Jackie McKinsey

Jacqueline “Jackie” McKinsey

Jackie McKinsey was a founding member of the OTC Board of Trustees in 1990, but to leave it at that would be selling her short. She subsequently served as secretary, treasurer, vice-chair and chair of the six-member board. She helped guide the college through the hiring of both its presidents and through the addition of a second campus, and multiple additional locations. Ms. McKinsey served on the Springfield School Board for 12 years, the Missouri School Board for two, and the Missouri Special Education Advisory Board for 20. In 1996, she was appointed by Gov. Mel Carnahan to the Missouri Women’s Council, and in 2004, she was named one of the Springfield Business Journal’s Most Influential Women. She was also just the fifth person to be named an OTC trustee emeritus. In 2012, she received the Trustee Leadership Award from the Missouri Community College Association, before finally retiring in 2014.

In her calm yet determined way, Jackie made it clear to all who knew her that education is a key to personal advancement, and the more, the better. In this spirit, she requested that any donations in her honor be made to the Jackie & Matt McKinsey Memorial Scholarship for Students with Special Needs at OTC OTC Foundation.

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