The Tulsa Regional Chamber has announced a change in its economic development personnel. Arthur Jackson, the Chamber’s senior vice president of economic development, has resigned his position. His last day with the Chamber will be April 1. “I am grateful for my time with the Tulsa Regional Chamber and the opportunities it has provided,” more»

Funding and how to find it dominated a roundtable discussion at the Tulsa Regional Chamber’s first Technology Council meeting of the year at the Vast Bank building. The conversation starter for the March 6 meeting, sponsored by OU-Tulsa, was a council survey showing that the primary challenges of operating in the local tech ecosystem were funding and more»

When Webco Industries was struggling in the early 1980s, owner F. William (Bill) Weber met with an under-performing engineer he planned to terminate. During the one-on-one, however, he learned that the employee’s wife had been diagnosed with a brain stem tumor and needed life-saving treatment. So, instead of firing the engineer, Weber gave him six more»

The head of Tulsa Public Schools told a roomful of local business leaders Tuesday that the health of TPS depends on their support. “Our team members, families, students and alumni are your customers, your employees, your neighbors, your friends,” TPS Superintendent Dr. Ebony Johnson said. “Investing in our young people and their future is more»

Oklahoma Lt. Gov. Matt Pinnell discussed topics such as tourism, economic development and state film incentives Tuesday at the Tulsa Regional Chamber’s Joint Board of Directors and Board of Advisors Meeting. Pinnell took questions from Katie Henke, the Chamber’s senior vice president of government affairs, before a crowd of about 180 at Tulsa more»

Oklahoma Senator John Haste said aerospace is poised to supplant oil and gas as the top industry in the state. Haste, a Broken Arrow Republican who represents District 36, was the featured speaker at the Tulsa Regional Chamber’s Aerospace Council Meeting on Feb. 16 at the Tulsa Air and Space Museum, the event sponsor. More than 40 attendees heard from more»

A tech company founded in The Netherlands has established its U.S. headquarters in Tulsa. Givt, a digital giving app, has moved into 36 Degrees North’s state-certified incubator on the fifth floor at One Technology Center, 175 E. 2nd St. S. Givt founder Sjoerd (Joe) van Oort rolled out the app in 2017 in The Netherlands, where 40% of the churches use more»

Mike Neal, longtime president and CEO of the Tulsa Regional Chamber, was recently re-elected as a vice chair of the Western Association of Chamber Executives (WACE). At WACE’s 100th annual meeting in Orange County, Calif., Neal also was chosen to serve a new, three-year term on the organization’s board. A premier organization for education and more»