United Way gears up 2017 fundraising campaign
United Way of Central Oklahoma on Monday announced its Campaign Cabinet volunteers who will spearhead the agency’s 2017 fundraising efforts.
BancFirst Corp. Executive Chairman David Rainbolt was named 2017 campaign chair.
The 48-member cabinet is tasked with building and strengthening relationships among the nonprofit’s corporate and community partners. The cabinet-style volunteer structure allows United Way to keep its annual fundraising costs low and direct more resources to its 120 health and human services programs administered by 58 partner agencies.
2017 United Way of Central Oklahoma Campaign Cabinet volunteers include:
• David Rainbolt, BancFirst Corporation, campaign chair
• M.T. Berry, city of OKC, Heart of the City campaign, chair
• Dave Carpenter, American Fidelity, vice chair
• Robert Clements, Clements Foods, vice chair
• Jim Gebhart, Mercy Health, vice chair
• Dave Hager, Devon Energy, vice chair
• J. Michael Patterson, Oklahoma Department of Transportation, State Charitable Campaign, chair
• Kent Shortridge, Oklahoma Natural Gas, A Division of ONE Gas, vice chair
• Sean Trauschke, OGE Energy Corp., vice chair
• Accounting —Rick McCune, Grant Thornton
• Architect/Engineer —Betsy Guthrie Brunsteter, ADG
• Automotive —Rick Grundman, ONE Gas
• Automotive —Austin Manger, Oklahoma Natural Gas
• Bio-Tech —Darcy Wilborn, i2E Innovation to Enterprise
• Canadian County — Greg Winters, Canadian Valley Tech Center
• Construction —Klay Kimker, Community Leader
• Construction —Trent Wachsnicht, J.E. Dunn Construction
• Economic Adviser — Chad Wilkerson, Federal Reserve Bank
• Education —Christine Berney, OKC Thunder
• Energy —Gregg Henson, Devon Energy
• Finance —John Higginbotham, Bank of Oklahoma
• Foundations/Nonprofits —Tricia Everest, Community Leader
• Foundations/Nonprofits —Frank Merrick, Foundation Management
• Health Support —Dr. John Armitage, OBI
• Hospitality —Sunny Cearley, Greater OKC Chamber of Commerce
• Hospitals/Clinics —Tim Johnsen, Integris Health
• Insurance —Clint Schwab, American Fidelity
• Insurance —Kevin Wellfare, Insurica
• Labor Chair —Perry Sneed, SMW 124, Retiree
• Labor Chair —Tim O’Connor, Central Oklahoma AFL-CIO
• Lawyers —Jennifer Castillo, OGE Energy Corp.
• Leadership/Tocqueville — Mark Funke, Bank SNB
Leadership/Tocqueville —Ed Martin, Ackerman McQueen
• Leadership/Tocqueville —David Thompson, InvesTrust
• Loaned Execs —Brad Krieger, Arvest Bank
• Local Government —Willa Johnson, Oklahoma County
• Logan County —Billy Clark, Eskridge Chevrolet
• Manufacturing —Kelly Sachs, Commerce Bank
• Media/Ad/Print —Russ Florence, Schnake Turnbo Frank
• New Business —Judy Hatfield, Equity Commercial Realty
• OK Health Center —Patti Davis, OU Medical Center
• Pacesetters —Chris Reen, The Oklahoman Media Company
• Real Estate —Nick Samarripas, Arvest Bank
• Retail —Ron Witherspoon, Arvest Bank
• Technology/Telecommunication — Jay Armstrong, OGE Energy Corp.
• Transportation —Doug Stussi, Love’s Travel Stops & Country Stores
• Wholesale —Richard Wright, HoganTaylor
• Young Professional Organization — Tim Doty, Love’s Travel Stops & Country Stores
To donate or for more information, go online to www.unitedwayokc.org.