2025_State Spotlight_Program

Wednesday, March 12 8 to 9:30 a.m. Embassy Suites by Hilton Oklahoma City Northwest

PRESENTING SPONSOR

Greater Oklahoma City Chamber

Agenda

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WELCOME

TERESA ROSE Chair, Greater Oklahoma City Chamber Executive Director, Communities Foundation of Oklahoma PRESENTING SPONSOR RECOGNITION

BREAKFAST SERVICE

FIRESIDE CHAT

THE HONORABLE KEVIN STITT Governor, State of Oklahoma

TERESA ROSE Chair, Greater Oklahoma City Chamber Executive Director, Communities Foundation of Oklahoma

KEY EDUCATION & WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVES PANEL

SENATOR ADAM PUGH Chairman of the Senate Education Committee SENATOR ALLY SEIFRIED Vice Chair of the Senate Education Committee

SENATOR KRISTEN THOMPSON Chairman of the Economic Development, Workforce and Tourism Committee

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State Spotlight 2025

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Emcee

Featured Speaker

THE HONORABLE KEVIN STITT Governor, State of Oklahoma

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. 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, she serves as the chair of the Greater Oklahoma City Chamber.

Governor Kevin Stitt is leading Oklahoma with a vision to become Top Ten in job growth, infrastructure, education and more. He is an entrepreneur who founded Gateway in Tulsa, Oklahoma, in 2000. Starting with only $1,000 and a computer, he grew Gateway into a nationwide mortgage company operating in 42 states and servicing more than $20 billion in residential mortgages. In 2018, he led Gateway through a merger and established Gateway First Bank, which today is one of Oklahoma’s 10 largest banks by assets with over $2 billion in assets, 166 mortgage centers across the U.S., and more than 1,600 employees. Oklahomans spoke in record numbers that they wanted Stitt to use his business acumen to transform the state. In 2018, he received more votes than any gubernatorial candidate in state history in his first bid for elected office of any kind. Governor Stitt has taken a groundbreaking approach to his administration by appointing the most female cabinet secretaries in state history and tapping expert advisors from the private sector, including the first chief operating officer in state history. He is committed to delivering taxpayers more for their money, and his fiscally conservative leadership helped the state build its largest savings account in history, which proved to be prophetic in the face of an oil and gas downturn.

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Panelists

KRISTEN THOMPSON Chairman of the Economic Development Workforce and Tourism Committee

SENATOR ADAM PUGH Chairman of the Senate Education Committee

Senator Adam Pugh represents District 41, covering Edmond and northeast Oklahoma City. He chairs the Senate Education Committee, the Appropriations Subcommittee on Education, and founded the Oklahoma Aerospace and Aviation Caucus. Pugh is CEO of AP Jetworks, an aerospace and defense company. Recognized as one of Oklahoma’s “40 Under 40” in 2017, he later received the State Chamber’s Visionary Award and was named a Rising Star. In 2020, he earned national recognition from the White House for regulatory reform and from the Department of Defense for supporting veterans. He also serves on Oklahoma’s Workforce and Economic Development Council.

Senator Kristen Thompson was elected in 2022 to represent District 22, covering parts of Oklahoma and Canadian counties. She and her husband, Bryce, have built multiple businesses in commercial construction and hospitality, providing over 200 jobs in the Oklahoma City metro. Before serving in the Senate, Thompson was actively involved in her community, volunteering in public schools and serving on the Visit Edmond Tourism Board, where she worked on initiatives to support tourism growth. She currently serves on the Tri Delta Children’s Foundation, which supports pediatric cancer organizations in Oklahoma.

SENATOR ALLY SEIFRIED Vice Chair of the Senate Education Committee

Senator Seifried was first elected to the Oklahoma Senate in 2022. Born and raised in Claremore, she is a proud ninth-generation Oklahoman. Ally Seifried ran for the Oklahoma Senate in 2022 for retiring Senator Marty Quinn’s 2nd district seat. She won the November general election and assumed office on November 16, 2022. Ally currently works in her family’s small business as the special projects manager when she is not at the Capitol. She has also worked in branding and marketing, in addition to working as the development specialist for Safenet Services, a domestic abuse and sexual assault prevention agency, serving Rogers and Tulsa Counties.

We’re Difference Makers

64 years in business 1 million policyholders in 49 states Over 1,400 Colleagues in Oklahoma

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Economic Development (2021-2024)

Projects 119

Investment $ 9.8 billion

Over Jobs 17,000

Information is the key to success in a fast- moving policy environment and we want to ensure you have insight into issues facing our region’s business community. The Chamber’s Government Relations division has committed to consistently publish a government relations newsletter featuring relevant and focused content on local, state and federal political and policy developments. The Business Advocate NOW is published weekly during the 2025 Legislative Session (first week in February to last week in May) and every two to three weeks the remainder of the year. Sign up to receive the Business Advocate NOW: Business Advocate NOW

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April 29 - may 1 2025

THE INTENSIVE TWO-DAY PROGRAM INCLUDES

• Briefings with members of Oklahoma’s Congressional delegation on Capitol Hill. • A reception on Capitol Hill with top Air Force leaders, Congressional members and their staff. • Off-the-hill sessions on key issues important to the business community. • Valuable networking opportunities with Oklahoma City’s top business leaders.

State Spotlight 2025

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Sponsors

PRESENTING SPONSOR

INVITATION SPONSOR

EMPOWERING THE EXTRAORDINARY RIGHT HERE.

SILVER SPONSORS

Devon is proud to partner with the Chamber and empower the future of the greater Oklahoma City area.

Coming Soon The Behavioral Health Center The Oklahoma Children’s Hospital OU Health Behavioral Health Center will provide both inpatient and outpatient care through a patient- and family-centered treatment model offered nowhere else in the state.

TABLE SPONSORS

FSB Architects + Engineers Integris Health Oklahoma City Community College Rose State College Tinker Federal Credit Union

BancFirst Blue Cross Blue Shield of Oklahoma The Care Center The Climate Control Group, Inc. First United Bank

MAILING SPONSOR

LocaliQ / The Oklahoman Direct

DC VISIT April 29 - May 1

Calendar of Events

AN EFFECTIVE, UNIFIED VOICE IN ELECTING PRO-BUSINESS CANDIDATES The Greater Oklahoma City Chamber focuses every day on its mission to improve Oklahoma’s business climate to make it more attractive for economic development and improved quality of life. The Greater OKC Chamber Political Action Committee was established to help achieve these outcomes by aggressively pursuing the election and re-election of pro-business candidates at the state and local levels. The Chamber PAC supports candidates in every part of Oklahoma and our local communities to ensure that when we advocate on behalf of the business community, we have a receptive audience among our elected officials. Since its founding in 2010, the Greater OKC Chamber PAC has amassed a strong track record of giving to pro-business candidates that has exceeded $750,000 in total contributions. As we embark on 2025 and significant state legislative elections, the Chamber PAC stands ready, with your robust support, to continue ensuring we have individuals in office who support our city’s continued momentum. Therefore, you can be a critical part of this ongoing, relentless effort to impact elections in 2025 and beyond by choosing to contribute to the PAC and giving us the resources necessary to make an impact on election outcomes. Our commitment is that these dollars will be well and strategically spent to ensure our voice remains influential in Oklahoma policy making.

The Dupont Circle Hotel Join business leaders in Washington, D.C., April 29 - May 1, to strengthen ties with our Congressional Delegation and federal partners.

CHAMBER FORUM May 14 • 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.

INTERN OKC June 10 • 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.

CHAMBER FORUM June 18 • 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.

State Spotlight 2025 Petroleum Club Downtown OKC 100 N Broadway, 34th floor The Chamber Forum series brings leaders together to discuss key issues shaping Oklahoma City’s economy and community.

Skirvin Hilton Hotel 1 Park Avenue Intern OKC is the Chamber’s professional development program for college interns.

Petroleum Club Downtown OKC 100 N Broadway, 34th floor The Chamber Forum series brings leaders together to discuss key issues shaping Oklahoma City’s economy and community.

Greater Oklahoma City Chamber For more information about the Greater OKC Chamber PAC or to make a contribution, visit www.okcchamber.com/PAC or contact Mike Jackson at mikejackson@okcchamber.com or 405-297-8925.

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