OFFICE OF GOVERNOR MARY FALLIN
MEDIA CONTACTS:
Alex Weintz, Communications Director
Alex.Weintz@gov.ok.gov
(405) 522-8819
Aaron Cooper, Press Secretary
Aaron.Cooper@gov.ok.gov
(405) 522-8878
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
March 25, 2011
Governor Mary Fallin Announces Appointments to Turnpike Authority
OKLAHOMA CITY – Governor Mary Fallin announced today her nominees for the six members of the Oklahoma Turnpike Authority. Senate confirmation is required. They are:
· District 1: G. Carl Gibson of Norman, current COO of Inoveon Corp; replaces Douglas F. Riebel
· District 2: Kenneth G. Adams of Bartlesville, chairman of the Adams Investment Company; replaces Mike Leonard
· District 3: Albert C. “Kell” Kelly of Bristow, president and CEO of Spirit Bank; replaces Hal Ellis
· District 4: Kevin Hern of Tulsa, owner of KTAK corporation; replaces Clark Brewster
· District 5: E. Gene Love of Lawton, CEO of Millennium Solutions Group; replaces C. Kendrick Fergeson
· District 6: David A. Burrage of Durant, attorney; re-appointed
“Maintaining and repairing our turnpikes and transportation infrastructure is important to our citizens and important to Oklahoma’s economy,” said Fallin. “I’m very pleased that we have been able to find so many qualified, dedicated community leaders to serve on the turnpike authority and to ensure the OTA is competently and efficiently run.”
The first meeting of the OTA will take place at 10:45 am this Monday, March 28 at the Neal A. McCaleb Building, 3500 Martin Luther King Avenue in Oklahoma City.
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Alex Weintz
Communications Director
Office of Governor Mary Fallin
phone: (405) 522-8819
cell: (405) 535-7317
Alex.Weintz@gov.ok.gov
Posted on
Fri, March 25, 2011
by John Cox