Rose Bowen, Oconto
Region 3 Director

Elected to the Oconto Unified School District board of education in 1992, Rose has served as board clerk, treasurer, president, WASB Delegate Assembly representative and CESA 8 member and chairperson. She is presently on the local negotiating teams.

Rose is in her final year as WASB Region 3 director and serves as chairperson of the policy committee. She represented the WASB in Washington, D.C., at the Federal Relations Network advocating for students.

Rose knows the value of public education, referring to it as her "path out of poverty." Her vision of school boards' efforts must focus on student achievement for each and every student locally, in Wisconsin and the USA. Rose recognizes we live in a global society and economy.

Rose is a retired elementary educator (38 years of service) and holds unlimited life licenses in Wisconsin and Texas. In retirement, she is an adult literacy volunteer tutor and recently extended those skills to include English as a Second Language for local immigrants.

WASB development programs have provided her leadership, knowledge, and confidence skill builders. Rose was recognized in 2002 as a WASB Level 5 award recipient.

Email: rbowen@wasb.org