Published: August 21, 2008 11:01 am         

Meridian names CEO

Doug Major, former MTC administrator, hired from Pioneer Tech in Ponca City

Meridian Technology Center has found its man.

The school’s Board of Education announced Dr. Doug Major as superintendent/CEO at a special meeting Wednesday.

Major replaces Dr. Andrea Kelly, who resigned to become superintendent of Gravette (Ark.) Public Schools on July 1. She headed Meridian starting in 2004 and had been on staff for more than 25 years.

Major is slated to take over Oct. 1. Since 2000 he has been superintendent/CEO of Pioneer Technology Center in Ponca City. He took the job after working at MTC beginning in 1987, eventually rising to assistant superintendent for instructional programs. He was also student services director, adult short-term programs director and business and industry services director.

The former agricultural education teacher for Anadarko Public Schools has three degrees from Oklahoma State University, including his doctorate.

He is a Kingfisher native married to a Blackwell Middle School teacher named Sandy. The couple lives in Blackwell and has four children — Phillip, a junior at OSU; Sarah, a senior at Blackwell High; Marc, a seventh-grader; and Austin, a fifth-grader.

The press release announcing Major’s hiring included a quote from Randy Kellogg, the board’s president.

“The appointment of Dr. Major ensures a continued commitment to excellence,” it says. “He is a well-respected member of both the state and national career and technology communities and we are pleased he has accepted the position. Doug’s progressive spirit and forward-thinking philosophy have been evidenced by his many accomplishments at Pioneer Technology Center while superintendent for the last eight years and we are eager to have his leadership at Meridian.”

Majors is a member of Leadership Oklahoma Class XXII and represents Oklahoma on the National Leadership Institute. He is on the Governor’s Task Force on Campus Life and Safety and Security.

His activities in Ponca City included being on the Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors and being a founding trustee of the Ponca City Development Authority.

     

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