Ms. Courtney S. Oakley serves as a Program Coordinator at The John Glenn Institute for Public Service and Public Policy. Her responsibilities are centered on student programs and include on-campus coordination of the Glenn Institute's Washington Academic Internship Program.

She earned a Bachelor of Science in Education from Miami University in 1993, and a Master of Arts from The Ohio State University in 1999. Her graduate work focused on how cross-cultural experience impacts teacher practice. In Ohio, her experience is varied and includes teaching in the public schools, instructing at an outdoor experiential education center, and training college students as early literacy tutors. She has also worked with children on the Navajo Reservation in Arizona and children of Appalachian heritage in West Virginia.