Fallin To Focus Nat’l Gov Assoc. On Jobs, Education
Oklahoma’s Mary Fallin to focus on jobs, education as head of governors’ group
By Michael McNutt Published: August 5, 2013
Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin announced Sunday that improving education and workforce training systems will be her focus during her one-year term as chairman of the National Governors Association.
Fallin, the first governor from Oklahoma to head the nonpartisan group, unveiled her initiative after formally being named chairman during the association’s meeting in Milwaukee.
Gov. John Hickenlooper, D-Colo., was named vice chairman on Sunday.
Fallin, a Republican, has worked with Hickenlooper the past two years in an effort to ask auto manufacturers to produce affordable compressed natural gas vehicles for state fleets.