Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education 2010 Annual Conference

Chairman Joseph L. Parker, Jr., Business Owner, Tulsa Vice Chair Julie K. Carson, Attorney, Claremore Secretary Marlin “Ike” Glass, Jr., Business Owner, Newkirk Assistant Secretary James D. "Jimmy" Harrel, Banker, Leedey Don C. Davis, Attorney, Lawton John Massey, Banker, Durant William Stuart Price, Business Owner, Tulsa Michael C. Turpen, Attorney, City Ronald H. White, M.D., Internal Medicine,

Chancellor Glen D. Johnson, Oklahoma City

2010 Annual Conference Campus Photos Courtesy of Northeastern State University November 16, 2010 2010 Annual Conference Presbyterian Health Foundation Conference Center

About the REP Conference Details American higher education has thrived under the All sessions will take place in the Colloquium unique concept of lay governance. If that tradition is conference room. Regents have the opportu­ to continue, qualified men and women must be se­ nity to receive a total of 11 hours, including lected to serve as regents, and they must also be edu­ their two hours of ethics credit at the event. cated to govern in situations of increased complexity Each session will have sign-in sheets. All and accelerating change. regents must sign these to insure appropriate hours are credited. A series of legislation was passed in Oklahoma during the late 1980’s to improve Oklahoma higher educa­ tion and increase its accountability. That activity was Board Chairmen capped by the passage of bills in 1990 calling for a The board chairmen will hold their yearly regents’ education program. The purpose of the pro­ meeting at 10 a.m. to discuss issues concern­ gram is to educate Oklahoma regents and trustees ing all aspects of the state system with Okla­ about the nature of their responsibilities and the seri­ homa State Regents for Higher Education. ousness with which they should be undertaken. More This session will be held in the PHF Kiva specifically, the program is to provide information that conference room. will allow regents and trustees to perform their public responsibilities and to govern successfully in the face of greater calls for wider programs and services, man­ dates for greater accountability, changing clientele and Evaluation demands, and resource scarcity. Evaluations will be distributed at the end of the day’s conference. Please complete the Under the laws enacted in Oklahoma, all regents and evaluations and return to an OSRHE staff trustees appointed to Oklahoma’s higher education member. boards after January 1, 1991, must take 15 clock hours of continuing education, two-hours of which must be ethics. Floor Plans A floor plan of the facility is provided for The program is administered by the Oklahoma State your use in the back of this program.

Regents for Higher Education, the statewide coordi­ nating board of control of institutions.

Regents and trustees will learn about the nature of their responsibilities and the seriousness with which they should be undertaken.

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Participants

Bob Anthony, General Counsel, Hilary Kitz, Regent, Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education University of Science & Arts of Oklahoma Audrey Balentine, Regent, Andy Lester, Regent, Eastern Oklahoma State College OSU/A&M Board of Regents Tucker Link, Regent, Allen T. Benson, Regent, Murray State College OSU/A&M Board of Regents FredOklahoma L. Boettcher, State University Regent, Bebe Lodes, Trustee, Ardmore Higher Education Center Terry Britton, President, Rose State College Lenora Burdine, Regent, , Regent, Oklahoma City Community College Oklahoma City Community College Ellen Marquardt, Assistant, Steve Coleman, Regent, Rose State College Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education Aarone Corwin, Regent, Rose State College Robert Croak, Regent, Rose State College Lynda McColl, Regent, Photo courtesy of Distinctly Oklahoma Magazine Redlands Community College Don Davis, Regent, Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education Joseph L. Parker Jr., is currently serving as chair­ Chancellor Glen D. Johnson is the chief executive Denton McNutt, Regent, Eastern Oklahoma State College man of the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Edu­ officer for the Oklahoma State System of Higher Houston Davis, Vice Chancellor, Education. Johnson leads a state system comprised Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education cation. He was appointed by , in May 2005, serving a nine year term ending in of 25 state colleges and universities, 10 constituent agencies, one higher education center and Larry Devane, President, Steven Mills, Director, 2014. Redlands Community College Ardmore Higher Education Center independent colleges and universities coordinated with the state system. Bryce Fair, Associate Vice Chancellor, Larry Minks, President, Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education Southeastern Oklahoma State University Parker is chairman of the board for Anchor Stone Co. in Tulsa, a company involved in the production Johnson became the eighth chancellor of the Gary W. Farabough, Trustee, Teresa Moisant, Regent, Oklahoma State System of Higher Education in Ardmore Higher Education Center Oklahoma City Community College of crushed limestone, sand and gravel, and heavy equipment brokerage. January 2007 after a national search. Before assuming Payton Hamlin, Coordinator, Richard Novak, AGB the role of chancellor, Johnson served as the 16th Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education Amanda Paliotta, Vice Chancellor, president of Southeastern Oklahoma State University Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education In addition, he serves on the board of directors for Ben Hardcastle, Director of Communications in Durant for nine and a half years. Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education SunTx Capital Partners in Dallas, Texas and Wood, Roger Pryor, Regent, Redlands Community College Warren Investment Bankers Advisory Board. Johnson has served as director of public policy and Richard Hefton, Regent, Rose State College adjunct professor of law at the University of Hollye Hunt, Associate Vice Chancellor, Raquel Schmitz, Vice Chancellor, Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education He also serves on numerous civic boards in the Tulsa Oklahoma College of Law. Prior to his work at the area, including The Center for Legislative Excel­ , Johnson served in the Tony Hutchison, Vice Chancellor, , Secretary, Oklahoma House of Representatives from 1982 to Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education lence, Oklahoma Innovation Institute, Inc., and Department of Commerce and Tourism Planned Parenthood of Arkansas and Eastern Okla­ 1996 and was Speaker of the House from 1990 to Janet Jackson, Coordinator, Lynn Smith, Regent, homa, Inc. 1996. At the time of his election as speaker, he was Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education Northern Oklahoma College the youngest sitting speaker in the United States. Teresa Jackson, Regent, Stephen Smith, President, Eastern Oklahoma State College Eastern Oklahoma State College A 1969 graduate of the University of Nebraska, Johnson is an honors graduate of the University of

Parker earned his Master of Business Administration Oklahoma, with an undergraduate degree in political

Keith James, Regent, Northern Oklahoma College Regina Switzer, Assistant Attorney General from the University of Washington in 1971. science and a juris doctor degree from the University Max Weitzenhoffer, Regent, of Oklahoma’s College of Law. Glen D. Johnson, Chancellor, University of Oklahoma Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education

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Scott Meacham Tony Hutchison is currently vice chancellor for strategic planning, analysis State Treasurer of Oklahoma and workforce and economic development for the Oklahoma State Re­ The Honorable Scott Meacham is the 17th State Treasurer of Oklahoma, gents for Higher Education. Previously he served as director of the Of­ serving the citizens of Oklahoma in that capacity since June 1, 2005. In addi­ fice of State Finance, and as director of operations and planning for the tion to his duties as State Treasurer, he serves on the governor’s cabinet as Oklahoma State Senate Hutchison was also director of executive man­ Secretary for Finance and Revenue. In this capacity, he is the governor’s pri­ agement for the Council of Governor’s Policy Advisor’s (CGPA) in Wash­ mary financial and budget advisor and serves as the governor’s chief negotia­ ington, DC. Hutchison holds a Master of Public Administration and a tor on budget, legislative and tribal matters as well as other issues. BA with Special Distinction, both from the University of Oklahoma. Meacham has directed modernization of the state’s investment portfolio and has more than tripled state investment income while minimizing risk to the state’s investments. Due to Meacham’s renegotiation of contracts for state financial services, the state is saving millions of dollars each year.

He also served as State Finance Director prior to becoming treasurer. As finance director, he directed the state’s budget through the budget crisis in 2003. Amanda Paliotta is the vice chancellor for budget and finance for the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education. In this capacity she devel­ Meacham, a certified financial planner, formerly served as Chief Executive Officer of First National ops and administrates the systemwide fiscal and tuition policies, coordi­ Bank & Trust of Elk City. Under his leadership, the bank more than doubled in size and saw its profits nates development and approval of institutions’ operating budgets and increase by more than 150 percent. Meacham is a graduate of the University of Oklahoma. He holds maintains the state system budget allotment program. She also provides a bachelor’s degree in finance, a Masters of Business Administration and a law degree. oversight for the Oklahoma Guaranteed Student Loan Program. Prior to coming to the Regents, she was self-employed as an Urban Development Natalie Shirley Consultant and previously served as the chief policy advisor for the Senate President Pro Tempore and other Senate leaders. She has a bachelor’s Secretary of Commerce and Tourism degree and a master of regional and city planning from the University of Natalie Shirley is Oklahoma’s Secretary of Commerce and Tourism. She Oklahoma. was appointed to this position in February 2007 by Governor Brad Henry. She also serves as Executive Director of the Oklahoma Department of Com­ merce and is a member of several boards and commissions in her role as Sec­ retary. Secretary Shirley is the former president and chief executive officer of Raquel Schmitz is vice chancellor for administration for the Oklahoma ICI Mutual Insurance Group in Washington, D.C., the captive insurance com­ State Regents for Higher Education. In this capacity she is responsible for pany of the mutual fund industry. general agency administration, operational oversight of the chancellor’s office and overall coordination of work related to the coordinating board Prior to becoming President in 2001, Secretary Shirley served as Executive and agency advisory councils. Schmitz spent five years as the chief of staff Vice President and Chief Operating Officer. From 1991 to 1996, Secretary Shirley was Senior Vice President and General Counsel for the Company. Prior to 1991, she served as at Southeastern Oklahoma State University. Before becoming chief of staff Associate General Counsel of the Investment Company Institute, the national investment company trade at Southeastern, Schmitz was an English and humanities instructor at the association, where she handled regulatory matters and other issues concerning mutual funds and unit university. Schmitz graduated from Oklahoma State University in 1992 investment trusts. From 1982 to 1986, Secretary Shirley served as Deputy General Counsel for the with a bachelor’s degree in English and received her master’s in English Oklahoma Department of Securities. literature in 1994 from Texas Woman’s University. She went on to receive her juris doctorate in 1999 from Oklahoma City University. Shirley is an Oklahoma native and she graduated from Oklahoma State University and earned a law degree from the University of Oklahoma.

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Bob Anthony is general counsel for the Oklahoma State Regents for Lynn Gray is the employment statistics director for the state of Oklahoma. In that role he directs the Higher Education. As general counsel he advises the chancellor and production and analysis of various labor market data programs funded by the federal Department of regents on matters of law and policy regarding Oklahoma’s public Labor. He also conducts actuary studies on the state’s unemployment insurance trust fund and serves higher education system and is a member of the senior management as staff to the Governor’s Council on Workforce and Economic Development. In addition to his role team. Prior to joining the State Regents’ staff, Anthony practiced with at the OESC he has served as an adjunct professor of economics at both Oklahoma City Community the Pierce Couch law firm in Oklahoma City and served as assistant College and St. Gregory’s University. He holds a BBA in Finance from Oklahoma Baptist University attorney general for the State of Oklahoma. Anthony attended Harvard and an MA in Economics from the University of Oklahoma. He began his career with the OESC in University; the University of Tulsa; Oklahoma State University and the 1999. University of Oklahoma Law School.

Richard Novack is senior vice president for programs and research and ex­ ecutive director of the Ingram Center for Public Trusteeship and Governance Houston Davis currently serves as vice chancellor for academic affairs at the Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges (AGB). for the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education. Prior to his The Center’s mission is to strengthen the relationship between public aca­ work at OSRHE, Davis worked as associate vice chancellor for aca­ demic institutions and state governments by enhancing the performance and demic affairs for the Tennessee Board of Regents, in academic leader­ capacity of public governing boards. He and the Center staff have a special ship for Austin Peay State University, as a fiscal and academic affairs responsibility to monitor trends affecting public sector governance of higher staff member for the Tennessee Higher Education Commission and as education and maintain close relationships with public sector constituents and a regional counselor of the University of Memphis. In addition to these state policymakers. While at AGB, Novak has directed a special initiative on roles, he serves as the project director for the National Educational board and presidential leadership; led a multi-state study on the effectiveness Needs Index project. Davis has degrees from the University of Mem­ of public college and university governing boards; and has co-directed projects phis and Tennessee State University. He received his Ph.D. from in several states including Maryland, South Carolina, Louisiana, Mississippi, Vanderbilt University in 2001. Ohio, Kentucky, and New Jersey.

Lee Slater is an attorney with extensive practice in state ethics law and fed­ Hollye Hunt currently serves as the assistant vice chancellor for gov­ eral campaign finance law, and a former hearing officer for the Council on ernmental relations for the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Edu­ Campaign Compliance and Ethical Standards, predecessor to the Oklahoma cation. Before coming to work at the State Regents, Hunt worked for Ethics Commission. Slater is also a lecturer on state ethics laws at the Okla­ Congressman and Lieutenant Governor . Hunt homa Bar Association Continuing Legal Education programs and for vari­ is a graduate from the University of Texas at Austin and Oklahoma ous public and private professional and employee groups. Formerly, he served City University School of Law. as the Secretary of the Oklahoma State Senate and the Secretary of the Okla­ homa State Election Board. Slater received his juris doctor degree from the Oklahoma City University School of Law where he ranked second academi­ cally in his graduating class.

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Sessions Sessions 7:30 a.m. Registration 2:30 p.m. Complete College America .5 credit hour Dr. Houston Davis and Tony Hutchison 8 a.m. Welcome & Breakfast This session will provide an update on this national effort to increase 1 credit hour Chancellor Glen D. Johnson the number of college graduates. Natalie Shirley, Secretary of Commerce and Tourism 3 p.m. Academic Issues 1 credit hour Dr. Houston Davis 9 a.m. Legislative and Budget Update This session will highlight the academic program approval and post-approval 1 credit hour Chancellor Glen D. Johnson review process. In addition, we will discuss several areas of emphasis in the This session will provide an insight into the important topics concerning higher program approval criteria. education for the upcoming year. 4 p.m. Oklahoma’s Promise .5 credit hour Bryce Fair 10 a.m. Ethics - Open Meetings/Open Records This session will provide an overview of the successful Oklahoma’s Promise 1 credit hour- Dr. Bob Anthony Scholarship Program. ethics This session will be a “walk through” of both the Open Meetings Act and the Open Records Act, emphasizing the most frequently asked questions regarding the application of these acts to boards of regents’ meetings. 4:30 p.m. Legislative Update .5 credit hour Dr. Hollye Hunt 10 a.m. Chair’s Meeting (Kiva Room) This session will provide an overview of upcoming legislative session and a review of the new leadership at the Capitol. 11 a.m. Funding Formula Basics: 1 credit hour How does it add up for my institution? Amanda Paliotta 5 p.m. The Oklahoma Ethics Commission: This session will provide an overview of the funding formula and a 1 credit hour- What you need to know as a board member. review of current revenue collections and projections for FY12. ethics Dr. Lee Slater This session is a discussion of ethical and legal issues confronting institutions, regents and trustees. Topics will include new ethics rules from the 12 noon Lunch Ethics Commission. 1.5 credit hours Confronting the Challenges to Effective Governance Richard Novak 6 p.m. Dinner 1.5 credit hours Oklahoma’s Economic and Budget Outlook 1:30 p.m. Workforce and Economic Development The Honorable Scott Meacham, Oklahoma State Treasurer 1 credit hour Lynn Gray Oklahoma’s economy is suffering from the effects of the global recession. What will this mean for State funding for higher education?

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