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TERESA ROSE Chair, Greater Oklahoma City Chamber Executive Director, Communities Foundation of Oklahoma
Teresa Rose is the executive director at Communities Foundation of Oklahoma, where she helps people and foundations thrive, grow and contribute to causes meaningful to them. She has spent her career serving others and improving her community, holding a variety of executive positions, including senior leadership roles at Oklahoma City Community Foundation and Chesapeake Energy Corporation.
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Her expertise in community relations, government affairs, philanthropy and legal matters, combined with her heart for giving, enable her to provide individuals, families and organizations with guidance and options as they choose the best way to approach giving. Serving the donors of more than 900 donor-driven and scholarship funds and over 20 community funds, Teresa supports and guides impact giving across the state. Teresa earned both her bachelor’s and her law degrees from Oklahoma City University. She practiced law for several years, traveling the state and representing school districts in 150 different communities. Teresa has been active in numerous civic and community organizations and in addition to serving as the chairperson of the MAPS 4 Citizens Advisory Board.
CHRISTY GILLENWATER President & CEO, Greater Oklahoma City Chamber
Christy Gillenwater serves as the president and CEO of the Greater Oklahoma City Chamber. Currently, she serves as chair of the Association of Chamber of Commerce Executives. She is a member of the US Chamber of Commerce Committee of 100, and the Chambers for Innovation and Clean Energy National Advisory Council. Christy previously served as president and CEO of the Chatanooga Chamber of Commerce, Southwest Indiana Chamber, and prior to that,
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president and CEO of the Greater Bloomington Chamber of Commerce in Indiana. Christy led both of those organizations to win the National Chamber of the Year by the Association of Chamber of Commerce Executives. Christy was born and raised in Cincinnati. She received a Bachelor of Science degree in public affairs from Indiana University and a Master of Business Administration from Ball State University. In 2012, Christy was named a Certified Chamber Executive (CCE), the only national certification for chamber professionals.
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