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Pam Holt, Tulsa Health Department

Nicholas Thurman, Assistant District Attorney

Gloria Torres, Community Leader

H K Hatcher, Bank President

Trista Shomo, Safety Manager

Sean Akadiri, Entrepreneur

Baleigh Petree, Registered Nurse

Sonya Bell: Media Manager and Journalist

Dr. Bob Blackburn, Historian and Author

Cindy Byrd, State Auditor & Inspector

Cheney Bird, Nurse - Labor and Delivery

Everett Dobson, Business Owner and Philanthropist

Lori Hill, Tourism Director, Broken Arrow Convention and Visitors' Bureau

Aditi Panchal, Designer and Creative Coordinator at Hobby Lobby

Dusty Turner, Agricultural Entrepreneur

Brooke Lee, Teacher and Milken Award Winner

Chrissi Ross Nimmo, Cherokee Nation, Deputy Attorney General

Kylene Rehder, Social Work Program Director & Professor

Dr. Tom Kupiec, Scientist and Entrepreneur

Courtney Karner, Professor, Duke University

Sharla J. Frost, Lawyer

Janice Gray, CPA

Chad Richison, Paycom CEO

Peggy Kates, Owner, Midwest Wrecking Company