Board of Directors for Oklahoma Schools of Character
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Deborah Burroughs is a pastor’s wife, a retired human resource professional, and a retired college administrator. Since retiring from Langston University as the Director of Programs and Services, Deborah serves as an adjunct professor at Langston University in Oklahoma City. She also volunteers in various civic and community organizations, including Black Liberated Arts Center (BLAC) and Oklahoma Schools of Character.
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Kristin Davis works as director of communications at the Oklahoma State Department of Health. A graduate of Leadership Oklahoma City, Kristin is a member of Downtown OKC Rotary Club 29 and serves on the boards of RSVP and PRSA-OKC. She was honored by the Points of Light Foundation in Washington, DC for creating the weekly “VoluntHero” feature column that ran in The Arizona Republic for nearly four years.
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Jami Fenner serves as associate general counsel for Hobby Lobby Stores based in Oklahoma City. She also chairs the In-house Counsel Committee of the Oklahoma County Bar Association. Prior to joining Hobby Lobby, Jami was a litigator for 25 years focusing on employment, civil rights, tort litigation, and health care law. Jami regularly supports the OK Ethics Bowls by serving as a competition judge.
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Robert Greenlaw is the executive administrator and board assistant at Kimray at Kimray Inc. in Oklahoma City. Prior to joining Kimray in 2014, Robert was responsible for developing character education resources and training programs for schools, communities, and the workplace. As an international instructor, Robert has trained more than 30,000 educators in 18 countries how to use the Character First program and has personally taught the material to more than 70,000 children.
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Dewayne Pemberton is a retired professional public educator of 36 years. Beginning his career as a teacher and coach, he spent 26 years as a high school Principal. The Cooperative Council for Oklahoma School Administration named Mr. Pemberton their 2000 “Principal of the Year”. In 2011, he led Muskogee High School to become the first school in Oklahoma to be recognized by Character.org as a State and National School of Character. Dewayne was elected in November 2016 and now serves as State Senator for District 9 covering Muskogee and Cherokee Counties.
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Don Raleigh is Superintendent of Pryor Public Schools which is the only Oklahoma public school district with all schools recognized as State and National Schools of Character. Dr. Raleigh was the 2017 OASA OK Superintendent of the Year, the OASA District 6 Superintendent of the Year three times, and the 2014 OK Administrator of the Year by the OK Advisory Council. He also served as the 2019-2020 Oklahoma Association of School Administrators President. Don holds an Ed. D in School Administration from Oklahoma State University, a M.S. in Curriculum and Instruction, and a B.S. in Natural Sciences.
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Colin Schoonover is the manager of the Records Information Management department at ONE Gas in Tulsa, OK. Colin began serving students through college ethics bowl events in 2011, including the Statewide Student Ethics Challenge, the Texas Regional Ethics Bowl, the National Intercollegiate Ethics Bowl, the Oklahoma Regional High School Ethics Bowl and the National High School Ethics Bowl events. He serves as coordinator for the Oklahoma ethics bowl events and is a state evaluator of Schools of Character applicants.
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Tony Scott is the Director of Business Development for Arledge & Associates, P.C., a full-service Certified Public Accounting firm located in Edmond, OK. He has a degree in accounting from East Central University in Ada, and his Juris Doctorate from the Oklahoma City University School of Law. Tony is active in the Oklahoma Business Ethics Consortium and serves on leadership boards for the Oklahoma City Estate Planning Council and the Oklahoma Society of CPAs Educational Foundation.
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Madison Tomlinson has been the State Schools of Character Coordinator in Oklahoma for Character.org and OKCharacter.org since 2012. He retired after a long career as a professional educator who has been a classroom teacher, a high school Assistant Principal, and Director of Character Development for Muskogee Public Schools. Madison now works with a growing number of schools throughout Oklahoma to aid them in the process of becoming Schools of Character.
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Joe Walker graduated from the University of Central Oklahoma with a bachelor’s degree in accounting. After passing the CPA exam, Joe launched his career as an accountant and auditor. While earning a Master of Business Administration degree in 2005, Joe organized one of the first student chapters of OK Ethics. Joe currently serves as treasurer for Oklahoma Schools of Character.
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Frank Keating is the Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors for Character.org in Washington D.C. Mr. Keating was Governor of Oklahoma from 1995-2003 and recently retired as President and CEO of the American Bankers Association. Among multiple awards and honors Mr. Keating has been named the 2016 recipient of the American Patriot of Character Award joining past recipients such as General Colin Powell and Congressman John Lewis.
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Tom Hill is Chairman of the Board for Kimray, Inc., a manufacturer of oilfield equipment and controls based in Oklahoma City. Mr. Hill is also the Founder of Character First, a character-building program used in 28 countries and 10 languages. Among numerous awards, Mr. Hill received the 2009 George Washington Award from the Freedoms Foundation of Valley Forge, was the first recipient of the 2010 Oklahoma Ethics Pilot Award, and the 2012 Being a Difference Award from the NASBA Center for the Public Trust.
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