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Governor Brad Henry
VI:1
Brad Henry, a Democrat, was officially sworn in as Oklahoma's twenty-sixth governor on
January 13, 2003.
A third generation Oklahoman, Governor Henry was born in Shawnee, Oklahoma. He attended
the public schools there and graduated from Shawnee High School. He later attended the
University of Oklahoma as a President's Leadership Scholar and earned a bachelor's degree
in economics in 1985. He was awarded the Letzeiser Gold Medal Award and was named the
Outstanding Graduating Senior Man. In 1988 Henry was awarded his Juris Doctor degree
from the University of Oklahoma College of Law, where he served as managing editor of the
Law Review.
Henry returned to Shawnee to practice law with his father, Charles, and start a family. He
married the former Kim Blain, a Shawnee schoolteacher, and the couple has three daughters,
Leah, Laynie and Baylee.
Before his election as governor, Henry served ten years in the Oklahoma Senate, chairing the
Senate Judiciary Committee and serving as vice chair of the Senate Economic Development
Committee. As a gubernatorial candidate in 2002, his campaign themes focused on
strengthening education, providing quality health care, and ensuring greater economic
opportunities. His refreshing approach connected with voters. Henry surprised many political
pundits, winning the election in November 2002.
Governor Henry took office in the midst of the worst budget crisis in state history, but forged
a historic bipartisan agreement among legislative leaders that shielded education and health
care from massive cuts. He also successfully fought to let voters decide whether to establish an
education lottery to benefit the state's classrooms; voters overwhelmingly passed the lottery
in November 2004. Additional highlights during his first year in office include augmenting
early childhood education, medical malpractice tort reform, sensible restrictions on public
smoking, zero-based budgeting, and a funding solution to retain the state's only level-one
trauma center.
Governor Henry's second-year agenda proved to be even more ambitious. Bolstering public
education, he crafted a five-year strategy to raise the pay of Oklahoma teachers to at least
match the regional average. Additionally, the governor successfully fought for a statewide vote
in which Oklahomans approved a tribal gaming regulation act that will add millions of dollars
into state classrooms while helping revive the beleaguered horserace industry.
Governor Henry also secured a state vote to fund several vital healthcare initiatives through
a modest increase in the tobacco tax. Approved by voters in November 2004, the measure
included targeted tax cuts, particularly an elimination of the capital gains tax on all Oklahoma
property held for five years or more. Additional second-year highlights included additional
tort reform, Medicaid screening for breast and cervical cancer, voluntary relocation assistance
for the troubled Tar Creek region, expansion of preschool programs, and a landmark anti-
methamphetamine law that has become a model for the rest of the nation.
Despite the demands of office, Governor Henry remains a committed family man. The Henrys
have long been active members of the Shawnee community, participating in a number of civic
organizations and local causes. They are members of the First Baptist Church of Shawnee,
where both serve as Sunday school teachers, and the governor is an ordained deacon at the
church.

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Key Personnel
Gerald Adams--Chief of Staff
Paul Sund--Director of Communications and Policy Advisor
Joyce Horton Sanders--Executive Assistant to the Governor
Janny Cooper--Executive Assistant to the Chief of Staff
Randy Buetler--Legislative Liaison
Lisa Davis--General Counsel
Kristi Ice--Director of Policy
Phil Bacharach--Chief Writer and Press Secretary
Jennifer Watson--Director of Operations
Linda English--First Lady's Chief of Staff
Susan Meacham--Director of Scheduling
Staci Foresee--First Lady's Scheduler
Office
Oklahoma City--State Capitol, Room 212,
Oklahoma City 73105
(Agency Code 305, IA)
Tulsa--440 S. Houston, 74127
Office Hours--8:30 a.m.­5:00 p.m. Mon.­Fri.
Telephone--405/521­2342, FAX 405/521­3353
Tulsa--918/581­2801, FAX 918/581­2835
Website--www.gov.ok.gov
Qualifications--Citizen of the United States, at least thirty-one years of age,
qualified elector at least ten years preceding election. State
Constitution, Article 6, Section 3.
Salary--$110,299 annually
Personnel--unclassified
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Oklahoma Elected Officials
Governor Brad Henry
Insurance Commissioner
State Capitol, Room 212
Kim Holland
Oklahoma City 73105
2401 N.W. 23rd, Suite 28
405/521­2342, FAX 405/521­3317
Oklahoma City 73107
Tulsa--State Office Building
P.O. Box 53408 73152­3408
440 S. Houston, Tulsa 74127
405/521­2828, FAX 405/521­6652
918/581­2801, FAX 918/581­3353
800/522­0071
Website--www.governor.state.ok.us
Website--www.oid.state.ok.us
Lieutenant
Commissioner of Labor
Governor Mary Fallin
Brenda Reneau
State Capitol, Room 211
4001 Lincoln Boulevard
Oklahoma City 73105
Oklahoma City 73105
405/521­2161, FAX 405/525­2702
405/528­1500, FAX 405/528­5751
Website--www.ltgov.state.ok.us
Tulsa--State Office Building
State Auditor and Inspector Jeff
440 S. Houston, Ste. 300
McMahan
Tulsa 74127
918/581­2400, 888/269­5353
State Capitol, Room 100
FAX 918/581­2431
Oklahoma City 73105
Website--www.okdol.state.ok.us
405/521­3495, FAX 405/521­3426
Website--www.sai.state.ok.us
Superintendent
Attorney General
of Public Instruction
W. A. Drew Edmondson
Sandy Garrett
Oliver Hodge Building
State Capitol, Room 112
2500 Lincoln Boulevard, Rm. 121
Oklahoma City 73105­4894
Oklahoma City 73105­4599
405/521­3921, FAX 405/521­6246
405/521­3301, FAX 405/521­6205
Okla. City--4545 Lincoln, Suite 260
Website--www.sde.state.ok.us
Oklahoma City 73105­3498
Tulsa--State Office Building
Corporation Commissioners
440 S. Houston, Suite 505
Bob Anthony, Denise Bode, Jeff
Tulsa 74127­8913
Cloud
918/581­2885, FAX 918/581­2917
Website--www.oag.state.ok.us
2101 Lincoln Boulevard,
Oklahoma City 73105
State Treasurer Scott Meacham
PO Box 52000­2000,
State Capitol, Room 217
Oklahoma City 73152
Oklahoma City 73105
405/521­2211, FAX 405/521­6045
405/521­3191, FAX 405/521­4994
Website--www.occ.state.ok.us
Website--www.treasurer.ok.gov

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Office of the Lieutenant Governor
VI:1
Mary Fallin, Republican, began making history in Oklahoma in
1994 when she was elected the state's first woman and first Republican
lieutenant governor. She was reelected in 1998 and again in 2002. Fallin
has transformed the office of lieutenant governor from ribbon-cutter
to one of substance. During the past eight years, she has pursued an
aggressive agenda focusing on economic development, education,
health care, and government reform. As lieutenant governor, Fallin has
worked tirelessly to promote economic grown in the state, especially
among small businesses. She has taken on the rising cost of health
insurance and alleviating excessive government regulation. She continues to travel the state
to encourage Oklahoma communities to pursue jobs and growth.
In 1997 Fallin addressed Oklahoma's skyrocketing workers' compensation cost. The Fallin
Commission on Workers' Compensation Reform recommended sweeping legal changes to
the workers' compensation system that were adopted by the Oklahoma Legislature. Fallin also
has advanced the issues of women business owners and lends her support and time to events
and projects associated with the National Association of Women Business Owners and other
organizations that strive to improve the status of women in the workplace.
In the aftermath of the Oklahoma City bombing, Fallin formed a task force to rebuild the
childcare center lost in the disaster. The effort culminated in the summer of 1998 when the
YMCA Heartland Care Center opened its doors. Fallin's concern over gun violence and gun
safety prompted her to initiate Project Homesafe, a program that has distributed more than
80,000 free cable gun locks to Oklahomans. To further promote child safety, Fallin launched
a child safety program in September 2002 that resulted in the distribution of 8,000 free child
care identification kits and provided all Oklahoma Wal-Mart stores and public libraries with
posters promoting tips on how to prevent child abduction.
To promote education in the state, Fallin helped found the "Reach for the Stars" banquet to
benefit the Community Literacy Center. In 2002 Fallin joined the federal Drug Enforcement
Administration and other women leaders in government to kickoff a national Club Drug
Awareness Campaign aimed at fighting club drug use and educating parents and teenagers
about the growing use and danger of club drugs such as Ecstasy.
Lieutenant Governor Fallin serves as president of the Senate and serves on ten boards and
commissions. Fallin intends to pursue additional workers' compensation reform as well as and
tax reform during the 50th legislative session. Fallin considers her greatest accomplishment
is being Christina and Price's mother.
Key Personnel-- Nate Webb, Chief of Staff;
Telephone--405/521­2161
Tony Vann, Communications Director;
FAX 405/525­2702
Mike Brake, Special Assistant; Sara
Website--www.ltgov.state.ok.us
Beverage, Scheduler; Amy Hawkins,
Finance Director/Special Events;
Qualifications for Office--The individual
Hollye Sears, Constituent Services
must be a citizen of United States,
Director; Carolyn Pickthorn,
at least thirty-one years of age and a
Administrative Assistant
qualified elector of the state for ten
years prior to election to office. State
Office--211 State Capitol, Oklahoma City
Constitution Article 6, Section 3.
73105 (Agency Code 440, IA)
Salary--$85,500 annually
Office Hours--8:30 a.m.­5:00 p.m., Mon.­
Fri.
Personnel--6 non-merit, unclassified
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Office of the Attorney General
VI:1
W.A. Drew Edmondson, Democrat, was born in Washington,
D.C., on October 12, 1946. Educated in the public schools of Washington,
D.C., and Muskogee, Oklahoma, he graduated from Muskogee Central
High School in 1964. He attended Northeastern State University in
Tahlequah on a debate scholarship and graduated with a bachelor's
degree in speech education in 1968. Following graduation, he enlisted
in the United States Navy and had a tour of duty in Vietnam from 1971 to
1972. In 1974 he was elected to the Oklahoma Legislature and served two
years. In 1976 Edmondson entered the University of Tulsa Law School
and graduated in December 1978. Edmondson worked as an intern in the district attorney's
office in Muskogee in 1978, and as an assistant district attorney in 1979 before entering private
practice. He rejoined the district attorney's office as chief prosecutor in 1982. In 1982, 1986,
and 1990, Edmondson was elected, unopposed, district attorney of Muskogee County.
Edmondson is a member of the Oklahoma Bar Association, a former member of the National
and the Oklahoma District Attorneys associations, and in August 1983, was elected president
of the Oklahoma District Attorneys Association. He was selected Outstanding District Attorney
for the State of Oklahoma in 1985 and was appointed to the District Attorneys Council by the
Board of Governors of the Oklahoma Bar Association. In 1992 Edmondson joined Mark Green
in private practice, and in March 1994, Edmondson announced his candidacy for the office of
Attorney General and was elected in November that same year. In 1998 he became the second
attorney general in Oklahoma history to have been re-elected without opposition. Edmondson
served as president of the National Association of Attorney Generals from 2002 to 2003.
Attorney General Edmondson filed suit against the tobacco industry to recover tax dollars
Oklahoma lost treating smoking related illnesses and to stop the industry from targeting
children. The lawsuit resulted in a $2 billion dollar settlement between the tobacco industry
and Oklahoma. Edmondson also successfully advocated reform of the death penalty appeals
process at the state and federal levels, cutting lengthy appeal times by 50 percent. Moreover,
he successfully negotiated record breaking rate reductions with telephone, electric, and gas
utilities as well as workers' compensation insurance.
Edmondson is married to Linda Larason, a medical social worker. They have two children:
Mary, an attorney in Washington, D.C., and Robert, who is currently pursuing a doctorate
degree in cultural anthropology at Michigan State University.
Key Personnel--Tom Gruber, First Assistant
Telephone--
Attorney General; Charlie Price,
Capitol: 405/521-3921, FAX 405/521­6246
Director of Communications
Lincoln: 405/521­4274, FAX 405/528­1867
Office--Room 112, State Capitol, Oklahoma
Tulsa: 918/581­2885, FAX 918/581­2917
City, 73105­4894; 4545 Lincoln
Website--www.oag.state.ok.us
Boulevard, Suite 260, Oklahoma
Qualifications--The individual must be a
City, 73105­3498; Tulsa Office: 440 S.
U.S. citizen, at least thirty-one years
Houston, Suite 505, Tulsa, 74127­8913.
old and qualified elector in state for
Agency Code 049 (IA) Personnel: 165
ten years prior to election to office.
unclassified employees
State Constitution, Article 6, Section 3.
Office Hours--7:45 a.m.­5:30 p.m., Mon.­
Salary-- $103,109 annually
Fri.
Personnel--173 non-merit, unclassified

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Office of State Auditor and Inspector
VI:1
Jeff McMahan, Democrat, was elected November 5, 2002 in his first
race for public office. A fourteen-year veteran of the State Auditor's staff,
he served seven years as head of the Investigative Audit Division. He is a
member of the Tulsa and Oklahoma City chapters of the Association of
Certified Fraud Examiners, and has served as the state representative on
the Investigative Audit Committee for the Southwest Intergovernmental
Audit Forum.
As state auditor his duties include auditing of county governments,
state agencies, boards and commissions, school districts, cities and
towns, and conducting audits of other public entities upon authorized request. In addition,
he is responsible for regulating the abstract industry, providing technical assistance to
county officers and other public entities, monitoring and educating public trusts on statutory
compliance, and maintaining filed public trust audits. He is a member of the Board of
Equalization, State School Land Commission, Small Business Linked Deposit Board, Pension
Oversight Review Commission, Commission for Local Government and Technology, Archives
and Records Commission, Board of Investors for the Tobacco Settlement Fund, and the Board
of Managers for CompSource (formerly the State Insurance Fund).
Growing up in Holdenville, Oklahoma, McMahan later moved to Tecumseh where he now
resides with his wife Lori and two children. Jeff is an active member of many local associations.
He also enjoys coaching little league and hunting and fishing. He volunteers for Special
Olympics for Handicapped Children, participates in the Shawnee Youth Coalition summer
camp, and supports Sportsmen Against Hunger.
Key Personnel--Bob Klein, Chief of Staff, County Audit Director; Stephen Tinsley,
CPA, Deputy State Auditor; Susan Putnam, Executive Assistant; Greg Hodges,
Cheryl Wilson, and Jennifer Needham, Management Services; Jack Graham, CPA,
Investigative Audits; Jim McGoodwin, Special Audits and Investigations; Tim Arbaugh,
Abstract Registrar; Ann Cole, Chief Information Officer/IT Audits; Kevin Wright, State
Agency Audits; Mark Hudson, Minerals Management/Horse Racing/Gaming
Office--Room 100, State Capitol, Oklahoma City, 73105 (Agency Code 300, IA)
Office Hours--8 a.m.­5 p.m. Mon.­Fri.
Telephone--405/521-3495, FAX 405/521­3426
Website--www.sai.state.ok.us
Qualifications For Office--The individual must be a U.S. citizen, at least thirty-one years of
age and qualified elector of the state for ten years prior to election and at least three
years experience as an expert accountant.
State Constitution Article 6, Sections 3 and 19.
Salary--$87,875 annually
Personnel--150 non-merit, unclassified
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Office of the State Treasurer
VI:1
Scott Meacham became the seventeenth state treasurer of
Oklahoma on June 1, 2005, when Governor Brad Henry appointed him
to fill the unexpired term of Robert Butkin. Prior to becoming treasurer,
Meacham served as Governor Henry's Director of the Office of State
Finance. He continues to serve on the governor's cabinet as Secretary
of Finance and Revenue, where he serves as the governor's negotiator
on budget, policy, and other matters.
Meacham has many years of experience in the Oklahoma banking
industry. A certified financial planner, he served as chief executive officer
for the First National Bank and Trust of Elk City. Under his direction, the bank almost tripled
in size and saw its profits increase by 175 percent.
Meacham is a graduate of Chickasha High School. He holds a bachelor's degree in finance, a
Master of Business Administration, and a law degree from the University of Oklahoma.
Key Personnel--Jerry Scribner, Deputy State Treasurer for Operations; Susan Nicewander,
Internal Auditor/Compliance; Sue McCoy MacHugh, Chief Investment Officer; Tim
Allen, Deputy State Treasurer for Policy and Administration; Susan Reed, Comptroller;
Travis Monroe, Director of Budget and Policy; Marria Bratcher, Personnel Director;
Michelle Harrison, Banking Operations Manager; Betty Pearson, EFT/ACH Manager;
Donnie Allensworth, Agency Training Coordinator; Kathy Janes, Unclaimed Property
Director; Lee Cosby, Director of Information Services; and Kathy Ehrhard, Link
Deposit Program Manager.
Office--Room 217, State Capitol, Oklahoma City 73105 (Agency Code 740, IA)
Office Hours--8:30 a.m.­5:00 p.m. (Administrative), 10:00-3:30 (Cashier window)
Telephone--405/521-3191, FAX 405/521­4994
Website--www.treasurer.ok.gov
Qualifications for Office--The individual must be a U.S. citizen, at least thirty-one years old
and qualified elector in the State for ten years prior to election.
State Constitution, Article 6, Section 3.
Personnel--73 unclassified, 1 temp. employee

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Insurance Commissioner
VI:1, 23; 36:302
Kim Holland was appointed the state's insurance commissioner
by Governor Brad Henry in January 2005. A long-time Tulsa resident,
Holland has been active in public service working with both state
regulatory and policy boards. She has served on the Oklahoma State
Employees Benefits Council and the Emergency Medical Services
Authority. Holland also served as past chairman of the Oklahoma
Academy, a non-partisan think tank. She is a board member of
the Oklahoma Health Care Authority, the entity responsible for
implementing state health programs related to Medicaid. Holland's top
priorities are to restore public confidence in the office as well as create a fair and balanced
regulatory environment that protects the interests of all Oklahomans.
Key Personnel--Daryl England, Deputy Commissioner; Frank Stone, Assistant
Commissioner; and David Meuser, Public Information Officer
Office--2401 NW 23rd, Suite 28, Oklahoma City 73107
PO Box 53408, Oklahoma City 73152
Telephone--405/521-2828, 800/522-0071, FAX 405/521­6652
Website--www.oid.state.ok.us
Office Hours--8:00-5:00, Mon.­Fri.
Salary--$87,875 annually
Qualifications for Office--The individual must have five years experience in insurance
business prior to election, be a five-year resident of Oklahoma, and be at least twenty-
five years of age.
State Constitution, Article 6, Section 22.
Personnel--140 non-merit, unclassified; 1 temporary employee
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Commissioner of Labor
VI:1
Brenda Reneau, Republican, is a native of Fort Gibson, Oklahoma,
and was sworn in as Oklahoma's first female labor commissioner in
January 1995. She was re-elected to a second term in 1998 and again
in 2003. Her platform for Oklahoma emphasizes widespread public
education of labor laws instead of narrowly focused enforcement.
Commissioner Reneau has a primary interest in working with private
industry to provide effective, long-term safety training programs
designed to improve the quality of life for Oklahoma workers through
reduced workplace injuries and lower workers' compensation costs.
Crucial to her mission, Commissioner Reneau set out to polish the Oklahoma Department
of Labor's tarnished, heavy-handed image. She launched an aggressive outreach program
in 1997 to inform Oklahoma businesses of the benefits derived from implementing effective
safety and health programs in the workplace. The constructive use of the department's OSHA
Consultation Division is estimated to have saved companies millions of dollars in workers'
compensation costs through the "Safety Pays" program.
Commissioner Reneau joined a coalition of business leaders and elected officials who worked
tirelessly in 2001 for the passage of "Right to Work." A "Right to Work" advocate for many
years, she convincingly argued that people have the constitutional guarantees of freedom of
association and own "the fruits of their labor."
As labor commissioner, Reneau oversees Oklahoma's labor laws to promote fairness and safety
in the workplace. The agency regulates wage and hour laws, enforces child labor laws, ensures
employers provide workers' compensation coverage, administers licensing for the asbestos
and welding industries, enforces asbestos abatement regulations, inspects pressure vessels
and amusement rides as well as other responsibilities.
Key Personnel--Trey Davis, Chief of Staff; Pat McGuigan, Deputy Commissioner; Dale
Archer, Administrative Assistant; Michael Taylor, Administrative Assistant; Diana
Jones, Director, OSHA Consultation Division; Marion Holloway, Director, Safety
Standards Division; Laurie Allen, Director, Asbestos Abatement Division; Bettye Finch,
Director, Statistical Research and Licensing Division; Sherri Henderson, Supervisor,
Information
Office--4001 N Lincoln Blvd., Oklahoma City, OK 73105
Telephone--405/528­1500, 888/269­5353, FAX 405/528­5751
Website--www.okdol.state.ok.us
Qualifications For Office--There are no constitutional or statutory requirements.
Salary--$80,750
Personnel--92 classified, 9 unclassified, 8 temporary employees

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Superintendent of Public Instruction
VI:1
Sandy Garrett, Democrat, is the only woman in Oklahoma history
to hold the constitutional position of State Superintendent of Public
Instruction. Born on February 8, 1943, in Muskogee, Oklahoma, Garrett
graduated from Stilwell High School. She received her bachelor's and
master's degrees from Northeastern State University, and pursued
postgraduate studies at the University of Oklahoma and the John F.
Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.
After fifteen years as a classroom teacher and gifted programs coordinator
in the Muskogee County schools, Garrett joined the State Department of
Education as coordinator of Gifted and Talented, and became executive director of Education
Programs including rural education, technology, satellite instruction, gifted education, media
applications, and library resources.
Governor Henry Bellmon appointed Garrett Secretary of Education on July 19, 1988, and on
December 27, 1990, Governor David Walters appointed her to serve as Cabinet Secretary of
Education in his administration. She was elected State Superintendent of Public Instruction
in 1990, and in November 2002, she became the only Oklahoma woman to be elected to a
statewide office for a fourth consecutive term. Her duties include serving as chairperson of
both the State Board of Education and the State Board of Career and Technology Education.
She is also a member on the State Board of Equalization, the Board of Regents of Oklahoma
Colleges, and the School Land Commission. Garrett's priorities include increasing academic
standards, improving reading skills, establishing character education programs, bringing
technology to the classroom, and making schools safer.
Garrett has been named one of the "Fifty Making a Difference" in Oklahoma by the Journal
Record. She has been inducted into the Oklahoma Educators Hall of Fame, Oklahoma Woman's
Hall of Fame, and is a member of the Northeastern State University Alumni Association Hall
of Fame.
Key Personnel--Andy Young, Deputy State Superintendent; Lealon Taylor, Chief of Staff;
Misty Kimbrough, Assistant State Superintendent, Special Education Services; Cindy Koss,
Assistant State Superintendent, Standards and Curriculum; Jennifer Stegman, Assistant State
Superintendent, Accountability and Assessments; Mary Merritt, Assistant Superintendent,
Innovative and Alternative Education; Ramona Paul, Assistant State Superintendent,
Professional Services; Tom White, Assistant State Superintendent, Federal Fiscal Services;
Kay Harley, General Counsel; Sharon Lease, Assistant State Superintendent, Accreditation/
Standards; Shawn Hime, Assistant State Superintendent, Financial Services; Wendy Pratt,
Communications Director.
Office--Room 121, Oliver Hodge Memorial
Qualifications For Office--The individual
Education Building, 2500 North
must be a U.S. citizen, not less than
Lincoln, Oklahoma City 73105-4599
thirty-one years old and qualified
Office Hours--8:00-4:30, Mon.­Fri.
elector of state for ten years prior to
election.
Telephone--405/ 521-3301
FAX 405/521­6205
State Constitution, Article 6, Section 3.
email: sandy_garrett@sde.state.ok.us
Salary--$95,898 annually
Website--www.sde.state.ok.us
Personnel--26 classified, 441 unclassified,
23 temporary employees
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Corporation Commission
2101 N. Lincoln Boulevard
Jim Thorpe Building, Oklahoma City 73105
405/521­2211, FAX 405/521­6045
Website--www.occ.state.ok.us
Bob Anthony, Republican, won election to his third consecutive term
on the Oklahoma Corporation Commission in 2000, receiving more votes
than any candidate for state office in Oklahoma history. Anthony was first
elected to the commission in 1988 becoming the first Republican elected to
that body in sixty years and receiving more votes than any other Republican
since statehood. In 1994 Anthony became the first Republican incumbent in
Oklahoma history to win statewide re-election to a state office. He has now
served continuously as a state official longer than any Republican elected on
a statewide basis. In 1995 the FBI recognized Anthony with its highest award
given to a citizen who, "at great personal sacrifice, has unselfishly served his
community and the nation."
In addition to holding public office, Anthony currently is a member and past president of the
Economic Club of Oklahoma, a board member and past chairman of the Crown Heights United
Methodist Church, and serves on the board of Skyline United Ministry, and Leadership Oklahoma
City. Prior to joining the Corporation Commission, he served on the boards of Bank of Mid-America
Inc., Dale Rogers School for Retarded Citizens, Kirkpatrick Center, Leadership Oklahoma City,
Liberty National Bank, Oklahoma State, Oklahoma City, and South Oklahoma City chambers of
commerce, Oklahoma Historical Society, and the Oklahoma Science and Arts Museum. Anthony
has also held positions with Children's Medical Research Hospital Hospitality House, Leadership
Oklahoma, Oklahoma City University, O.I.C., and the YMCA Contact.
Anthony graduated with honors from Casady School in 1966 and holds a BA from the Wharton
School of Finance at the University of Pennsylvania. He has earned a MSC from the London School
of Economics, a Master of Arts from Yale University, and a Master of Public Administration from
the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.
Anthony rose to the rank of captain in the United States Army Reserve. In 1972 he was the staff
economist for the Interior Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives, and in 1976 he served
as a consultant to the U.S. Library of Congress. From 1979 to 1980 he served on the City Council of
Oklahoma City as Ward 2 councilman and then vice-mayor.
In 1980, at age thirty-two, Anthony succeeded his grandfather and father to become the third
president of the C.R. Anthony Company. During his seven years as president, sales for the retail chain
increased from $256 million to $411 million. In this seven-year period, sales, payroll, employment,
and dollar profits reached all-time record levels, and the company was listed as the largest privately
owned firm with headquarters in Oklahoma. The family sold the company in 1987.
All four of Anthony's grandparents came to Oklahoma before statehood. His father was born in
Cleveland, Oklahoma, and his mother grew up in Enid, Oklahoma. He and his wife, Nancy, were
married in 1975, and have four daughters: Elizabeth, Christine, Suzanne, and Katherine.
Denise Bode, Republican, is only the second woman to serve as a
commissioner since 1907, when Oklahoma became a state. Appointed
by Governor Frank Keating, Bode took office on August 20, 1997, and was
elected in 1998 and again in 2004. Born in Tulsa and raised in Bartlesville,
Bode graduated from the University of Oklahoma with a bachelor's degree
in political science, where she chaired the University of Oklahoma Student
Congress. She earned a Juris Doctor degree from George Mason University,
and a Master of Law degree in taxation law from Georgetown University.
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legal counsel, focusing on the areas of energy and taxation.
Before joining the commission, Bode served for seven years as president of the Independent
Petroleum Association of America (IPAA) in Washington, D.C. She preceded her service at IPAA as
a founding partner of a Washington D.C. firm, where she represented a broad range of businesses
ranging from cattlemen to life insurance.
Bode is considered one of the leading experts on national energy policy and infrastructure matters.
She was appointed to President George W. Bush's Energy Transition Advisory Team and has testified
before Congress on numerous occasions as well as lectured at the Heritage Foundation and the
Federalist Society. She represented the United States in Oslo, Norway, at the International Democrat
Union Conservative Women's Conference.
As commissioner, Bode has been involved in the restructuring of the telecommunications,
natural gas and electricity industry markets. She chaired the hearings on alternative regulation of
telecommunications that resulted in the expansion of high speed Internet access across the state
and a reduction in fees for consumers. She defended the rights of consumers by requiring greater
notice against slamming, deregulation of electricity, and the imprudent purchase of natural gas
in the winter of 2001. Bode also has a key role in the area of security, having been appointed to
both national and state positions involving leadership in the planning for protection of our critical
infrastructure and essential services against terrorism.
Bode currently serves as chairperson of the Foundation of the National Association of Regulatory
Utility Commissioners (NARUC), and is a member of the Committee on Critical Infrastructure,
Consumer Affairs and Telecommunications for NARUC. She is also a member of the
Intergovernmental Advisory Committee on the Federal Communications Commission, and is chair
of the Subcommittee on Critical Infrastructure for the Interstate Oil and Gas Compact Commission.
She is the Oklahoma contact on Critical Infrastructure for the Office of Homeland Security and for
the Department of Energy's Office of Energy Assurance. She also serves on the Maguire Board to
the Mewborne School of Petroleum and Geological Engineering at the University of Oklahoma. In
addition, she serves on the Oklahoma Foundation of Excellence Board of Trustees, and is a member
of the Oklahoma Academy of State Goals.
Bode has been married to her husband, John, for twenty-eight years. They have a son, Sean. The
Bodes have a home in Oklahoma City as well as a ranching operation in western Oklahoma.
Jeff Cloud, Republican, was elected to the Oklahoma Corporation
Commission on November 5, 2002, to fill the seat vacated by the retirement
of Commissioner Ed Apple. Commissioner Cloud's term concludes January
11, 2009.
Born May 21, 1961, in Tulsa and raised in Oklahoma City, Cloud earned a
degree in petroleum land management from the University of Oklahoma
in 1983 and a law degree from Oklahoma City University in 1991. After
graduating from OU, Cloud worked as a petroleum land man before being
hired by former Governor Henry Bellmon as his personal assistant during
Bellmon's successful 1986 gubernatorial campaign. Cloud also served in the Bellmon administration
until 1989.
Cloud then worked for Congressman Mickey Edwards before joining the general counsel's staff at the
Oklahoma Corporation Commission. J. C. Watts Jr., a former Oklahoma Corporation Commissioner
(1991­1995) employed Cloud as his top aide. After Watts's election to Congress in 1994, Cloud served
as Congressman Watts's district director and managed his successful re-election campaign in 1996.
In 1998 Cloud moved to Oklahoma City, serving as Mayor Kirk Humphreys chief of staff.
Cloud actively serves on the boards of numerous charitable and civic organizations including the
Oklahoma City All Sports Association, Oklahoma City University Law School Alumni Board, and
the Red Bud Classic. Cloud was a member of the Lake Atoka Association Board and the McGee
Creek Authority and served as annual lay delegate to the Oklahoma Methodist Conference. Cloud
is married to the former Trish Caldwell. They reside in Oklahoma City where they are raising their
three children.
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Governor Henry's Cabinet
(74:10.3)
Susan Savage
Oscar B. Jackson Jr.
Secretary of State
Secretary of Human Resources &
State Capitol, Room 101
Administration
Oklahoma City 73105­4897
2101 N Lincoln Blvd., Rm. G-80
405/522­3721, FAX 405/521­2031
Oklahoma City 73105
Terry Peach
405/521­6301, FAX 405/524­6942

Secretary of Agriculture
Howard Hendrick
2800 Lincoln Boulevard
Secretary of Human Services
Oklahoma City 73105­4298
2400 N Lincoln Blvd.
PO Box 528804
Oklahoma City 73105
Oklahoma City 73152­8804
405/521­3646, FAX 405/521­6684
405/521­3864, FAX 405/522­0909
Brig. Gen. Harry M.
Kathryn L. Taylor
"Bud" Wyatt III
Secretary of Commerce & Tourism
900 N. Stiles, 73126­0980
Secretary of the Military
PO Box 26980
3501 Military Circle
Oklahoma City 73126­0980
Oklahoma City, OK 73111­4398
405/815­5238, FAX 405/815­5290
405/228­5201, FAX 405/228­5524
*Secretary of Education
Kevin Ward
State Capitol, Room 122
Secretary of Safety and Security
Oklahoma City 73105
3600 N Martin Luther King
405/523­4225, FAX 405/521­3902
Oklahoma City 73136
David Fleischaker
405/425­2001, FAX 405/425­2324

Secretary of Energy
Dr. Joseph W. Alexander
100 N Broadway, Suite 2460
Secretary of Science & Technology
Oklahoma City 73102
107 Wes Watkins Center
405/235­8444, FAX 405/235­8448
Stillwater 73078
Miles Tolbert
405/744­2325

Secretary of Environment
Phil Tomlinson
3800 Classen Boulevard
Secretary of Transportation
Oklahoma City 73118
200 NE 21st, Oklahoma City 73105­3204
405/530­8995, FAX 405/530­8999
405/521­2631, FAX 405/522­1044
Scott Meacham
Norman Lamb
Secretary of Finance and Revenue
Secretary of Veterans Affairs
State Capitol, Room 217
2311 N Central, Oklahoma City 73105
Oklahoma City 73105
405/521­3684, FAX 405/521­6533
405/521­3191, FAX 405/521­4994
*While this cabinet position has been
Terry L. Cline, Ph.D.
established by the governor, no
Secretary of Health
appointment to the office had been made
1200 NE 13th Street
at press time.
Oklahoma City 73117
405/522­3908

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Secretary of State
Susan Savage
101 State Capitol Building, 2300 N Lincoln Boulevard, Oklahoma City
73105­4897 · 405/521­3912, FAX 405/521­2031
Susan Savage was appointed Oklahoma's Secretary of State by Governor
Brad Henry on January 16, 2003. Before her appointment, Savage served
on the faculty at the University of Oklahoma College of Architecture,
lecturing about public policy and finance issues related to planning,
urban design, landscape architecture, and community development.
Savage served as mayor of the City of Tulsa from July 1992 to April 2002.
Her responsibilities as mayor included serving as the CEO of a $500
million operation with 4,000 employees. As mayor, she implemented more than one billion
dollars in new infrastructure investments for streets, parks, water, wastewater, storm water,
cultural facilities, correctional facilities, and public safety.
Prior to becoming mayor, Savage served as chief of staff and Mayor Pro Tem for Mayor Rodger
Randle. Savage worked as volunteer coordinator for the VOTE YES FOR TULSA! bond campaign
in 1987, and as the executive director of the Metropolitan Tulsa Citizen Crime Commission
from 1977 to 1987. Before moving to Tulsa, Savage worked as the Montgomery County,
Pennsylvania, Criminal Justice Planner, coordinating criminal justice and law enforcement
programs in the county from 1975 to 1977. She also worked as a pre-trial representative
for the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas from 1974 to 1975, where she reviewed and
recommended pre-trial release for criminal defendants.
Savage earned a bachelor's degree in sociology in 1974 from Arcadia University, Beaver
College, in Glenside, Pennsylvania.
The Secretary of State's office is the official repository and filing agency for all official acts of
the governor, legislation, and state questions, and for business entity filings, state agency rules
and regulations, agricultural lien filings, and notary public applications.
The Secretary of State is responsible for the following executive entities or their successors:
Secretary of State, Office of
Ethics Commission
State Election Board
Council on Judicial Complaints
Secretary of Agriculture
Terry Peach
2800 N Lincoln Boulevard, Oklahoma City 73105 · PO Box 528804,
Oklahoma City 73152­8804 · 405/521­3864, FAX 405/522­0909
Terry Peach was named Secretary of Agriculture and State Agriculture
Commissioner on March 14, 2003. Peach is the former Oklahoma
executive director of the Farm Service Agency, an arm of the U.S.
Department of Agriculture. He served in that capacity for seven years,
delivering federal agriculture programs to Oklahoma farmers and
ranchers through more than sixty county offices across the state. Peach
has operated a family farm and ranch in Mutual, Oklahoma, since 1972.
He also owns and operates a farm supply company, WWH Farm and Ranch Supply, and an
oilfield supply business, Woodward Hull, Inc., both located in Woodward. Peach is a member
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of the Oklahoma Farm Bureau and the Oklahoma Farmers Union. He holds a bachelor's degree
in vocational agriculture from Oklahoma State University in Stillwater.
The Secretary of Agriculture is responsible for the following executive entities or their
successors:
State Board of Agriculture
Fire Protection Compact and Advisory
Department of Agriculture, Food, and
Commission
Forestry
State Board of Registration for Foresters
All Commodity Commissions
Peanut Commission
Conservation Commission
Pecan Marketing Board
Advisors on Oklahoma Feed Yards Act
Sheep and Wool Commission
Boll Weevil Eradication Organization
Sorghum Commission
South Central Interstate Forest
Bureau of Standards
Wheat Commission
Secretary of Commerce and Tourism
Kathryn L. Taylor
900 N Stiles, PO Box 26980, Oklahoma City 73126­0980 · 405/815­5238,
FAX 405/815­5290
Kathryn Taylor was appointed Secretary of Commerce and Tourism
by Governor Brad Henry on February 13, 2003. Taylor is a Tulsa
businesswoman, having served as vice-president and general counsel
for Tulsa-based Pentastar Transportation Group, Inc., now Dollar-
Thrifty Automotive Group. In 1995 Taylor joined a group of three other
investors that purchased National Car Rental from the General Motors
Corporation and later served on National's board of directors. Taylor is
also a former member of the Crowe and Dunlevy law firm, where she chaired its franchising
and distribution section.
The Secretary of Commerce and Tourism is responsible for the following executive entities
or their successors:
Commerce entities--
Oklahoma Municipal Power Authority
Black Advisory Task Force
Board
Okla. Capital Investment Board
Oklahoma Ordnance Works Authority
Department of Commerce
Small Business Regulatory Review
Oklahoma Development Finance
Committee
Authority
Southeastern Oklahoma Industries
East Central Oklahoma Building Authority
Authority
Oklahoma Firemen's Building Authority
Southern Growth Policies Board
Oklahoma Housing Finance Agency
Southern Okla. Development Trust
Oklahoma Industrial Finance Authority
All Sub-State Planning Districts Workforce
Kiamichi Development Authority
Investment Board
Department of Labor and Labor
Tourism entities--
Commissioner
Governor's Commission for Oklahoma
Mid-South Industrial Authority
Artisans
Midwestern Oklahoma Development
Oklahoma Capitol Complex and
Authority
Centennial Commemoration
Office for Minority and Disadvantaged
Commission
Business Enterprises
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State Geographer
Native American Cultural and Educational
Oklahoma Film and Music Advisory
Authority
Commission
State Register of Natural Heritage Areas
Historic Preservation Review Committee
Scenic Rivers Commission
Historical Records Advisory Board
Department of Tourism and Recreation
Oklahoma Historical Society
Tourism and Recreation Commission
Oklahoma Jazz Hall of Fame
Tourism Promotion Advisory Committee
Oklahoma Memorial Committee
Will Rogers Memorial Committee
Oklahoma Sam Noble Museum of Natural
History
Secretary of Education
While this cabinet position has been established by the governor, no appointment to the office
had been made at press time.
State Capitol, Room 122, Oklahoma City 73105 · 405/523­4226, FAX 405/521­3902
The Secretary of Education is responsible for the following executive entities or their
successors:
State Accrediting Agency
Advisory Committee/Municipal Clerks
Anatomical Board
and Treasurers Division
Archives and Records Commission
Post-secondary Oversight Council
Oklahoma Arts Council
Oklahoma Board/Private Vocational
Career and Technology Education
Schools
Department (Formerly Vocational
Oklahoma State Regents for Higher
Technical Education)
Education
Common Schools Capital Improvement
College/University Boards of Regents/
Needs Assessment Committee
Trustees
Commission on County Government
Comm./School and County Funds
Personnel Education and Training
Management
State Board of Education
Board of Trustees/School of Science &
State Department of Education
Math
Superintendent of Public Instruction
Southern Regional Educational Compact
Education Commission of the States
Board of Control/Southern Regional
Education Oversight Board
Education
Educational Professional Standards Board
Student Loan Authority
Okla. Educational Television Authority
Oklahoma Commission for Teacher
Board of Trustees/Enid Higher Education
Preparation
Program
State Textbook Committee
Department of Libraries
State Council on Vocational Education
Minority Teacher Recruitment Advisory
State Board of Career and Technology
Committee
Education
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Secretary of Energy
David Fleischaker
100 N Broadway, Suite 2460, Oklahoma City 73102 · 405/235­8444, FAX
405/235­8448
David Fleischaker received a bachelor's degree in 1966 from Brandeis
University in Waltham, Massachusetts, and a Juris Doctor degree from
the University of Texas School of Law in 1970. An attorney, Fleischaker
worked for the United States Department of Justice in Washington, D.C.,
from 1971 to 1973, and then as a private trial attorney in Washington,
D.C., from 1974 to 1982, where he represented local governments and
environmental groups in environmental litigation. In 1981 he returned
to Oklahoma and became president and chief operating officer of the Fleischaker Companies:
Jolen Operating Company, a family owned domestic oil and gas exploration and production
company. Fleischaker has served on several civic board of trustees including Ballet Oklahoma,
Jewish Federation of Greater Oklahoma City, National Conference of Christians and Jews,
Oklahoma City University, and the Oklahoma Independent Petroleum Association. He has
written about public affairs, energy, and environmental matters. His articles have appeared
in the Los Angeles Times, Daily Oklahoman, Oklahoma Gazette, and USA Today. He also has
provided commentary on National Public Radio's "All Things Considered." Governor Brad
Henry appointed Fleischaker Secretary of Energy in October 2003.
The Secretary of Energy is responsible for the following executive entities or their
successors:
Corporation Commission
Oklahoma Department of Mines
Grand River Dam Authority
Oklahoma Mining Commission
GRDA Board of Directors Nominating
Interstate Mining Commission
Committee
Miner Training Institute
Oklahoma Energy Resources Board
Southern States Energy Board
Interstate Oil & Gas Compact Commission
Southern States Energy Compact
Commission on Marginally Producing Oil
East Central Gas Authority
and Gas Wells
North Central Oklahoma Municipal Power
Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) Board
Pool Authority
LPG Research, Marketing, & Safety
Commission
Secretary of Environment
Miles Tolbert
3800 Classen Boulevard, Oklahoma City 73118 · 405/530­8995, FAX
405/530­8999
Miles Tolbert holds a bachelor's degree in classics and political science
from Stanford University. He also earned a Juris Doctor degree from
Harvard University, where he served as an editor of the Harvard
Environmental Law Review. Tolbert is an environmental law expert,
having formerly served as the chief of the Environmental Protection
Unit in the Oklahoma Attorney General's office. He practiced law in
Washington, D.C., as an attorney for the Environmental and Natural
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Section of the Oklahoma Bar Association and serves as president of the Environmental Law
Section. He is licensed to practice in numerous federal courts including the United States
Supreme Court.
The Secretary of Environment is responsible for the following executive entities:
Air Quality Council
Kansas-Oklahoma Arkansas River
Arkansas-Oklahoma Arkansas River
Compact Commission
Compact Commission
Laboratory Services Advisory Council
Arkansas River Basin Interstate Committee
Lone Chimney Water Association
Arkansas-White-Red River Basins
Ottawa Reclamation Authority
Interagency Commission
Radiation Management Advisory Council
Bioenergy Initiative, Oklahoma
Red River Compact Commission
Canadian River Commission
Solid Waste Management Advisory
Central Interstate Low-Level Radioactive
Council
Waste Compact Commission
Water Law Advisory Committee
Compliance Advisory Panel
Water Quality Management Advisory
Environmental Finance Authority
Council
Department of Environmental Quality
Oklahoma Water Research Institute
Environmental Quality Board
Oklahoma Water Resources Board
Hazardous Waste Management Advisory
Governor's Water Resources Research
Council
Coordinating Committee
High Plains Study Council and Task Force
Wildlife Conservation Commission
Illinois River Task Force
Department of Wildlife Conservation
Secretary of Finance and Revenue
Scott Meacham
State Capitol, Room 217, Oklahoma City 73105 · 405/521­3191, FAX
405/521­4994
Scott Meacham is a certified financial planner who holds a bachelor's
degree in finance, a Master of Business Administration and a law degree
from the University of Oklahoma. Following law school, he practiced
law with Meacham & Meacham in Clinton, Oklahoma. In 1989 he was
named senior vice president and compliance officer of the First National
Bank & Trust of Elk City. He has served as the bank's senior executive
officer since 1991. In 2003, Meacham was named director of the Office
of State Finance. On June 1, 2005, he was appointed State Treasurer by Governor Henry to fill
the unexpired term of Robert Butkin, who resigned.
The Secretary of Finance and Revenue is responsible for the following executive entities or
their successors:
State Treasurer (Editor's note: Governor
Council of Bond Oversight Commission
Brad Henry appointed Scott Meacham to
Executive Bond Oversight Commission
replace Robert Butkin who resigned his
Building Bonds Commission
position as state treasurer in May 2005.
Long-Range Capital Planning Commission
Meacham now fills both positions.)
Capitol Improvement Authority
Special Agency Account Board
Oklahoma College Savings Plan Board of
State Banking Board
Trustees
State Banking Department
Department of Consumer Credit
State Bond Advisor
Consumer Credit Commission
State Auditor and Inspector
Credit Union Board
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CompSource Oklahoma (formerly State
Commissioners of the Land Office
Insurance Fund)
Adv. Task Force on Sale of School Lands
CompSource Board of Managers
Law Enforcement Retirement Board
Contingency Review Board
Board on Legislative Compensation
State Board of Equalization
Linked Deposit Review Board
Office of State Finance
Multiple Injury Trust Fund
Firefighters Pension and Retirement Board
Oklahoma Pension Commission
Industry Advisory Committee
Police Pension and Retirement Board
Insurance Commissioner
Oklahoma Public Employees Retirement
Insurance Department
Board
Life and Health Insurance Guaranty
Securities Commission
Association
Department of Securities
Property and Casualty Insurance Guaranty
Oklahoma Tax Commission
Association
Board of Trustees/Teachers' Retirement
Property and Casualty Rates Board
System
Advisory Committee on
Teachers' Retirement System
Intergovernmental Relations
Tobacco Settlement Endowment Trust
Oklahoma Land Commission
Fund Board of Investors
Secretary of Health
Terry L. Cline, Ph.D.
Oklahoma Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse
Services (ODMHSAS), 1200 NE 13th Street,
PO Box 53277, Oklahoma City, OK 73152 · 405­522­3908
Terry Cline returned to his home state to accept the position of
commissioner of the Oklahoma Department of Mental Health and
Substance Abuse Services in January 2001. He grew up in Ardmore and
attended the University of Oklahoma, where he earned a bachelor's
degree in psychology in 1980. He then earned a master's degree and a
doctorate in clinical psychology from Oklahoman State University. Prior
to his return to Oklahoma, Cline served as a Health Care Policy Fellow at the Federal Center
for Mental Health Services in the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
in Washington, D.C. While there, his primary focus was on organization and the financing of
mental health services. Cline's professional history also includes a six year appointment as
a clinical instructor in the Department of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School in Boston,
Massachusetts. In addition, he served as chairman of the governing board for a Harvard
teaching hospital in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Cline serves on the board of directors for
the National Association of State Mental Health Programs Directors. He has involved himself
in community service including membership on a number of committees and boards with
a focus on improving the overall health of the community. Governor Brad Henry appointed
him as Cabinet Secretary of Health in May 2004.
The Secretary of Health is responsible for the following executive entities or their
successors:
Agent Orange Outreach Committee
Advisory Council on Alcohol and Drug
Governor's Advisory Committee on Aging
Abuse
Alarm Industry Committee
Alcohol and Drug Abuse Prevention,
Alcohol, Drug Abuse and Community
Training, Treatment & Rehabilitation
Mental Health Planning and
Authority
Coordination Boards
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Skills Education Advisory Council
Long-Term Care Facility Advisory Board
Alzheimer's Research Advisory Council
Licensed Marital and Family Therapist
Barber Advisory Board
Committee
Boxing Advisory Committee
Advisory Committee for Medical Care for
Child Abuse Prevention Training and
Public Assistance Recipients
Coordination Council
Mechanical Examiners
Licensed Professional Counselors
Mechanical Hearing Board
Advisory Board
Medical Direction Subcommittee
Domestic Violence/Sexual Assault
Dept. of Mental Health/Substance Abuse
Advisory Committee
Interstate Compact on Mental Health
Community Hospitals Authority
Mental Health Advisory Committee/
Construction Industries Board
Deafness & Hearing Impairment
Committee of Electrical Examiners
Interagency Council/Service to Mentally
Electrical Hearing Board
Ill Homeless Persons
Emergency Response Systems
State Board of Nursing Home
Development Advisory Council
Administrators
(Formerly Emergency Medical Services)
State Committee of Plumbing Examiners
State Board of Health
Radiation Advisory Committee (X-Ray
Department of Health
Systems)
Health Care Information Advisory
Plumbing Hearing Board
Committee
Residents and Family State Council
Health Care Study Commission
Sanitarian and Environmental Specialist
Healthy Futures Steering Committee
Registration Advisory Council
Hearing Aid Advisory Council
Tobacco Settlement Endowment Trust
Oklahoma Health Care Authority
Fund Board of Directors
Home Health Advisory Board
Advisory Council on Traumatic Spinal
Hospice Advisory Board
Cord & Traumatic Brain Injury
Oklahoma Inspector Examiners
Committee
Secretary of Human Resources
and Administration
Oscar B. Jackson Jr.
G­80 Jim Thorpe Building, 2101 N Lincoln Blvd., Oklahoma City 73105
· 405/521­6301, FAX 405/524­6942
Oscar Jackson serves as cabinet secretary of Human Resources
and Administration. He is also director of the Office of Personnel
Management. As such, Jackson provides general oversight and liaison
with several state government agencies. The Office of Personnel
Management (OPM) administers a comprehensive, multi-functional
personnel system for the state service. Major components of the system
include position classification, compensation and benefits, salary
administration, recruitment and certification, human resources development, the Certified
Public Manager Program, the Carl Albert Public Internship Program, and employee assistance.
OPM also monitors state agencies' affirmative action efforts and employee transactions. OPM
administers state government's agency payroll, and direct deposit and voluntary payroll
deduction systems. The State Agency Review Committee and the Productivity Enhancement
Program Committee are staffed by OPM, which also provides support to several advisory
committees.
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Jackson is a member of the Human Resources Management Advisory Committee, Oklahoma
Public Employees Retirement System, Employees Benefits Council, Committee for Incentive
Awards for State Employees for the Productivity Enhancement Program, and the State Agency
Review Committee for the State Employees' Charitable Contribution Campaign. Jackson was
initially named administrator of the Office of Personnel Management and Cabinet Secretary
for Human Resources in June 1991 by Governor David Walters. In January 1995 he was
reappointed by Governor Frank Keating, and in January 2003 Governor Brad Henry again
reappointed him to the position.
The Secretary of Human Resources and Administration is responsible for the following
executive entities or their successors:
Accountancy Board
Public Employees Relations Board
Alternative Fuels Technician Examiners
Real Estate Commission
Hearing Board
Real Estate Appraiser Board
Architects & Landscape Architects Board
Respiratory Care Advisory Committee
Athletic Trainers Advisory Committee
Sanitarian Registration Advisory Council
Capitol-Medical Center Improvement
Savings & Loan Advisory Council
and Zoning Commission and Citizens
Board of Licensed Social Workers
Advisory Committee
Speech Pathology and Audiology
State Capitol Preservation Commission
Board of Examiners
Department of Central Services
State Use Committee
Chiropractic Examiners Board
Veterinary Medical Examiners Board
State Board of Cosmetology
Affirmative Action Review Committee
Dentistry Board
Governor's Adv. Council on Asian-
Dietetic Registration
American Affairs
Advisory Committee
Human Resources Management Advisory
Electrologists Advisory Committee
Committee
Embalmers and Funeral Directors Board
Human Rights Commission
State Employees Benefits Council
Governor's Adv. Council on Latin
Engineers and Land Surveyors, Board of
American & Hispanic Affairs
Registration
Mentor Selection Advisory Committee
Horse Racing Commission
State Agency Review Committee
Medical Licensure and Supervision Board
Employment Security Commission,
Motor Vehicle Commission
Advisory Council & Review Board
Used Motor Vehicle & Parts Commission
Committee for Incentive Awards for State
Nursing Board and Advisory Council
Employees
Nurse Formulary Advisory Council
State Job Training Coordinating Council
Nurse Anesthetist Formulary Advisory
State/Education Employees Group
Council
Insurance Board
Occupational Therapy
Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday
Advisory Committee
Commission
Optometry Examiners Board
Merit Protection Commission
Osteopathic Examiners Board
Office of Personnel Management
Perfusionists Board of Examiners
Certified Public Manager Advisory Board
Pharmacy Board
State Employee Child Day Care Advisory
Physical Therapy Committee
Committee
Physician's Assistant
Oklahoma Commission on the Status of
Advisory Committee
Women
Podiatric Medical Examiners Board
Psychologist Board of Examiners

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Secretary of Human Services
Howard Hendrick
2400 N Lincoln Boulevard, Suite 206, Oklahoma City 73105 · PO Box
25352, Oklahoma City 73105 · 405/521­3646, FAX 405/521­6684
Howard K. Hendrick has been the director of the Oklahoma Department
of Human Services since July 1, 1998. As director, he leads a staff of 8,000
employees and administers a $1.4 billion budget. Hendrick served as
Cabinet Secretary for Health and Human Services for Governor Frank
Keating, and Governor Brad Henry recently appointed him Secretary
of Human Services. Hendrick also served twelve years as a member
of the Oklahoma Senate, where he amassed a career roll-call voting
record in excess of 99 percent. Reared in Bethany, Oklahoma, he earned a bachelor's degree
in accounting from Southern Nazarene University, and earned a master's degree in business
administration and a Juris Doctor degree both from the University of Oklahoma. Hendrick
is active in numerous civic, professional, and church organizations including Bethany First
Church of the Nazarene, National Children's' Alliance, Nazarene Theological Seminary,
Oklahoma Bar Association, Putnam City Schools Foundation, and the United Way of Greater
Oklahoma City. Hendrick and his wife, Tracy, have four children: Chelsey, Cally, Christiana,
and Hudson.
The Secretary of Human Services is responsible for the following executive entities:
Governor's Advisory Committee on Aging
Office of Public Guardian
Black Advisory Task Force
Committee on Employment of the
Committee of Blind Vendors
Handicapped
Board of Directors for Canteen Services
Adv. Comm. on Handicapped Concerns
Cerebral Palsy Commission
Office of Handicapped Concerns
J.D. McCarty Center for Children with
Advisory Committee on Hispanic Affairs
Developmental Disabilities
University Hospitals Authority
Child Abuse Examination Board
Office of Juvenile Affairs
Child Abuse Prevention Office
Board of Juvenile Affairs
Advisory Task Force on Child Abuse and
Office of Juvenile Systems Oversight
Neglect
Department of Human Services
Interagency Child Abuse Prevention Task
Commission for Human Services
Force
Statewide Ind. Living Council (SILC)
Child Death Review Board
Indian Affairs Commission
Office of Consumer Advocacy
Interdisciplinary Council on the
Interagency Coordinating Council for
Prevention of Juvenile Sex Offenses
Early Childhood Intervention
Interstate Compact on Juveniles
Interstate Compact on the Placement of
Juvenile Justice State Advisory Committee
Children
Planning/Coordinating Council/Children/
Commission on Children and Youth
Youth
Planning and Coordinating Council/
Office of Juvenile Systems Oversight
Services to Children and Youth
Physician Manpower Training
Developmental Disabilities Council
Commission
Group Homes/Developmentally Disabled
Post Adjudication Review Advisory Board
or Physically Handicapped Persons
Department of Rehabilitation Services
Eldercare Program Advisory Committee
Interim Task Force/Welfare and Medicaid
Faith-based and Community Initiatives
Reform Council
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Secretary of the Military
Harry M. "Bud" Wyatt III
3501 Military Circle, Oklahoma City 73111­4398 · 405/228­5201, FAX
405/228­5524
Harry M. "Bud" Wyatt III, serves as the Secretary of the Military as well
as the Adjutant General of Oklahoma. As such, he is responsible for
commanding units of the Air and Army National Guard. He also serves
as the military advisor to the governor. General Wyatt entered the U.S. Air
Force on June 24, 1971, and was commissioned as a second lieutenant
on November 24, 1971. He entered undergraduate pilot training at
Laredo Air Force Base, Texas, and graduated on January 26, 1973. He is
a command pilot with more than 3,000 hours of flight experience in various aircraft. Wyatt
earned a bachelor's degree in business administration from Southern Methodist University in
1971, and completed the U.S. Air Force Officer Training School in 1971. In 1980 Wyatt earned
his Juris Doctor degree from the University of Tulsa.
The Secretary of the Military is responsible for the following executive entities:
State Adjutant General
Military Department
Secretary of Safety and Security
Kevin Ward
3600 Martin Luther King Boulevard, PO Box 11415 Oklahoma City 73136
· 405/425­2001, FAX 405/425­2324
KevinL.Ward,anativeofBethany,Oklahoma,attendedPutnamCity
schoolsandlaterreceivedabachelor'sdegreefromtheUniversityof
CentralOklahoma.HebeganhislawenforcementcareerwiththeBethany
PoliceDepartmentin1979,whereheworkedintheCommunications
Division.InJuly1980WardbeganworkingfortheDepartmentofPublic
Safetyasamansionsecurityofficerandwaspromotedtotherankof
sergeantin1983.In1985WardgraduatedfromtheForty-firstOklahoma
HighwayPatrolAcademyandwasassignedtoTroopA,CanadianCounty.Hewastransferred
totheExecutiveSecurityDivisionin1990,wherehereceivedpromotiontosecondlieutenant
inAugust1991,overseeingal executivesecurityoperations.In1994WardattendedtheFBI
NationalPoliceAcademyinQuantico,Virginia.Hereturnedfromtheacademyandwasassigned
asasupervisortoTroopAinOklahomaCity.Hebecamethetroopslegislativeliaisonin1996.
HereceivedpromotiontotherankoffirstlieutenantinNovember1996andthentocaptainin
September1998.Hewasappointedasthedepartment'sassistantcommissioneronJuly1,2000.
GovernorBradhenryappointedWardcommissioneroftheDepartmentofPublicSafetyaswell
asCabinetSecretaryofSafetyandSecurityonJanuary16,2004.
The Secretary of Safety and Security is responsible for the following executive entities or their
successors:
Board of Tests for Alcohol and Drug
Department of Civil Emergency
Influence
Management
Alcohol and Drug Abuse Policy Board
Civil Emergency Management Advisory
Alcoholic Beverage Laws
Council
Attorney General
Department of Corrections
Enforcement Commission
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Driver License Compact
Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation
Driver's License Medical Advisory
Commission
Committee
Council/Law Enforcement Education and
Office of State Fire Marshal
Training
Hazardous Materials Emergency Response
Chief Medical Examiner
Commission
Board of Medicolegal Investigations
Highway Safety Coordinating Committee
State Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous
Highway Safety Office
Drugs Control
Governor's Executive Panel on Security &
State Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous
Preparedness
Drugs Control Commission
Appellate Indigent Defender System Board
Pardon and Parole Board
Indigent Defense System Board
Polygraph Examiners Board
Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation
Department of Public Safety
Sick Leave Review Board
Secretary of Science and Technology
Dr. Joseph W. Alexander
107 Wes Watkins Center, Stillwater 74078 · 405/744­2325
Joe Alexander, president of the Oklahoma State University Education,
Research, and Economic Development Foundation and director
of External Relations was appointed as Secretary of Science and
Technology by Governor Brad Henry in 2004. Alexander received a
bachelor's degree in animal science from the University of Arizona, a
master's degree in educational administration and supervision from the
University of Tennessee, and a doctorate in veterinary medicine from
Colorado State University. He completed an internship and residency
in veterinary surgery at Cornell University, and became a diplomat in the American College
of Veterinary Surgeons in 1979. Alexander has held faculty and administrative positions in the
College of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Tennessee and at Virginia Tech. In 1985 he
was named Dean of the College of Veterinary Medicine at Oklahoma State University. In 2001
he became Oklahoma State University's vice president for Research and Technology Transfer
before accepting his present position in the fall of 2003. Alexander serves on numerous boards
and committees including the State Chamber of Commerce, the Oklahoma Aquarium, the
Academy for State Goals, Leadership Oklahoma, and Oklahoma Special Olympics. In 2004
he was named the Stillwater Citizen of the Year for his work on the economic development
initiative "Forward Stillwater." As Oklahoma's Secretary of Science and Technology, Alexander
works to attract high tech industries to Oklahoma, to enhance the economic partnership
between higher education, the state, and private sector, and serves as an advisor to the
governor for matters related to science and technology.
The Secretary of Science and Technology is responsible for the following executive entities or
their successors:
Oklahoma Archeological Survey
Oklahoma Center for the Advancement of
Oklahoma Biological Survey
Science & and Technology
Climatological Survey
Health Research Committee
Geological Survey
Oklahoma Institute of Technology
Science and Technology Council
Science and Technology Research and
Development Board
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Secretary of Transportation
Phil Tomlinson
200 NE 21st Street, Oklahoma City 73105­3204 8 405/521­2631, FAX
405/522­1044
Phil Tomlinson was appointed Secretary of Transportation by Governor
Brad Henry January 21, 2003. Tomlinson is a retired real estate investor.
He also has experience in the petroleum industry and in state economic
development efforts. He served as a coordinator of rural economic
development programs for Governors Dewey Bartlett and David Hall,
and worked in development of commercial real estate projects for
eighteen years before starting his own operation. Tomlinson attended
Perkins High School and holds degrees in marketing and business from Oklahoma State
University. He and his wife, Carol, have two sons.
The Secretary of Transportation is responsible for the following executive entities or their
successors:
Aeronautics Commission
Trucking Advisory Board
Highway Construction Materials
Oklahoma Transportation Authority
Technician Certification Board
(Formerly Okla. Turnpike Authority)
All Port Authorities
Oklahoma Space Industry Development
Tourism Signage Advisory Task Force
Authority
Transportation Commission
Waterways Advisory Board
Department of Transportation
Secretary of Veterans Affairs
Norman Lamb
2311 N Central, Oklahoma City 73105 · 405/521­3684, FAX 405/521­
6533
Norman Lamb was born February 27, 1935, in Canute, Oklahoma. He
graduated from Enid High School in 1953, earned a B.A. at Cameron, a
B.Ed. at the University of Oklahoma, and an LLB from the University of
Oklahoma School of Law. Norman served thirty-three years active and
reserve service in the U.S. Army, achieving the rank of colonel. He also
served as the West Point (USMA) Liaison for recruiting to Oklahoma
from 1986 to 1990.
Lamb has a private law practice, the firm of Lamb and Associates, Inc. Lamb taught math and
history and was a football coach at Enid High School. He was the Republican nominee for
lieutenant governor in 1982, and was minority floor leader of the Oklahoma Senate from 1978
to 1980. He served as chairman of the Republican State Convention in 1976, and a member
of the Oklahoma Senate from 1970 to 1988. He has served on the state board of directors for
the Fellowship of Christian Athletes, 1978 to 1994, and also served as chief prosecutor and
assistant district attorney for Garfield County from 1967 to 1970. He and his wife, Belva, have
three children: Kim, Fawn, and Todd.
The Secretary of Veterans Affairs is responsible for the following executive entity or its
successor:
Department of Veterans Affairs

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Although J.C. Watts Jr. served Oklahoma's Fourth District for four terms in the U.S. House of Representatives,
some may remember him best for his achievements on the gridiron. As quarterback for the University of
Oklahoma, Watts led the Sooners to consecutive Big Eight titles and Orange Bowl championships.
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