Background
Wheeler, Erin Ryan was born on September 18, 1940 in Mobile, Alabama, United States. Daughter of Frederick Grant Senior and Agnes Estelle (Ryan) Wheeler.
Wheeler, Erin Ryan was born on September 18, 1940 in Mobile, Alabama, United States. Daughter of Frederick Grant Senior and Agnes Estelle (Ryan) Wheeler.
Bachelor, Maryville University, 1962. Master of Social Work, St. Louis University, 1966.
Case worker, Mobile County Department Human Resources, 1962-1963;
child welfare worker, Mobile County Department Human Resources, 1964-1965;
child welfare supervisor, Mobile County Department Human Resources, 1968-1971;
AFDC supervisor, Aid to Families with Dependent Children, 1966-1968;
assistant director, Mobile County Department Human Resources, 1973-1976;
director, Mobile County Department Human Resources, since 1977;
regional training supervisor, Alabama Department Human Resources, Montgomery, 1971-1973. Adjunct faculty School Social Work, U. Alabama, Tuscaloosa, 1974-1975. Participant Kennedy School Government program senior executives in state/local government Harvard University, 1985.
Participant Leadership Alabama Class II, Montgomery, 1991-1992.
President, board directors Leadership Mobile, 1990-1993. President Alabama Conference Child Care, 1973. Board of trustees Leadership Alabama, since 1990, United Way of S.W. Ala, since 1991.
Active Private Industry Council, since 1983. Member Academy Certified Social Workers, Alabama Association County Dirs. Human Resources (president 1986-1988), Mobile Rotary Club.