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Oklahoma Advisory Committee Oklahoma Advisory Committee These business, faith, military, and community leaders believe that Oklahoma benefits when America leads in the world through investments in development and diplomacy. Hon. Brad Henry Hon. Mary Fallin-Christensen Co-Chairs Governor (2003-2011) Governor (2011-2019) U.S. House of Representatives (2007-2011) Ann Ackerman Chip Carter Ann Felton OK Business Roundtable Jones PR Central Oklahoma Habitat for Humanity President and CEO Vice President Chairman and CEO Ashley Allen Shar Carter Shannon Fleck Arvest Bank Oklahoma Institute for Rural Prosperity Oklahoma Conference of Churches International Banking Manager, Vice Managing Director Executive Director President Jill Castilla* Dr. Lara Foley Reverend Joseph Alsay Citizens Bank of Edmond University of Tulsa St. Augustine Episcopal Church President & CEO Assistant Provost of Global Engagement Rector Director of Global Scholars Young Chappell Travis Arnold Boeing, Aircraft Modernization & Scott A. Fritzen Feed the Children Modification The University of Oklahoma President & CEO Engineer Dean, David L. Boren College of International Studies Gean Atkinson* Jessica Clayton Associate Provost for Global Engagement Atkinson Advertising Associates First United Bank Professor and William J. Crowe, Jr. Chair in President Vice President Geopolitics Hon. Rocky Barrett James Collard, Ph.D.* Tom F. Gray Citizen Potawatomi Nation Citizen Potawatomi Nation Grand River Dam Authority Chairman Director Economic Development Consultant Mark Barth John Curzon Jen Gross Goodwill Industries of CCK Strategies Meridian Tools, Inc. Central Oklahoma, Inc. Partner Vice President President & CEO Maj. Gen. Myles Deering, USA/ARNG Matthew Guillory Brenda Jones Barwick (Ret.) Oklahoma Music Project Jones PR State of Oklahoma Executive Director President and CEO Secretary of Veteran Affairs Oklahoma Governor’s International Team Oklahoma Department of Veterans Affairs Fred Hall Former Chair Executive Director Hall Capital Oklahoma National Guard Chairman and CEO Stephanie Bice Adjutant General of Oklahoma Oklahoma State Senate Sam Hammons Senator Adrian DeWendt Sequoyah Capital, LLC Special Olympics of Oklahoma Managing Director Hon. Dan Boren President & CEO First United Bank Matt Hangen President Josh Fahrenbruck Water4 U.S. House of Representatives (2005-2013) OK Innovate President & CEO COO Michael Carnuccio Nathaniel Harding* E Foundation for Oklahoma Jalal Farzaneh Antioch Energy President & CEO Home Creations Founder & President Co-Owner Michael Carolina Mark Helm Oklahoma Center for the Advancement of Mohammad Farzaneh Dolese Brothers Company Science & Tech Home Creations President & CEO Executive Director Co-Owner Carol Herrick Armed Forces YMCA Executive Director Oklahoma Advisory Committee Jessica Hickock Amy Loftis-Walton Tom O’Keefe Oklahoma Association of Realtors OCAST - Oklahoma Center for the INTRUST Bank CEO Advancement of Science and Technology President Director Hon. David Holt Larry Parman City of Oklahoma City Erika Lucas Parman & Easterday, LLP Mayor StitchCrew President Founder and CEO Mike Jackson Todd E. Pauley State Chamber of Oklahoma Justin Manning The Boeing Company Executive Vice President of Government & TE-Ray Resources Director, National Strategy and Engagement Political Affairs Vice President and General Manager Lisa Pinnell Shane Jett Scott Martin Bixby Baby Citizen Potawatomi Community Norman Chamber Co-founder Development Corporation President and CEO Matt Pinnell Executive Director Susan McCalmont State of Oklahoma Stephen Jones Creative Oklahoma 17th Lieutenant Governor Jones, Otjen, Davis & Bloyd President Juan Carlos Rodriguez Pinto Attorney Elizabeth McCormick CloserDesign Networks Chad Jordan University of Tulsa CEO Arrow Global Capital Director of Clinical Education Programs Mary Blankenship Pointer Co-Founder and CEO Jon Middendorf Frontier State Bank Dr. Nyla Ali Khan Oklahoma First Church of the Nazarene Senior Vice President Oklahoma Commission on the Status of Senior Pastor Lisa Powell Women Margaret “Peggy” Millikin Enid Regional Development Alliance Chair of the Advisory Council Millikin McKay PLLC Associate Director Oklahoma City Community College Attorney Adjunct Professor Miles Pringle Chuck Mills Pringle & Pringle, PC Garrett King Mills Machine Company Partner SWOSU Foundation President Executive Director Edward Pulido* Amalia Miranda, MD Folds of Honor Dr. Randy Kluver Honorary Consul of Spain Senior VP Public Relations and Military Associate Provost and Dean Affairs School of Global Studies and Partnerships Scott Mitchell Oklahoma State University Political Analyst/Host Patrick Raglow* Your Vote Counts, News 9 Catholic Charities, Archdiocese of Sean Kouplen Oklahoma City State of Oklahoma Fred Morgan Executive Director Secretary of Commerce and Workforce State Chamber of Oklahoma Development President & CEO John Reid OK Business Roundtable Regent Bank Chris Morriss Director of Marketing Chairman and CEO State of Oklahoma Eric Kunkel Assistant Secretary of State and Chief of Robert Ruiz CCK Strategies, PLLC Protocol Scissortail Community Development Corporation Founding Partner Rick Nagel President Sherry Jordan Acorn Growth Edmond Area Chamber of Commerce Managing Director Jose Sagarnaga Spears School of Business President & CEO Mike Neal Oklahoma State University Andy Lester Tulsa Regional Chamber of Commerce Director of Center for Advanced Global Spencer Fane LLP President & CEO Leadership and Engagement Partner John Neff Assistant Professor of Professional Practice David Lewis Jonathan Neff and Associates of Management Express Employment Professionals Partner Kate Schecter, Ph. D. Vice President Marc Nuttle World Neighbors Attorney President and Chief Executive Officer Oklahoma Advisory Committee Jared Scism Gardner Tanenbaum Holdings University of Central Oklahoma CEO Assistant Director, International House and David Taylor Programming Senior Account Manager Matt Seward Hon. Thessali Teague Innovative Partners Oklahoma State House of Representatives CEO Representative Muhammet Ali Sezer Scott Thompson Dialogue Institute Mercer Valve Co Inc, Raindrop Turkish House of Oklahoma Accounting, IT Director Executive Director Gabriel Vallejo Trent Shores Head of International Shareholder IBC Bank - Oklahoma GableGotwals U.S. Department of Justice Enrique Villar-Gambetta Former U.S. Attorney for the Northern Honorary Counsul of Peru District of Oklahoma Winningham, Stein & Basey Deputy Director of the Office of Tribal Partner Justice Catherine Webster, PhD Jarrod Shouse University of Central Oklahoma Shouse Consulting Dean of College of Liberal Arts President Don Wetekam Shalon Simmons AAR CORP Secure Global Solutions Senior Vice President, Government & President Defense Business Development Cathleen Skinner Roy Williams Oklahoma State Department of Education Oklahoma City Chamber of Commerce Director of World Languages Other Than President and CEO English Allen Wright Rear Adm. Gregory Slavonic, USN (Ret.) Hustings Group Acting United States Under Secretary of the President and Founder Navy 18th U.S. Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Manpower and Reserve Affairs * Indicates Veteran of the U.S. Armed Forces Steve Smith Vacuworx As of August 12, 2021 Director of International Sales Sarah Soell Down Syndrome Association of Central Oklahoma Executive Director Carol Sorrels Advanced Arms Dynamics Inc. National Director of Marketing Derek Sparks Greater Oklahoma City Chamber Government Relations Manager Mark Stansberry Chairman of The GTD Group Founder and Chairman Scott Stulen President and Director Philbrook Museum of Art Richard Tanenbaum.
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