Livestream 11:55am
9-3-2024
Jeffrey Cartmell currently serves as the Executive Director of the Office of Juvenile Affairs. Prior to his appointment, he most recently served as Counsel to Secretary of State Brian Bingman and as a Senior Advisor to Governor Kevin Stitt. In these roles he provided strategic legal, policy, and ethical counsel to the Governor, Secretary Bingman, and other senior level administration officials. Before assuming his role as Counsel to the Secretary in 2021, Cartmell served as Deputy General Counsel under Governor Stitt for two years. Between 2017 and 2019, Cartmell worked in the private sector as an associate attorney at Lytle Soule & Curlee after serving two years as a division director within the Office of Management and Enterprise Services. Cartmell was a Deputy General Counsel to former Governor Mary Fallin from 2012 to 2014.
Cartmell earned a Bachelor of Arts in English Writing and a Juris Doctorate from the University of Oklahoma in 2009 and 2012, respectively. Cartmell became an adjunct professor of law at his alma mater in 2021, teaching a seminar course on government law.
Terry Smith, born and raised in Oklahoma, received his undergraduate degree from the University of Central Oklahoma in Sociology and his Master’s degree in Public Administration from the University of Oklahoma. His entire career has been dedicated to helping Oklahoma youth and their families have a positive and productive future. His primary focus has been in the area of juvenile justice working for the Department of Human Services and the Office of Juvenile Affairs. He has served as a social worker, supervisor, division administrator and deputy director. He is currently the Construction Project Coordinator for the Office of Juvenile Affairs’ “Next Generation Campus” in Tecumseh, Okla. This new campus will be one of the finest juvenile justice treatment facilities in the country. Smith is the former CEO for the Oklahoma Institute for Child Advocacy where he advocated for legislation to improve the lives of children in Oklahoma. He is a 6th Degree Black Belt and has taught martial arts for over 50 years to children and adults in South Oklahoma City.
Chair of the Day
Karen Youngblood
Karen Youngblood, Lead Organizational Development Consultant at OG&E
Chairperson of the Office of Juvenile Affairs (OJA) Board, since 2020; and Member of OJA Board since 2017, appointed first by Gov. Fallin and again by Gov. Stitt