TRANSPORTATION CHALLENGES IN CENTRAL OKLAHOMA BRAD HENRY Chair, Regional Transportation Authority
Elected governor of the State of Oklahoma in November 2002, Charles Bradford Henry was born in Shawnee, Oklahoma, on July 10, 1963, to Charles T. and Audre L. Garrett Henry. Henry attended the University of Oklahoma, receiving a bachelor’s degree in economics in 1985 and a doctorate in jurisprudence in 1988. He also served as managing editor of the Oklahoma Law Review in 1987–88.
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Henry served as president of Brad Henry Oil Company, Incorporated, from 1987 to 1989 and as a private-practice attorney before becoming city attorney of Shawnee in 1990. A Democrat, in 1992 Brad Henry was elected to represent District Seventeen in the Oklahoma Senate in the Forty-fourth Legislature. Reelected in 1996 and 2000, he served until his election as governor. During his tenure in the Oklahoma Senate, he chaired the Judiciary Committee and served as vice chair of the Economic Development Committee, and sat on the Appropriations Committee. Henry was inaugurated as Oklahoma’s twenty-sixth governor on January 13, 2003, and was reelected to a second term.
MARION HUTCHINSON Vice Chairman, Regional Transportation Authority
Marion Hutchison is a Certified Petroleum Geologist and President of Titan Energy Corporation, an oil and gas exploration company he formed in 1990. He is an Eagle Scout and a graduate of the University of Oklahoma. Hutchison dedicates significant amounts of his time to promoting rail transit opportunities, protecting valuable public lands and supporting outdoor recreational activities for the citizens of Oklahoma. He has served on
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numerous boards and committees for various local, state and national non-profit and governmental organizations, including the Regional Transportation Authority of Central Oklahoma; OnTrac, a local non-profit rail transit advocacy organization; Association of Central Oklahoma Governments; Oklahoma Department of Tourism and Recreation; Canadian River Conservancy; and the Oklahoma Regents for Higher Education. Hutchison has received numerous awards for his volunteer service from organizations such as Red Earth Group, Oklahoma Chapter, Sierra Club; Wichita Mountains National Wildlife Refuge; Quartz Mountain Arts & Conference Center and Nature Park; Oklahoma Chapter, Sierra Club; and the Access Fund (Menocal Lifetime Achievement Award).
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