025

Resources

Interstate Compact in Oklahoma Statute

2021 Month of the Military Child
Resolutions were passed by both the Oklahoma House and Senate recognizing Purple Up! for military kids that day.