Council on Occupational Education Inc
Donations deductibleRevenue
$4.8m
year to 30 June 2025
Expenses
$3.7m
year to 30 June 2025
Total assets
$12m
$2.9m liabilities
Net assets
$9.1m
assets less liabilities
Directors and trustees
7
2.4 years on average
Staff
23
employees, year to 30 June 2025
Chair observed
≥3 yrs
Gwen Sutton
Left since last filing
0
no seats appear to have opened
Council on Occupational Education Inc's network
7 peoplei7 people on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (7). Form 990 filings give names without a person identifier; SEC insider filings carry a CIK.The board
7 listediTime on the board is observed from the annual filings: the IRS files no appointment date, so the bar counts years from the first filing the person appears on - a lower bound, not a filed start date. Names are exactly as filed. The IRS publishes no person identifier, so this edition does not yet link a person across organisations.Time served and departures are observed across annual filings. Observed time served is a lower bound - a member may have joined before the first year on record. The organisation reported 20 voting members of its governing body on its latest Form 990 Part VI; we list 7 in Part VII (Part VII does not always name every voting member).| Name | Role as filed | Since | On the board |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gwen Sutton Chair | Chair | 2024 | 2 yrs |
| Kim Ziebarth Chair (also filed as Kim Ziebarth) | Immediate Past Chair | 2022 | 4 yrs |
| Amit Shorewala | Member | 2025 | 1 yr |
| Comelia Dunbar Jackson | Vice Chair | 2024 | 2 yrs |
| David Hawk | Treasurer | 2025 | 1 yr |
| Kirk Nooks | President CEO | 2023 | 3 yrs |
| Thomas Pfundstein | Member | 2025 | 1 yr |
Under 5 years5 to 6 years6 years or more
Officers and senior leadership
6 listediNamed in Part VII as officers, key employees or highest-compensated staff - not board members, shown for completeness.| Name | Title as filed | On the filings |
|---|---|---|
| Alex Wittig | Assoc Exec Director | since 2018 |
| Cindy Sheldon | Deputy Exec Director | since 2018 |
| Scott Deidun | Vice President | 2025 |
| Sheila Luke | Vice President | 2025 |
| Susan Wright | Chief of Staff | 2025 |
| Tangela Purifoy | Vice President | 2025 |
Pay and hours
year to 30 June 2025iFrom Part VII of the Form 990: compensation reported for each officer, director, trustee, key employee and highest-paid staff member, and the average hours a week they report. Most board members are unpaid; a blank means nothing was reported. Pay from related organisations is shown separately.| Name | Title as filed | Hours a week | Pay from the organisation | Related organisations | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kirk Nooks | President CEO | 0 | $378k | $52k | |
| Sheila Luke | Vice President | 0 | $127k | ||
| Scott Deidun | Vice President | 0 | $127k | ||
| Tangela Purifoy | Vice President | 0 | $127k | ||
| Susan Wright | Chief of Staff | 0 | $111k | ||
| Gwen Sutton | Chair | 0 | $0 | ||
| Kim Ziebarth | Immediate Past Chair | 0 | $0 | ||
| Comelia Dunbar Jackson | Vice Chair | 0 | $0 | ||
| Thomas Pfundstein | Member | 0 | $0 | ||
| Amit Shorewala | Member | 0 | $0 | ||
| David Hawk | Treasurer | 0 | $0 |
About
- Legal name
- Council on Occupational Education Inc
- EIN
- 582130347
- Address
- 7840 Roswell Rd Bldg 300 Ste 325, Atlanta, GA, 30350-4889
- State
- Georgia
- Mission
- Acceditation of Schools (as filed on the Form 990)
- Activity (NTEE)
- B99Z Education
- IRS classification
- 501(c)03 (tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) where shown)
- Classified purpose
- Education
- Size band
- 8 (IRS master file code)
- Formed
- 1994
- IRS ruling date
- 1 May 1995
- Status
- Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
- Form 990 filings on record
- 8, latest 2025
- IRS Publication 78
- PC (contributions deductible)
Most connected
Longest observed on the filings
≥4years on the filingsKim Ziebarth
≥3years on the filingsKirk Nooks
≥2years on the filingsGwen Sutton
≥2years on the filingsComelia Dunbar Jackson
Latest return
year to 30 June 2025iFigures from the newest Form 990 or 990-EZ in the IRS e-file releases of 2025 and 2026, for the year ending 30 June 2025. US dollars, as filed.- Total assets
- $12m
- Total liabilities
- $2.9m
- Net assets or fund balances
- $9.1m
- Contributions and grants received
- $3.2m
- Program service revenue
- $1.2m
- Employees
- 23
Filed finances
1 yeariTotals as filed on the IRS Form 990 (revenue and expenses), by tax year.| Tax year | Total revenue | Total expenses | Surplus or deficit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | $4.5m | $3.7m | $792k |
As filed on the IRS Form 990. US dollars.