Superintendent
Lindel Fields
Lindel Fields is a nationally recognized leader in education, organizational culture, and leadership development, with more than three decades of experience transforming schools, public agencies, and businesses. He currently serves as Oklahoma’s State Superintendent of Public Instruction, where he is focused on improving reading proficiency, strengthening teacher recruitment and retention, and expanding meaningful career pathways for students statewide.
Fields’s leadership has earned broad recognition at both the state and local levels. In 2025, he was named a Tulsan of the Year and was selected for The Journal Record’s Power List: 50 Most Influential Oklahomans, honoring his impact on education, workforce development, and organizational leadership.
Before his appointment as superintendent, Fields served as CEO and Superintendent of Tri-County Technology Center in Bartlesville. Under his leadership, Tri-County received historic national recognition, including the 2018 Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award, multiple placements on Fortune’s Great Places to Work list, and a ranking as high as #7 nationwide.
A lifelong educator, Fields began his career in 1991 as a horticulture instructor before advancing to senior leadership roles overseeing training and workforce development programs across Oklahoma’s CareerTech system. Following his retirement from CareerTech, he founded Your Culture Coach, a consulting firm dedicated to helping organizations build trust, strengthen communication, and cultivate thriving workplace cultures. His consulting work has supported education systems, tribal nations, state agencies, and private enterprises in unlocking the potential of people to better serve their communities and achieve sustainable growth.
At the center of Fields’s work is a belief that strong leadership and healthy organizational culture are essential to moving communities forward. His mission is to partner with leaders who seek excellence and equity, grounded in the conviction that when leadership is done well, positive and lasting outcomes follow.
