JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) - In a May 19 story about the election of Charlie Shields to be president of Missouri’s State Board of Education, The Associated Press misidentified Shields’ role at Truman Medical Centers. He is the health system’s president and CEO, not its chief operating officer.
A corrected version of the story is below:
Missouri State Board of Education selects new president
Missouri State Board of Education selects Charlie Shields as president
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) - Charlie Shields of St. Joseph will serve as president of the Missouri State Board of Education after being elected to a two-year term.
The former state representative and senator first was appointed to the education board in 2012. He takes over July 1 from Branson businessman Peter Herschend, who has been on the state board since 1991.
Herschend has served as board president since 2011 and previously was in that role from 1994 to 1996 and 2005 to 2007.
The board elected Shields at its Tuesday meeting. He is president and CEO of Truman Medical Centers and spent 20 years in the Missouri General Assembly.
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