NACTEI Featured Member

Dr. Lyn Velle
NACTEI President

Dr. Lyn Velle has been the Director of Career and Technical Education at Campbell County School District and the Board of Cooperative Higher Education Services in Gillette, Wyoming, for the past twenty years. She is a former junior high, high school, community college and university instructor, and has spent five years working and interning for the Wyoming Department of Education. A native of Colorado, Lyn earned her bachelor of science degree from Colorado State University and both MS and ED.D degrees from the University of Wyoming. Her honors and awards include the ACTE Arch of Fame, ACTE Region V and Wyoming (WACTE) Educator of the Year, Wyoming Business and Professional Woman of the Year, the Distinguished Service Award from the National Association of State Directors of Vocational Education and Honorary FFA State Farmer. She is the past president of the National Association for Tech Prep Leadership, Gillette Energy Rotary Club, ACTE Region V Vice President and served two terms as president of the Wyoming Association for Career and Technical Education. Lyn has one son, Brook, who lives and works in Denver, Colorado.