Meet Shawn Freie

ACTE Postsecondary, Adult & Career Education Division Vice President
Email: shawn.freie@cvtech.edu

Region: IV
Division: Postsecondary, Adult and Career Education (PACE)
Occupation: Small business management coordinator/ incubator manager

Employment history
Small business management coordinator/business incubator manager, Caddo Kiowa Technology Center: 2006–present; agriculture education instructor, Cyril Public Schools: 2004–06; extension coordinator, Meridian Technology Center: 2000–04; agriculture education instructor, Medford Public Schools: 1995– 2000; agriculture education instructor, Moore High School, 1992–95

Education
M.Ed., Oklahoma State University; B.S.Ed.,Oklahoma Panhandle State University

National ACTE involvement
National Leadership Fellowship Program participant: 2018; VISION presenter: 2018; VISION attendee: 1993, 2018–19, 2021; National Policy Seminar (NPS) attendee: 2018

Regional ACTE involvement
Conference attendee: 2014, 2019; conference host state co-chair: 2019

Divisional ACTE involvement
Awards committee chair: 2021–present; awards committee member: 2016– present; award winner, PACE Ambassador of the Year: 2019; award winner, Economic Development Award: 2021; delivered ECMC Foundation presentation for PACE awards: 2021

State ACTE involvement
Oklahoma ACTE (OkACTE) Postsecondary, Adult and Career Education Division (OkPACE) president: 2019; OkPACE board member: 2015–present; OkPACE mutual benevolence committee member: 2021–22; OkACTE Agricultural Education (AG) Division board member: 1999; OkACTE secretary; CareerTech Advisory Council member: 2018–19; award winner, OkACTE AG Outstanding New Member: 1996

Platform statement
For anything to span the test of time, growth and participation are foundational. As PACE vice president-elect, I want to focus on membership growth/ retention and active membership participation. My objective is to grow membership within each state’s PACE division and cultivate divisions in states that do not have PACE. Bringing postsecondary career professionals together with a common denominator — ACTE PACE — will only make CTE and the Association stronger. To do this, we must activate members’ participation and mentorship, growing member involvement that bridges state lines and connects CTE professionals from coast to coast. In order to retain members, it is important to provide quality member value and foster a sense of belonging to ACTE, creation of additional member benefits, and member recognition. All of this will, in turn, create a recruiting tool for the division. Visibility of membership is a must for sustainment, and in doing so we can strategically join all states together, unifying CTE.