Our Board
Ray A. Owens, Ph.D.
Senior Pastor, Metropolitan Baptist Church (Board Chairman)
Jolie Fredieu
Women’s Self-Defense Instructor, E.L.I.T.E. Self Defense LLC, former Early Childhood Educator
Eleanor Payne, Ed.D.
Retired, former Associate Dean of Business & Technology, Tulsa Community College
Alexander Quince
Journalist and former Emmy-nominated News Director, KTUL-TV (ABC Tulsa)
Carl Bracy
Retired, former Division Executive at State Farm Insurance Company
James Furch
Retired, former Principal, Booker T. Washington High School, 40 years experience in Education
Ashley Philippsen
Founding Program Director, LEAD North, a leadership development program
Patricia Samuels
Retired, Community Volunteer
Carlton Buford
President/Chief Economist, America First – Competitive Market Economic Advocacy
Paul Johnson
Vice President, Corporate Banking,
BOK Financial Corporation, Tulsa Ballet Board Member
Alicia Odewale, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Anthropology, University of Tulsa
Jabar Shumate
Vice President, University of Oklahoma, former Oklahoma State Senator and State Representative