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VOLUME 93 / ISSUE 3 2017 JUNE / MAY | TULSACHAMBER.COM A WALKABLE REGION TULSA FEDERAL CREDIT UNION TULSA RUN 40 FACES FOR 40 YEARS 2017 INTERCITY VISIT DESTINATION UNVEILED FOLLOW US The Chamber Report (ISSN 1532-5733) is published bi-monthly by the Tulsa Regional Chamber, Williams Center ToWer I, One West Third Street, Suite 100, Tulsa, OK 74103, (918) 585-1201. Members receive a subscription for $12 paid from annual dues. Non-members can subscribe for $24 per year. Periodical postage is paid at Tulsa, OK. Publisher reserves the right to refuse any advertising. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to The Chamber Report, Williams Center ToWer I, One West Third Street, Suite 100, Tulsa, OK 74103. 2017 OFFICERS IMMEDIATE PAST CHAIR, CHAIR TULSA'S YOUNG PROFESSIONALS Phil Albert Daniel Regan IN THIS ISSUE UPCOMING EVENTS President, Pelco Structural, LLC Vice President, Price Family Properties, LLC CHAIR-ELECT AT-LARGE MEMBER PG 3 : VOLUNTEERS OF PG 15 : TYPROS FOUNDATION 06.27.17 Steve Bradshaw Stuart Solomon WE LOVE OUR THE MONTH PROJECTS: WHERE ARE THEY NOW? President & CEO, BOK Financial President & COO, Public Service Company TULSA REGIONAL CHAMBER of Oklahoma STATE OF THE STATE FEATURING IMMEDIATE PAST CHAIR VOLUNTEERS PG 4 : SOCIALLY SPEAKING Jeff Dunn AT-LARGE MEMBER GOVERNOR MARY FALLIN President, Mill Creek Lumber & David Stratton Cox Business Center Managing Director, JPMorgan Chase PG 5 : A WALKABLE REGION Supply Company 100 Civic Center, Tulsa | Noon-1 p.m. PRESIDENT & CEO AT-LARGE MEMBER Mike Neal, CCE, CCD, HLM Dick Williamson MARCH VOLUNTEER OF THE MONTH PG 9 : ONEVOICE COALITION Chairman Emeritus, T. D. Williamson, Inc. CELEBRATES LEGISLATIVE 08.01.17 President & CEO, Tulsa Regional Chamber Tricia Weis, The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society VICTORIES MINUTE MARKETING LEGAL COUNSEL AND SECRETARY LEADERSHIP TEAM David Keglovits MARCH QUOTA MASTERS Hyatt Regency Tulsa EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT & COO Chairman of the Board, GableGotwals Justin McLaughlin, CCE, IOM Alex Martinez, The Job Guide PG 10 : 40 FACES FOR 40 YEARS 100 E. 2nd St., Tulsa | 7:30-9 a.m. TREASURER MARKETING, COMMUNICATIONS & EVENTS Amy Henderson, Tulsa Oilers Hockey Jason Martin Jim Morgan 08.30.17 President, Omega Capital Senior Vice President Bob White, HUB International Mid-America PG 16 : D&I 101: STATE OF EDUCATION VICE CHAIRS OF THE BOARD EDUCATION & WORKFORCE Claudia Fields DoubleTree by Hilton, DoWntoWn VICE CHAIR, RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT Dr. Brett Campbell Deb Karstens, eXp Realty COMMUNITY OUTREACH Senior Vice President 616 W. 7th St., Tulsa | Noon-1:30 p.m. Bill Masterson, Jr. Jenny Johnson, American Parkinson Disease President & Publisher, Tulsa World Kuma Roberts PG 16 : FEATURED ARTIST Media Company Association LAUREN BARTH Interim Executive Director, Mosaic & Workforce VICE CHAIR, GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS REGIONAL TOURISM Kaylen Carpenter, Rib Crib BBQ Dan Sullivan Visit TulsaChaMber.coM/events to Ray Hoyt Nicolas Stolusky, Tulsa Zoo register for these upcoming events. General Manager/CEO, Grand River Senior Vice President, VisitTulsa, Tulsa Dam Authority Sports Commission & Tulsa FMAC Rhonda McDaniel, The Hospitality House of Tulsa VICE CHAIR, MARKETING & COMMUNICATIONS Vanesa Masucci Stephen Hester, REVVED Fitness David Stewart Vice President, VisitTulsa Chief Administrative Officer, SCOTT DAVID SWYERS MidAmerica Industrial Park Heath Aucoin Vice President of Operations, APRIL VOLUNTEER OF THE MONTH VICE CHAIR, TULSA & OKLAHOMA BIZPAC VisitTulsa & Tulsa Sports Commission PG 12 : PARTNERS IN EDUCATION Jay Helm Chris Keener, Merrifeld Offce Supply President, American Residential Group Jessica Lowe-Betts RECOGNIZES EXCEPTIONAL Vice President of Marketing APRIL QUOTA MASTERS EDUCATION ADVOCATES VICE CHAIR, SPORTS & Branding, VisitTulsa & Tulsa David Jeter Sports Commission Aimee Baird, Securian Advisors MidAmerica PG 13 : TULSA REGION PG 18 : SPOTLIGHT: SMALL Senior Vice President of Business Banking, Amy Henderson, Tulsa Oilers Hockey Bank of Oklahoma Vince Trinidad CELEBRATES 2016 ECONOMIC BUSINESS CONNECTION Executive Director, Tulsa Sports Commission Andrew Engelbrecht, Learning Unlimited DEVELOPMENT SUCCESSES KELLY & CARLA GROGG, GROGG'S VICE CHAIR, DIVERSITY & INCLUSION Marilyn Ihloff ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT Corporation GREEN BARN President, Ihloff Salon & Day Spa Brien Thorstenberg Deb Karstens, eXp Realty To advertise in the Chamber Report email Senior Vice President CHAIR, TULSA’S FUTURE [email protected] PG 20 : NCAA BASKETBALL John Voegele, IHelpTulsa.Com Jeff Stava Kian Kamas or call 918.560.0250. TOURNAMENT RETURNING TO THE CHAMBER REPORT IS PUBLISHED SIX TIMES COO, Tulsa Community Foundation Vice President Kaylen Carpenter, RibCrib, Inc. TULSA IN 2019 A YEAR BY THE TULSA REGIONAL CHAMBER VICE CHAIR, SMALL BUSINESS Kathy Duck Keith Allison, NAI Rupe Helmer EDITORS Executive Director, Lori Dreiling Nicolas Stolusky, Tulsa Zoo PG 21 : 2017 INTERCITY VISIT Jim Morgan Owner, Fleet Feet Sports Tulsa, Inc. Small Business Connection DESTINATION UNVEILED Senior Vice President, Communications Rhonda McDaniel, Hospitality House of Tulsa VICE CHAIR, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS VOLUME 93 / ISSUE 3 ISSUE / 93 VOLUME MAY / JUNE 2017 JUNE / MAY | TULSACHAMBER.COM | TULSACHAMBER.COM Elizabeth Osburn PG 22 : NEW MEMBERS Chris Wylie Gordy Guest Director of Accounts, Communications Senior Principal & CEO, Cyntergy AEC Senior Vice President MAY / JUNE 2017 VOLUME 93 / ISSUE 3 VICE CHAIR, TOURISM Zack Stoycoff PUBLICATION AND DESIGN Bob McGrew Vice President Bryan Campbell President & CEO, T. D. Williamson, Inc. Director of Creative Services FINANCE ON THE COVER: Tulsa and other VICE CHAIR, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT Nancy Carter, CPA regional cities are among many Meghan Garrett Sid McAnnally Vice President Graphic Design Manager Senior Vice President of Operations, A WALKABLE metropolitan areas across the RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT ONE Gas, Inc. Allison Walden A WALKABLE CONTRIBUTING WRITERS REGIONREGION country investing in walkability. Senior Vice President Taylor Costley VICE CHAIR, EDUCATION & WORKFORCE TULSA FEDERAL CREDIT UNION TULSA RUN Wes Mitchell 40 FACESTULSA FEDERAL FOR CREDIT 40 UNION YEARS TULSA RUN Read on to learn why walkability Account Executive Steffanie Bonner 40 FACES FOR 40 YEARS is so important and what its Director of ITO Account Delivery, Hewlett Vice President 2017 INTERCITY2017 INTERCITY VISIT VISIT Kaleigh Lynch Packard Enterprise DESTINATIONDESTINATION UNVEILED UNVEILED potential economic impact is for Account Executive Karen Humphrey AT-LARGE MEMBER Executive Director, Resource Campaign FOLLOW US the Tulsa region. Piper Wolfe Ken Levit Executive Director, George Kaiser Family FOLLOW US Senior Account Executive Photo by Grant Sweetwood, TPC Studios Foundation 2 MAY / JUNE 2017 TULSACHAMBER.COM | THE CHAMBER REPORT 3 Socially Speaking... MaY 1, TSBC MaY 11, TRC Happy Small Business Week! Chamber staff and hospitality club Connection members joined Mayor members are celebrating Tuff Shed's Bynum as he issued a proclamation ribbon cutting. Congrats! declaring April 30 - May 6 as Small Business Week in Tulsa. We are grateful for the city's support of local businesses. MaY 13, TSBC Behind the scenes look at our new video series, "Small Business, Big Advice." We look forWard to sharing MaY 3, TYPros these educational videos With you soon. BOK Center repping the three Tulsa Flag options! Which one do you think should represent Tulsa? Submit your vote by May 10! For more info visit tulsafag.com. MaY 15 We are heading to Fort Worth for the eighth annual Intercity Visit Oct. 3-5. Registration is noW open. http:// MaY 9, TRC bit.ly/2pDx9Hk pic.tWitter.com/ Today, voters head to the polls to h0gGcrCCDq cast ballots in a special election to fll the House District 75 seat. The Tulsa Regional Chamber encourages all members registered in this district to A Walkable Region May 18 vote in today's election. If you have not We are honored to have done so already, please fnd time on your @GovMaryFallin speaking to our calendars to go vote. The General Theory of Walkability explains how, to be favored, a Tulsa has made quick progress on some of members on the latest budget and “ these fronts. NeWly installed protected bike revenue negotiations at the State walk has to satisfy four main conditions: it must be useful, safe, lanes noW connect the Brady Arts District Capitol. pic.tWitter.com/zW1AynJAJE With OSU Tulsa along Detroit Avenue and comfortable, and interesting. Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard. These lanes MaY 10, TRC ” also add parking space for nearby establish- Jeff Speck, Walkable City: How Downtown Can Save America, One Step at a Time Students perform at last night's Partners ments. Plans for similar lanes are in the Works In Education Tulsa aWard ceremony. for Boulder, Cheyenne, Archer and Third MaY 25 Congratulations to all the outstanding Across the nation, more and more people would promote a safer environment for pe- Street. Our Tulsa's Future regional partners aWard Winners--businesses and choose to live in city centers every year. This destrians by slowing the fow of traffc. Speck are meeting to discuss the exciting In “Walkable Tulsa,” Speck also discusses organizations in the Tulsa community groWing trend has put a spotlight on issues also pointed out hoW doWntoWn’s many development happening across the the economic argument for Walkability. Ac- that have shoWn dedicated commitment like public transportation and building design parking lots disconnect its entertainment region. cording to census data, millennials offcially