Detroit Board of Education Member Bio

Otis Mathis Otis Mathis
President
Detroit Public Schools Board of Education

Board Member, Otis Mathis, District 2, was raised in Southwest Detroit where he still resides with his wife Dawn (Pat). Member Mathis, his wife and his 6 children, are all graduates of Detroit Public Schools. He is a Vietnam - Era Veteran, has a Bachelor of Science Degree in Criminal Justice from Wayne State University and has served as Wayne County Commissioner as well as a substitute teacher for Detroit Public Schools. Member Mathis was also Executive Director of the Detroit Veterans Center, director of a non-profit corporation, and member of both the Detroit Federation of Teachers and AFL-CIO Local 231.


 

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Detroit Board of Education
7322 Second Avenue,
Suite 485
Detroit, Michigan 48202-2711

Phone: (313) 873-7860

For Detroit Public Schools' General Information Line Please Call (313) 873-3111


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