The University of Tulsa Board of Trustees serves a vital role by outlining TU’s long-term plans and providing leadership for one of the country’s top universities.
The board gains strength from its diversity with TU trustees come from many different personal and professional backgrounds. The board is comprised of alumni as well as friends of the university who recognize TU’s significance on the state and national level.
Current Trustees
Ellen Adelson
L.S.W.
James Adelson
President, Nadel & Gussman, LLC
Barbara B. Allen
Community Volunteer
Sue Ann Arnall
CEO, Essay Management Services, LLC
R. Michelle Beale
President, R. Michelle Beale, LLC
Sharon J. Bell
Managing Attorney, Rogers and Bell, Attorneys
Steven G. Bradshaw
President/CEO, BOK Financial Corporation
Sanford Burnstein
Co-Chair, Omni Transportation
Michael D. Case
CEO/Chairman, Case & Associates Properties
Gerard Clancy
President, University of Tulsa
Roger Collins
CEO, My Office Backbone, LLC
Casey Cooper
Attorney, GableGotwals
Katherine G. Coyle, Esq.
Conner & Winters, LLC
Scott Dickman
President, Base, Inc.
Frederic Dorwart
Owner, Frederic Dorwart Lawyers
David R. Eastin
President, Echo Creek Partners, LLC
John Robert Elmburg
CEO, Crestwood Holdings, Inc.
William F. Fisher, Jr.
Fisher Investments
John B. Forrest, M.D.
Chief Medical Officer, St. John Health System
Keith C. Goddard
CEO, Capital Advisors, Inc.
E. Ann Graves
Community Volunteer
Cheryl Groenendyke
Community Volunteer
Susie Collins Hentschel
President, Collins Investment, Inc.
Stephen E. Jackson
CEO, eLynx Technologies
Steve Largent
Community Volunteer
Robert E. Lorton, III
Senior Vice President, Prosperity Bank
Andrew D. MacKay
President, Maccor, Inc.
Steven J. Malcolm
Retired President/CEO, Williams Companies
A. H. McElroy, II
President/CEO, McElroy Manufacturing, Inc.
Peter C. Meinig
Chairman, HM International, Inc.
Sanjay Meshri
Managing Director, Advance Research Chemicals
Rev. James D. Miller
Co-Pastor, First Presbyterian Church
Charles Monroe
President, Charles S. Monroe, CPA PC
Frank Murphy, III
President/CEO, FW Murphy
Warren E. Ross
President/CEO, The Ross Group
Ross O. Swimmer
Partner, Native American Fund Advisors, LLC
Clifton L. Taulbert
President, The Building Community Institute
William F. Thomas
Co-Principal, Senior Star Living
James Wallis
Chairman, EXOK, Inc.
Dana S. Weber
President/CEO, Webco Industries, Inc.
Randi S. Wightman
Community Volunteer
James E. (Jim) Wilburn
Chairman, Winnercomm, Inc.
L. Duane Wilson
President, LDW Services, LLC
Ex Officio Alumni National Association President 2015-2017
Katie Ahrens
QuikTrip Corporation, Petroleum Compliance Manager
Ex Officio Tulsa Chapter Alumni Association President 2016-2018
Jackie Griffin
BOK Financial, VP Corporate Compliance Manager
Emeritus Trustees
Keith Bailey
Retired Chairman, Williams Companies
C. Arnold Brown
President, KWB, Inc.
Julian L. Carr
Partner, Beecken Petty O’Keefe & Co.
Jerry Dickman
Manager/Trustee, Chapman Foundations Managements, LLC
Burt B. Holmes
Chairman, Leaders Life Insurance Co.
David R. Lawson
Retired, Capital One Auto
Robert Lorton
Retired Chairman, World Publishing Co.
Roxana Lorton
Community Volunteer
James C. McGill
McGill Resources
Robert E. Norman
CEO, Norman Family Interests, LLC
Donne Pitman
Manager, Chapman Foundations Management
Donald Pray
Founding Member, Pray Walker Attorneys & Counselors at Law
Charles C. Stephenson, Jr.
President, Stephenson Investments
Steve Turnbo
Chairman Emeritus, Schnake Turnbo Frank/PR
Robert West
CEO, Anchor Drilling Fluids USA, Inc.