Jillian Balow
| Jillian Ann McGarvin Balow | |
|---|---|
| Wyoming Superintendent of Public Instruction | |
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Assumed office January 5, 2015 |
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| Governor | Matt Mead |
| Preceded by | Cindy Hill |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1970 Laramie, Wyoming, USA |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | John Paul Balow (married 1994) |
| Children | Two children |
| Parents | Larry Hunter and Susan Ruth McGarvin |
| Residence | Cheyenne, Wyoming |
| Alma mater |
Campbell County High School |
| Occupation | Educational administrator |
Campbell County High School
University of Wyoming
Black Hills State University
Jillian Ann McGarvin Balow (born 1970) is the Wyoming Superintendent of Public Instruction. In January 2015, she succeeded fellow Republican Cindy Hill.
Balow is a fifth-generation Wyomingite, born in Laramie, where she lived until she was thirteen, when she relocated to Gillette. She graduated from Campbell County High School in Gillette. For college, she returned to Laramie, where in 1993, she received a Bachelor of Arts in Elementary Education from the University of Wyoming. In 2000, she later studied at Black Hills State University in Spearfish, South Dakota. In 2005, she received a Master of Education from Regis University in Denver, Colorado. For ten years, she was a classroom teacher in Hulett in Crook County and then Gillette.
She has been active in the Food Bank of the Rockies, the Wyoming Children's Society, and a trustee of the St. Mary's Elementary School In Cheyenne and the Devils Tower National Monument Foundation in the western Black Hills. She and her husband, John Paul Balow (born 1967), a school principal, reside in the capital city of Cheyenne with their two children.
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