February 11, 2012 - 6:30 p.m.
LOK Excellence in Leadership Gala
Oklahoma City Golf and Country Club
7000 Northwest Grand Boulevard, Oklahoma City
Co-Chairs: Russ Harrison (Class XXI) and Natalie Shirley (Class XXII)

Dress: Black Tie Optional
Designated Hotel: Waterford Marriott - Oklahoma City - 1-800-228-9290
A special rate has been reserved until January 21, 2012
RSVP: lok@leadershipoklahoma.com or 405-848-0001
Price: $125 per ticket, sponsorships available

Click here to purchase tickets or sponsorships


Awards


The Lifetime Achievement Award recognizes individuals who have used their leadership abilities to improve the quality of life for Oklahoma's citizens and its future generations.
    2012 Award Recipient: Melvin Moran



The Distinguished Graduate Award honors a Leadership Oklahoma graduate whose recent leadership activities have exemplified the highest standards of Leadership Oklahoma and whose activities achieved results or set an example of statewide significance.
    2012 Award Recipient: Bill W. Burgess, Jr.


The Business Leadership Award commends a business entity for its impact in promoting leadership principles and practice, implementing programs worthy of example, and fostering the growth of quality leadership.
    2012 Award Recipient: Pioneer Telephone Cooperative, Inc., - Richard Ruhl, General Manager



The Statewide Community Award acknowledges an organization or company that, through specific projects or efforts, has reached across valued differences to develop among Oklahomans a sense of common purpose and a more profound sense of loyalty to their state. This award has been created to promote a heightened sense of appreciation for the possibilities available when Oklahomans work together as a single statewide community.
    2012 Award Recipient: BancFirst - David Rainbolt, Chief Executive Officer

March 8, 2012 - 12:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Blues & Clues
University of Central Oklahoma Jazz Lab and the UCO Forensic Science Institute
Jazz Lab - 100 East 5th, lunch will begin at 12:00
UCO Forensic Science Institute - On the UCO Campus, just off 2nd Street, tour will begin at 1:30 p.m.

Get in touch with your inner CSI! Come enjoy lunch at the University of Central Oklahoma jazz lab and hear a performance from the outstanding jazz students. Then visit the UCO Forensic Science Institute for a tour of the facility given by Dr. Dwight Adams. Dr. Adams is one of the world's foremost forensic scientists. He headed the research team that developed and validated the DNA testing procedures ultimately used in the FBI and throughout the world. His research into reliability of DNA through validation enabled the FBI to be the first public crime laboratory to offer DNA testing for criminal casework. Adams was on  the first FBI Agent to testify in cases in which DNA evidence would be admitted in US Courts. He testified over 130 times at all levels of Federal and State Courts. Don't miss this fun and educational afternoon!

There is no charge for this event thanks to the generosity of the University of Central Oklahoma.

This event is limited to 40 participants. To register call 405-848-0001 or email lok@leadershipoklahoma.com.

April 3, 2012 3:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
25th Anniversary Celebration - Norman

Sarkeys Foundation and the Norman Chamber of Commerce will be hosting a reception celebrating leadership in our state and community from 3:30 – 5:30  p.m. on April 3 at the Sam Noble Museum of Natural History in Norman.

Details to come.

April 14, 2012 11:00 a.m.
25th Anniversary Celebration - Muskogee
Azalea Festival Parade - with parade Co-Marshals Linda and Drew Edmondson

Join LOK Members Linda (Class VII) and Drew Edmondson Class IV) in the 2012 Azalea Festival Parade. LOK will have a trolley for up to 30 members to ride on in the parade or bring your family and friends to watch the parade.

If you want to ride on the LOK trolley during the parade, please RSVP to lok@leadershipoklahoma.com or 405-848-0001. 

Recognized as one of the “Top 100 Events” in the U.S., the Azalea Festival is also known as the one of the major events in Muskogee with more than 300,000 patrons every year. It is held every spring month of April at the beautiful Honor Heights Park where visitors can view the Azalea blooms. The park is situated on top of a hill with a good view of the whole city. It is the perfect venue for the festival because of the park’s main feature of 625 varieties of the Azalea plant with more than 30,000 flowers decorating Honor Heights Park’s landscaped gardens. Other activities related to the festival are also held around the city. Some of these activities include a parade at downtown Muskogee, a barbecue cooking contest and a Chili cook-off.