In response to Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt's State of the State address, Tulsa Regional Chamber President and CEO Mike Neal shared the following comments: “We share the governor’s vision to make Oklahoma the easiest state in the country to start and grow a business. To create the most business-friendly state, Oklahoma must push business friendly more»

At its Annual Meeting and Inauguration event on Thursday, the Tulsa Regional Chamber inaugurated Jennifer Jezek, vice president and Oklahoma division manager of VSC Fire & Security, as the 2024 chair of its Board of Directors. During the lunchtime event, witnessed by more than 1,200 people at the Cox Business Convention Center, Jezek outlined three keys more»

Kyle Hilbert, Speaker Pro Tempore of the Oklahoma State House of Representatives, previewed the 2024 legislative session Monday at the Tulsa Regional Chamber’s Executive Committee meeting. Katie Henke, senior vice president of government affairs for the Chamber, moderated the discussion with Hilbert, a Creek County Republican who was elected to the more»

Engineering was a focus of the Tulsa Regional Chamber’s first Manufacturers’ Council meeting of 2024. The featured speaker at the January 17 event at the Tulsa Port of Catoosa was Dr. Tim McNiff, executive director of Engineering Tomorrow, a national nonprofit dedicated to creating a pipeline of future engineers in the United States. “This more»

The Tulsa Regional Chamber has announced staffing changes within its government affairs division, which oversees annual development of the OneVoice Regional Legislative Agenda and advocates year-round on behalf of the northeast Oklahoma business community. Elizabeth Osburn, the Chamber’s senior vice president of government affairs, is departing after more»

Tulsa Public Schools Superintendent Dr. Ebony Johnson on Monday told the Tulsa Regional Chamber Board of Directors that the city should unify in support of TPS. “The word needs to get out that we are very serious about student performance,” Johnson said. “We are very serious about being accountable and holding others accountable for that more»

No one threw Tulsa’s Future a ticker-tape parade in 2023, but its achievements certainly were confetti-worthy. In the second year of Tulsa's Future: Acceleration, the initiative continued to make its mark. In 2023, Tulsa's Future and its partners: Brought more than $1.6 billion of new capital investment to northeast Oklahoma Supported the creation more»

Cross-training workers and finding talent were among the topics discussed at the Tulsa Regional Chamber’s most recent Manufacturers’ Council meeting, which was hosted by local manufacturer AAON. Brian Miller, of Midwest Precision, Inc., was among the roughly 30 manufacturing representatives who attended the gathering. He sees a talent deficit more»