Don Betz
– President of the University of Central Oklahoma University of Central Oklahoma President Don Betz has made it his life’s passion to help students learn. Throughout his distinguished career of more than 45 years in higher education, Dr. Betz has developed a reputation for teaching and encouraging students, for his unmatched energy and enthusiasm, and […]
Joe Pierce
Joe Pierce is Head of School at John W. Rex Charter Elementary School. He holds a doctorate of education in curriculum and instruction from Oklahoma State University and a masters degree in school administration from the University of Central Oklahoma and a bachelor’s degree in elementary education from Olivet Nazarene University. He has more than 30 years of experience […]
Rear Admiral Margaret Deluca “Peg” Klein
– Senior Advisor to the Secretary of Defense for Military Professionalism A native of Weymouth, Massachusetts, Rear Admiral Margaret Klein was commissioned in May 1981 upon graduation from the U.S. Naval Academy. She earned her Master of Education from the University of Southern Maine in 1999. A naval flight officer, Klein’s operational assignments include multiple […]
Joy Hofmeister
– State Superintendent of Public Instruction Joy Hofmeister was sworn in as Oklahoma’s 14th State Superintendent of Public Instruction on January 12, 2015. She is a former public school teacher and small business owner. She served on the Oklahoma State Board of Education from January 2012 through April 2013 as an appointee of Governor Mary Fallin. […]
Seyed Hossein Mousavian
Seyed Hossein Mousavian is an associate research scholar at the Program on Science and Global Security at Princeton University’s Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs. He is a former diplomat who served as Iran’s Ambassador to Germany (1990-1997), Head of the Foreign Relations Committee of Iran’s National Security Council (1997-2005), Spokesman for Iran in […]
Gean B. Atkinson
Gean B. Atkinson is president of Atkinson Advertising Associates. He is a past president of Club 29 and of the Committee of One Hundred. He has bachelors and masters degrees in Journalism and Radio & Television from the University of Central Oklahoma and was named the Outstanding Journalism Graduate Student and later a Distinguished Alumni. […]
Frank Wang
Dr. Wang joined the Oklahoma School of Science and Mathematics as its President in August, 2012. He succeeded Dr. Edna McDuffie Manning, who had served as the school’s president since its inception. Dr. Wang earned his Bachelor of Arts in Math from Princeton University in 1986 and his Doctorate in Pure Math from the […]