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Stephanie W. Bell
District 3
Current Term: 2009-2013
Previous Terms: 1995-2009
Resides in Montgomery

"I believe every child in Alabama - regardless of background - should have the opportunity to receive the best education possible in a safe environment. A quality education provides the tools for each child to have the freedom to determine their own future. Like most parents, my husband John and I want the best for our three daughters. As a graduate of an Alabama public high school and university, I am committed to making our system of education the best in the nation."

Background:

  • Bachelor’s degree, English/journalism-applied communications, Auburn University, Auburn and Montgomery

  • Attended Montgomery Public Schools; graduated from Jefferson Davis High School

  • Commissioner, Education Commission of the States

  • Executive Director, SCORE 100 (Statewide Committee on Reforming Education)

  • Former reporter, The Montgomery Advertiser/Alabama Journal

  • Former English teacher to Chinese adults in Taichung, Taiwan

  • CASE II Media Award presented by the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education for articles about Alabama’s two-year colleges

  • Alabama Press Association, Best News Story Award Winner

  • Hector Award Nominee, meritorious reporting

  • Friend of Education Award, 1998

  • Emma Sansom Heroine Award, 1997

  • Alabama Eagle Award for promoting God, country, and family

  • Alabama Homemaker of the Year Award

  • Outstanding Young Woman of America

  • Member, Education Leaders Council

  • Member, National Council of Women Advisors to Congress

  • Governmental Affairs Committee, National Association of State Boards of Education

  • Member, Governor’s Domestic Violence Advisory Council

  • Junior League of Montgomery, Sustainer

  • YMCA Youth Girls Soccer Coach, volunteer

  • Member, Trinity Presbyterian Church
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