Dr. Gary W. Quinn has been in full time employment in education for more than thirty-nine years. He has served in many capacities. Some of them include: teacher, coach, college assistant professor, college Assistant Dean of Students, assistant principal, principal, assistant superintendent and superintendent. He has served at several institutions in three states. His most recent employment was as superintendent of schools with the Bartlesville Public Schools in Bartlesville, Oklahoma. 

Dr. Quinn has received a Bachelor of Science in Education Degree from the University of Central of Oklahoma and a Master’s of Education Degree from UCO. He received his Doctor of Education Degree in Educational Administration from Oklahoma State University. He has been published in the Journal of School Leadership and the Middle School Journal. He previously had a book published, Improving Test Scores in Five Easy Steps: the Silver Bullet (Quinn, 2009).

Dr. Quinn was reared as a Christian and in church his entire life. His mother influenced his early years to serve the Lord. He has remained involved in serving in several capacities in the church over the years. He continues to assist his wife, Julia, a former long-time children’s pastor. Julia is an ordained minister who speaks, does training and consulting for parents, teachers, churches and schools. 

Dr. Quinn and his wife, Julia, have three adult sons, Adam (wife, Sarah; daughter, Sadie and son, Atlas), Aaron (wife, Hope; son, Beckham and daughter, Rosie) and Andrew.