Steve Raupe: Oklahoma’s Own Ozarka Water

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Steve Raupe is CEO of Ozarka Water and Coffee Service, second generation.  He was born and raised in Oklahoma City and has been involved in the business all of his life.  He was named president of Ozarka in 1992 and took over as CEO when his father died in 1998.  Steve graduated from The University of Oklahoma in 1988 with a bachelor’s in finance.  He is married to Susan.  He is the parent of four children, Justin, 31; Ashley and Tyler, 26; Evan, 23, and two bonus children, Preston and Sophia, 27.

Past civic involvement includes Better Business Bureau, past board member; YMCA, past board member; American Heart Association, past chairman; International Bottled Water Association, past chairman; Texas Bottled Water Association, past president.  Steve is currently a gold member of the Young Presidents’ Organization.

Pastimes are golf, fishing, hunting, and travel.

Chair of the Day
Bill Bozalis

Bill is currently one of Club 29’s longest continuous members having joined the Club in1975. He has served on Club 29’s Board of Directors, the High School Rotarians Committee, the One Pledge Committee and currently serves on the Program Committee. He is a Paul Harris Fellow X2 and a Rotary 29 Community Fellow.

He is the 24th Pediatric Dentist to be licensed in Oklahoma and retired in 2021 after 49 years of very successful practice. He has served on the Board of Directors of the Oklahoma County Dental  Society,Travelers Aid, A Chance to Change, Associate Board of Oklahoma Philharmonic,Summit Medical Center, and Town Hall. He has served as Chairman of the Casady Alumni Association ,Foundation Surgery Center,and Oklahoma Association of Pediatric Dentists. He has been an Associate Professor of Pediatric Dentistry at OU College of Dentistry. and attending dentist for Children’s Hospital and St. Anthony Hospital residency programs.

Bill has been married to his lovely wife for 52 years and has 3 successful children and 5 beautiful grandchildren.