Gov. Brad Henry has named Aneta F. Wilkinson, Tulsa, to a nine-year term on the Oklahoma Commission for Human Services, which ends in August 2013.  Wilkinson fills a position held by Steve Bailey of Newcastle, whose term ended in August.

The retired educator has had a distinguished career in Oklahoma education as a teacher and administrator. She has spent the past 16 years devoting her time to children’s issues in the public school arena.

Wilkinson has been a volunteer with the Parent Child Center of Tulsa. She is a member of the Children’s Services Advisory Board, an agency that focuses on OKDHS child welfare services. She is currently serving as chairperson of the Board’s Shelter Committee. This committee plans, coordinates, and executes all Board activities in support of the Laura Dester Children’s Shelter in Tulsa.

Wilkinson is past chairperson of the Children’s Advocacy Team at her church. The team adopted a Tulsa elementary school and was responsible for renovating, furnishing and providing a part-time teacher for the classroom located at the Laura Dester Children’s Shelter.

Wilkinson, and her husband, Bill, have been married for 40 years and have three grown daughters, Amy Hall of Perry, Sarah McAmis of Edmond and Betsy Wilkinson of Tulsa, and six grandchildren. She and Bill are graduates of the University of Oklahoma where she received her Master’s Degree in Education in 1966.