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 […]
One Cent Sales Tax Panel SQ779
David L. Boren, who has served Oklahoma as governor and U.S. senator, became the thirteenth president of the University of Oklahoma in November 1994. He is the first person in state history to have served in all three positions. Boren is widely respected for his academic credentials, his longtime support of education, and for his […]
Brad Underwood – OSU Men’s Basketball
Brad Underwood – OSU Men’s Basketball Head Coach Underwood arrives at OSU following a three-year stay at Stephen F. Austin that ranks as one of the best starts to a head coaching career in college basketball history. Underwood is a 1986 graduate of Kansas State, where he played for former Oklahoma A&M football and […]
Joe Allbaugh – Dept. of Corrections
“The Oklahoma Department of Corrections is a half a billion dollar industry funded by taxpayers. The system is at 120% capacity and 37% of the staff’s families qualifies for Food Stamps. It is a system that must change. Some of that change is already underway. Director Allbaugh will talk about the new ideas and the […]