CHAMBER WELCOMES TERESA ROSE AS NEW CHAIR DURING ANNUAL MEETING
Moments after being installed as the new board chair for the Greater Oklahoma
City Chamber, Teresa Rose revealed the roadmap for Oklahoma City’s future. The vision was shared during the 2023 Annual Meeting, held last month at the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum. “2024 is not just another year; it’s the beginning of a new era for Oklahoma City,” said Rose. “We are no longer the underdog, no longer the best-kept secret. We are ready to take our rightful place on the national stage.” During her first address as chair, Rose said the planning and preparation the Chamber does in 2024 will set the stage for decades of growth. She specifically pointed to five key areas that the Chamber will focus on in 2024: Completing the organization’s strategic plan, addressing the key challenges stalling progress, building powerful partnerships, enhancing advocacy efforts and creating new opportunities for education and workforce development. Rose succeeds Sean Trauschke who served as board chair for the past three years. In his final address, Trauschke lauded Oklahoma City’s many accomplishments during that time, including the Dec. 12 vote for a new downtown arena that gained an overwhelming approval. “We have each been shaped by the experiences over the last few years and have come through stronger and more determined to accomplish great change in our community,” said Trauschke. He noted three critical initiatives that needed to be tackled when he first became chair in 2021, all of which were accomplished. One was expanding OKC’s – and the state’s – largest single-site employer, Tinker Air Force Base, which included the closure of Douglas Boulevard for security reasons. The others were the passage of two separate, transformational bond issues, one to build a new county jail and the other to support workforce TERESA ROSE
development needs within the Oklahoma City Public School District. Trauschke said the hiring of current Chamber president and CEO Christy Gillenwater last January was an additional accomplishment for the Chamber in 2023. The Annual Meeting also included a panel discussion with Chickasaw Nation Gov. Bill Anoatubby, as well as the Chickasaw Nation’s Secretary of State Bill Lance and Secretary of Commerce Dan Boren. As part of the discussion, the Chickasaw leaders provided a history of the Chickasaw Nation and their involvement with the First Americans Museum and other Chickasaw Nation- owned business enterprises, including Remington Park, the OKANA Resort and Waterpark, which is set to open in 2025, and a planned state-of-art hospital in Newcastle. New Chamber Chair Teresa Rose, left, accepts the passing of the gavel from Sean Trauschke during the Chamber’s Annual Meeting at the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum in December.
Leaders of The Chickasaw Nation participated in a panel discussion as part of the Chamber’s Annual Meeting last month. From left to right are Governor Bill Anoatubby, Secretary of Commerce Dan Boren and Secretary of State Bill Lance.
14
Made with FlippingBook - professional solution for displaying marketing and sales documents online