Guest Speaker: Lt. Governor Matt Pinnell

Lt. Governor Matt Pinnell was elected as the 17th Lieutenant Governor of the State of Oklahoma on November 6th, 2018. In that role, he serves as President of the Oklahoma State Senate, and is a member of multiple constitutional boards and commissions. Lt. Governor Pinnell also serves as Secretary of Tourism, Wildlife and Heritage on Governor Kevin Stitt’s cabinet.

In his role as Secretary of Tourism, Wildlife and Heritage, Pinnell oversees the Oklahoma Department of Tourism and Recreation and the state’s efforts to promote tourism, the third largest industry in Oklahoma. Pinnell led the successful effort to rebrand the State of Oklahoma, a component of the overall effort to retain and recruit more jobs to the state of Oklahoma.

Pinnell also currently serves on the Department of Commerce executive committee focusing on small business growth, entrepreneurship, and workforce development. Pinnell has a background in entrepreneurship and is a small business owner with his wife, Lisa, who is an inventor and entrepreneur.

Matt is a graduate of Oral Roberts University with a degree in Advertising and lives in Tulsa with his wife and their 4 children who attend Jenks Public Schools.

Guest Speaker: Robert Mann, Oklahoma Advocacy Legal Assistance

Robert Mann was born in November of 1971 in Lufkin, Texas. To Charles Mann, a career Army pilot and Nina C. Mann, who would retire from St John's as an ICU nurse and a diabetic educator.

Robert's parents divorced when he was in 3rd grade and moved to North Tulsa with his mother and sister.

The only male role models around were thieves and drug addicts and hustlers. By the time Robert was 17 he had a lengthy rap sheet. By 19, with a 7th grade education, Robert took an open plea before Judge Dalton and received a pair of 30 year sentences to run concurrently.

PLEASE R.S.V.P.

Guest Speaker: Jim Bridenstine, Former NASA Administrator and Former Congressman of Oklahoma's 1st District