Steele, Judith Dee (Judith Dee Abrams), 1943-

Judith Steele was born November 14, 1943 in New York City. Steele began her career teaching elementary and middle school in New York and Rhode Island. She moved to Las Vegas, Nevada in 1969 and received her Master of Education degree in secondary and adult education from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Steele held numerous positions within the Clark County School District (CCSD), including Director of Special Education Programs and Services. She designed CCSD's first individualized education program. In 1991, Steele served as both the manager of the Office of Development and Education Improvement for the CCSD and as executive director of the new, non-profit, Clark County Public Education Foundation. In 2001, after she retired from CCSD, she was named president of the Foundation.