Rhonda Hooper – OKC Chamber Chair
“Positioning OKC for the Next Step” Rhonda Hooper is the first woman to lead the Greater Oklahoma City Chamber in its 128-year history. Rhonda Hooper is President & CEO of Jordan Advertising, a marketing and advertising communications agency with expertise in owned, paid, earned and shared communication channels. She is serving as Chair of the Greater […]
Dr. Tom Friedemann – Francis Tuttle
“ 1964, Dr. Francis Tuttle was assigned the task of designing Oklahoma’s outstanding Career-Tech system during the Henry Bellmon administration. The system he came up with was so visionary and innovative, that it required an amendment to the Oklahoma Constitution to make it possible. What is so innovative about it? Why is it so good? And […]
Mayor Mick Cornett
“Update on the City” The son of postal worker and school teacher, Mick Cornett was born and raised in Oklahoma City. From an early age, his parents taught him the value of public service and encouraged him to keep the faith, work hard and dream big. Today, Mayor Mick Cornett, the first four-term mayor in […]
Happy Independence Day!
No Meeting at the Petroleum club on July 4, 2017, and no makeup required. Have a happy and safe Independence Day!! Next Meeting …. July 11- Speaker Mayor Mick Cornett
Rotary Inaugural
Please join the Rotary Club of Oklahoma City for the 107th Inauguration of President Ellen Fleming & the 2017-18 Board of Officers and Directors June 27, 2017 Oklahoma City Golf & Country Club 7000 N.W. Grand Blvd. 6:00p Reception- 6:45p Dinner $75.00 per person billed on Quarterly Statement Business Attire No Tuesday Luncheon Meeting at […]
President’s Awards Day
Celebrating President Terri Cooper, and the 2016-17 Rotary Year!! President Terri Cooper is a native of Tulsa and has lived in Oklahoma City for more than 40 years. She received her bachelor’s degree in geography from Middlebury College in Vermont, and her law degree from the University of Oklahoma, College of Law. Prior to her retirement […]
Mike Boynton – OSU Basketball
Oklahoma State athletic director Mike Holder has announced the hiring of Mike Boynton as the 20th head coach in Cowboy basketball history. Considered one of the nation’s top up-and-coming coaches, Boynton, 35, helped engineer OSU’s run to the NCAA Tournament last season, was an architect of Stephen F. Austin’s success and helped revitalize the South […]
Justice Steven Taylor
STEVEN W. TAYLOR Chief Justice Supreme Court of Oklahoma (retired) Justice Steven W. Taylor was born June 7, 1949 in Henryetta, Oklahoma. He graduated from McAlester Public Schools in 1967. He earned his B.A. in Political Science from Oklahoma State University in 1971. Justice Taylor received the Juris Doctor degree from the University of Oklahoma […]
Congressman Steve Russell
A native Oklahoman, Steve Russell graduated from Del City High School as class president and was voted “most likely to succeed.” He earned a degree in public speaking from Ouachita Baptist University and completed the Army ROTC program. Russell was then commissioned a 2nd Lieutenant-Army Infantry, which began his 21-year career in the U. S. […]
Joe Hodges – SSM Health Care
“Health Care in Oklahoma” Joe Hodges is the Regional President of SSM Health Oklahoma, the parent company of the St. Anthony Hospitals. Joe’s journey into service began long before he joined St. Anthony Hospital in Oklahoma City in 1992. In fact, his journey began in the small rural Oklahoma panhandle town of Forgan. As the […]
Choctaw Chief Gary Batton
Gary Batton was born December 15, 1966, in Wichita, Kansas. He graduated from Clayton High School in Clayton, Oklahoma in 1985. He began working for the Choctaw Nation at the age of twenty while attending Southeastern Oklahoma State University. Upon graduating with a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Management in 1989, he accepted the position […]
Stan Clark
“Building a Brand” Stan Clark, a native of Tulsa, Oklahoma, graduated from Oklahoma State University in May of 1975 with a BS degree in Business Administration. Clark had a mere $1200 to his name when childhood friend Steve File suggested he might open a bar. Clark eagerly chimed in, “I’ll go in partners with ya!” […]