Bob Anthony – Corporation Commission
“Earthquakes, Rate Cases – Controversies at the Corporation Commission” Bob Anthony is currently the longest serving utility commissioner in the United States and has served six times as chairman of the Oklahoma Corporation Commission. He is a member of the board of directors for the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners and past chairman of […]
Russell Evans – Economics
“Economic Forecast for 2017” Holding undergraduate and graduate degrees in Economics from the Oklahoma State University, Dr. Russell Evans specializes in regional economic forecasting and local tax incidence analysis. Dr. Evans’ research is focused on issues important to local civic leaders including regional economic and fiscal forecasts, the economic impact of the state’s oil […]
Stephan Sutor PhD – Cyber Security
“Video Surveillance – Security and a lot more…” Coming from a research background, Stephan Sutor co-founded the high-end video analytics company KiwiSecurity in 2005. Based in Montreal, Canada, he is currently acting as COO for KiwiSecurity, bringing KiwiSecurity’ s bleeding edge technology to the North American market. He has over 12 years of experience in […]
Hunger and Homelessness
“This presentation will center on the extent of child and family homelessness in Oklahoma City and the impact of child homelessness on educational success and workforce development.” Susan (Griffith) Agel, President of Positive Tomorrows* and the 2016 Journal Record Woman of the Year, has worked to advance the mission of nonprofit organizations nearly all […]
District 5750 Governor Megan Law
Club 29 is a member of Rotary International District 5750. Megan will offer information about future district and club activities, as well as the health of the 30+ clubs that comprise District 5750! District 5750 Governor Megan Law is the Operations Manager for Accel Financial Staffing where she has worked since 2002. In her role, she […]
Allison Barta Bailey – Retail Specialist
Allison Barta Bailey recently joined Price Edwards & Company after 6 years consulting for independent retailers and real estate developers. Allison works primarily on retail spaces in the urban core and walkable commercial districts in the Oklahoma City area. She is a Mayor-appointed City of OKC Arts Commissioner, Urban Land Institute member and is CNU-Accredited. […]
Dean Gregg Garn – Education Renewal
“Education and Community Renewal” Gregg A. Garn, Ph.D., is the Dean of the Jeannine Rainbolt College of Education as well as the executive director of the K20 Center for Educational and Community Renewal. Dr. Garn holds the Linda Clarke Anderson Presidential Professorship and serves as professor of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies. Dr. Garn […]
Water Law
“Water Law” Professor Lindsay G. Robertson is a graduate of Davidson College (A.B., 1981) and the University of Virginia (J.D./M.A. 1986, Ph,D. 1997) and joined the University of Oklahoma College of Law faculty in 1997. He teaches courses in Federal Indian Law, Comparative and International Indigenous Peoples Law, U.S. Constitutional Law, Oklahoma Constitutional Law, and […]
Senator James Lankford
“Political Update” After serving four years in the U.S. House of Representatives, James Lankford was elected to the U.S. Senate on November 4, 2014, to finish the remaining two years of retiring Senator Tom Coburn’s term, which will end January 2017. As chairman of the Senate Subcommittee on Regulatory Affairs and Federal Management, Lankford fights […]
State Question 777
“State Question 777″ As a former state attorney general and district attorney, Drew Edmondson has been involved in some of Oklahoma’s highest-profile and most-complex criminal and civil litigation. Prior to his four terms as attorney general, Edmondson was also elected, unopposed, to three consecutive terms as Muskogee County District Attorney. Edmondson is a graduate of […]
Pivot Project Developments
David Wanzer is an Oklahoma City-based developer and designer with a passion for modern architecture, adaptive re-use and community building. He was born in Oklahoma City’s Midtown district, at St. Anthony Hospital, and raised in Guthrie, Oklahoma where he watched the historic Victorian downtown come back to life as building after building was renovated during the 1980’s. Community […]
David Prater
“Criminal Justice Reform” David Prater began his law enforcement career at 19 years of age when he was hired by the Cleveland County Sheriff’s Office as a Deputy Sheriff. At the age of 20, Mr. Prater became the youngest cadet ever to graduate from the Norman Police Academy. During his time with the NPD, he […]