Megan Ellis

Megan Ellis
Director of Communications

Megan is a second-generation teacher and a proud graduate of the McLoud Public School system. Her daughter is enrolled at Oakdale Elementary,
where Megan’s favorite place to volunteer is the library.

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Megan has worked in a range of educational settings from helping to found a school in Chicago,
The Academy for Global Citizenship, to museum education departments, including the Boston
Institute of Contemporary Art and The Art Institute of Chicago, to running a Boys & Girls Club
on the south side of Oklahoma City. For the last 8 years, Megan has served as the Executive
Director of the Oklahoma Alliance of Boys & Girls Clubs where she managed government
relations and legislative outreach for the more than 80 Boys & Girls Club sites in Oklahoma.
During this time, she advocated for grants and programs that would provide Club members
with the skills they need to succeed academically and socially.

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Megan earned her Master’s in Education from the Harvard Graduate School of Education and
also holds a master’s degree from Boston University and two bachelor’s degrees from the
University of Oklahoma. She lives in Oklahoma City with her husband, daughter, three dogs,
and a fluctuating number of chickens.

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