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!” […]
Alan Mallory – climbing Mount Everest
FRIDAY – District All Club Luncheon – Grand Casino- Shawnee REGISTER HERE Climbing Mount Everest is considered one of mankind’s greatest feats of endurance. The grueling expedition to the top of the world’s highest peak is a journey filled with unparalleled physical and mental challenges and some of the roughest, most extreme conditions imaginable. In […]
Jill Donovan – Rustic Cuff
“Rustic Cuff” Jill Donovan was born in Baltimore, raised in Pensacola and graduated from ORU where she met her husband, Terry. She went on to earn her law degree at the University of Tulsa and was an adjunct law professor and practicing attorney for 8 years. Four years ago while on a short sabbatical, she […]
Chad Wilkerson – Federal Reserve
“Federal Reserve” Chad Wilkerson is Branch Executive of the Kansas City Fed’s Oklahoma City Branch office. In this role, he serves as the Bank’s lead officer and regional economist in the state of Oklahoma. Wilkerson is responsible for recruiting and working with the Branch’s board of directors and for briefing the Kansas City Fed’s president […]
Graham Colton
Jr. Rotarian Graduation Day Graham Colton was born in Oklahoma City and was a lifer at Heritage Hall school. He was an all-state quarterback on the state championship team in 1998 along side best friend Wes Welker. He began writing and performing songs while in high school at local restaurants and coffee shops in […]
Arts Liaison – Robbie Kienzle
“Art as part of an Economic Engine” ROBBIE KIENZLE, ARTS LIAISON & PROGRAM PLANNER OFFICE OF ARTS & CULTURAL AFFAIRS CITY OF OKLAHOMA CITY PLANNING DEPARTMENT As Arts & Cultural Affairs Liaison for the City of Oklahoma City, Kienzle coordinates arts and cultural initiatives to further the City’s economic, tourism and community development priorities. […]