Sheila Means is running for School Board in Stillwater! She is running on a platform to focus on student safety, academics, arts, and sports. Sheila wants to promote parent involvement for complete transparency. She is committed to supporting teachers and staff, empowering them to focus on educational materials only.
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BIO:
Major Shelia Means (USAF-Ret.) was born and raised in Selma, Alabama, the second of seven
children. She served our country in the military for 21 years, then transitioned to a thriving
career in the private workforce. While she was serving, she met and married fellow officer
Aaron Means, Sr., DDS who is now retired from two uniformed service branches, the United
States Air Force and the U.S. Public Health Service.
Her personal story has proven that doors can be opened to any opportunity, but she also
learned along the way that those doors open more easily when a community is invested, and
the workforce is equipped with skills to achieve success.
Shelia has never let obstacles stand in the way of success – with her service in the military
becoming her first step in her own education story, continuing education to become dual-
master prepared Advanced Practice Nurse – Nurse Midwifery (University of Alabama,
Birmingham (UAB) and a Women Health Nurse Practitioner (University of Cincinnati). She
enjoyed a successful career and became involved in civic organizations and mentoring those
entering the workforce. Her many years of providing health care to underserved communities,
work as a development director, women’s health director and Chief Executive Officer of a
Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) led her to first-hand knowledge and understanding
that education and overall wellness go hand in hand. Recognizing the need to impact
generations, from 2005 – 2012 Shelia developed and worked with a community board and
established a health center that continues to provide affordable health care to residents of
Pittsburg County and surrounding area. Completing needs assessment and reaching
benchmarks for state funding seeded the formation of the center, and throughout that process
Shelia Means developed expertise in goal setting, acquiring federal grants, following procedures
and budget needs, and achieving success. She was integral to the success of ensuring the center
become qualified as a FQHC and its future to impact the community was sustained.
She and her husband are deeply committed to our Stillwater Community, from hosting annual
Veterans Day events, co-organizing annual National Day Prayer services to serving as a chaplain
for the Stillwater Police Department. Among many activities, Shelia Means serves as Vice-
President of Shiloh’s Place Inc., Maternity & Parenting Home – assisting with fundraising and
advertising to highlight the needs of care for young women experiencing unplanned
pregnancies and do not have a support system.
As your Ward 4 Stillwater Public School Board member, Shelia Means will focus efforts on
students’ safety, academics, arts and sports, promote parent’s rights and involvement, and
support teachers and staff.
Shelia and Aaron Means, Sr. have been married for 23 years, raising five children in their
blended family and now are proud grandparents of seven.
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