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Beebe Medical Center Names Dr. Jacquelyn O. Wilson to the Board

11/22/06

Beebe Medical Center is pleased to announce the appointment of. Jacquelyn O. Wilson, Ed.D., to its Board of Directors.

We are fortunate to welcome Dr. Wilson to our Board, said Janet McCarty, Chairperson of the Beebe Medical Center Board of Directors. Her strong leadership experience in the field of education, as well as her extensive knowledge of Sussex County, will bring additional expertise to our board as we meet the healthcare needs of the growing communities that we serve.

Dr. Wilson has a distinguished career in both education and community services. She presently is Director of Southern Programming and Associate Director of the Delaware Academy for School Leadership at the University of Delaware.

Prior to joining the University of Delaware in her present capacity, she served as an Associate Professor and Coordinator of Graduate Education Programs for Wilmington College in Georgetown, Delaware. She also served as the Director of Professional Accountability for the Delaware Department of Education. Dr. Wilson has 28 years of school-based experience in the Delaware public school system, and worked both as a teacher and administrator in the Indian River School District.

Dr. Wilson has served on various committees and has been a member of several organizations. The most recent include: serving as co-chair of the committee that developed the new Delaware Performance Appraisal System for Administrators; representing the Delaware Department of Education on the Interstate School Leaders Consortium; serving as chair of the Delaware Principals' Academy; serving on the executive board of the Delaware Association for School Administrators; serving as President of the Delaware Elementary Principals' Association; and participating in Wilmington College's Advisory Committee for Reading and English Language Learners.

Currently Dr. Wilson is the Project Director for the Delaware Department of Education's State Action for Education Leadership. Her work in the area of school leadership has been recognized nationally by the Council of Chief School Officers, the National Association of State Boards of Education, Education Commission of the States, the National Governor's Association, the National Association for State Legislators, and the Wallace Foundation.

Dr. Wilson was selected for the University of Delaware's prestigious Second Mile Award in 2004, for the collaboration with the university's School of Education and the Department of Professional Accountability at the Department of Education. In 2002, the National Association of Elementary School Principals named her Delaware's National Distinguished Elementary Principal.

In 2001 Lord Baltimore Elementary School, the school where Wilson served as principal, was recognized as Delaware's first public elementary school to be named a National Blue Ribbon School by the U.S. Department of Education.

In 2002, Governor Tom Carper appointed Dr. Wilson to the Delaware's Professional Standards Board for a three-year term. That same year she was appointed to the Board of Trustees at the University of Delaware.

Dr. Wilson has been married for 34 years and has two daughters and two grandchildren. She and her husband Ron live on a large poultry farm in Sussex County.

"I am very excited about the opportunity to serve on the Board of Directors for the Beebe Medical Center, Dr. Wilson said. My entire professional career has been in public or higher education. I hope that the experiences I have had working with children, families, and the community will provide a perspective to the Beebe Board of Directors that will be helpful as they develop a vision for meeting the healthcare needs of a changing community. I feel very fortunate to be able to give back to community by serving in this capacity. There is no greater satisfaction than public service."


Beebe Medical Center is a not-for-profit community medical center with a mission to encourage healthy living, prevent illness, and restore optimal health with the people residing, working, or visiting in the communities we serve. For more information, please visit us online at .