Full Biography for Tawana Keels Simons

Candidate for
Board Member; Princeton City School District

Tawana Keels Simons/ Princeton Board of Education/ Biography

Native of Woodlawn, attended Woodlawn Elementary School

Princeton Graduate: Marching Band, Superintendent's Advisory Council, Honor Roll, Symphonic Band, vikette, Student Director of Children's Play, Majorette, Track Team, Secretary Student Council, National Honor Society

Princeton Family: Husband Jon Myron Simons- Princeton Graduate & Graduate United States Naval Academy; three children enrolled at Princeton Schools

B.S. Indiana University: Public Finance, Personnel/ Labor Relations, Policy and Administration

10 years experience IBM Corporation: Systems Engineering, Sales & Marketing 100% Club Awards

President, AdTech U.S.A.

Princeton School Board Offices and Recognition:

• President, Princeton Board of Education
• Vice President, Princeton Board of Education
• Ohio School Boards Association Award of Achievement, 1999
• Recipient of Princeton Dream Keeper Award for "Going the Extra Mile" in the Princeton City School District
• Lockland Wayne Alumni Association Award for Outstanding Achievement in Education
• Hamilton and Butler County Tax Abatement Committees 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999
• Princeton Strategic Planning Committee
• Executive Committee, Ohio School Boards Association 1998, 1999
• Vice Chair, Hamilton County Tax Incentive Review Council, 1999
• Speaker, National School Boards Association Annual Conference, San Francisco, CA 1999
• Article published in the Ohio School Boards Journal, June 1999
• National President- National School Boards Association Caucus, 1999
• National President-Elect- National School Boards Association Caucus, 1998
• National Vice President- National School Boards Association Caucus, 1997, 1996
• Executive Committee, Sharonville Partnership fo rDrug Prevention
• Member, Sharonville Chamber of Commerce