Charlotte Edwards received her bachelor’s degree in Business Education, Economics/Marketing from Southwestern Oklahoma State University, Weatherford and her Masters degree in Distributive Education from Oklahoma State University, Stillwater where she also completed post-graduate work in Educational Administration and Occupational and Adult Education.  She was named a Certified Association Executive by the American Society of Association Executives.

Ms. Edwards is a Life-Member of the Oklahoma Society of Association Executives and the Oklahoma Association of Career and Technology Education (formerly Oklahoma Vocation Association). Ms. Edwards was a member of Leadership Oklahoma Class VI and continues to be active in that organization.  During her career she participated in the Association of Career and Technical Education, American Society of Association Executives, Oklahoma Academy for State Goals, Oklahoma State Chamber of Commerce, National Executive Directors Association for Career and Technical Education, Oklahoma Commission on Education Administration and Oklahoma Education Coalition.  She has served as president of the National Association of Executive Directors in CareerTech, Oklahoma Society of Association Executives, Oklahoma Vocational Association and Oklahoma Association of Distributive Education. 

During the course of her career, Ms. Edwards has received numerous awards and honors, the Award of Merit from the Oklahoma Women in Educational Administration, Oklahoma Education Leadership Academy, Meritorious Service Award for the Oklahoma Association of the Advancement of Black Americans in Vocational Education, OSAE’s Association Professional of the Year, Oklahomans for Career Tech People Builder Award, OSAE’s George Nigh Executive of the Year Award and Oklahoma ACTE Francis Tuttle Career Excellence Award.  She is a member of the Board of Directors of the Oklahoma City Community Literacy Centers where she co-chaired the Private Reserve fundraising event in 2005.  She was a registered lobbyist from 1986 to 2005.

Cindy Ball attended the University of Oklahoma, where she obtained both her bachelor’s and master’s degrees in education. She has worked as a classroom teacher in several Oklahoma communities and is currently a fourth grade teacher at the Sadler Arts Academy in the Muskogee Public School system. She has received numerous awards and honors for excellence in teaching including Muskogee teacher of the year, Oklahoma Teacher of the Year, Oklahoma Foundation for Excellence Teacher of the Year and University of Oklahoma Career Educator Award. Other prior career endeavors include working as a Field Representative/Campaign manager for Congressman Mike Synar and running her own special events consulting firm.

Ms. Ball is committed to her community and has served on numerous boards including the Oklahoma Special Olympic, Lake-Wood Girl Scouts, March of Dimes, Methodist Boys Ranch, CROPWALK, and Muskogee Meals on Wheels.  She is a member of the First United Methodist Church, where she has held various chairmanships and is a past member of the Board of Trustees.

Ms. Ball was appointed to the newly formed Board of Trustees for the Oklahoma Lottery Commission in 2005, and served as Board Secretary through December of 2007. Currently Ms. Ball serves as a Trustee.

Mr. Orbison was born in Enid, Oklahoma and is a 1961 graduate of Enid High School. He attended Oklahoma State University and received a Bachelor of Arts Degree from the University of Tulsa in 1966, where he majored in Political Science and History. He graduated from the University of Tulsa College of Law in 1968 and was admitted to the Oklahoma Bar that year.

Mr. Orbison served two years in the U.S. Army, beginning October, 1968, and received two Bronze Star Medals while with the 196th Infantry Brigade, Americal Division, in the Republic of Vietnam.

He is a senior shareholder of Riggs, Abney, Neal, Turpen, Orbison
& Lewis, one of Oklahoma’s largest law firms, having offices in Tulsa, Oklahoma City, and Muskogee Oklahoma, and in Denver, Colorado.
He is a member of the Tulsa County, Oklahoma and American Bar Associations, and his primary practice areas are banking, business and finance, corporate trust and public service.

Mr. Orbison’s community involvement is reflected in the numerous boards he has served on.  He is the Vice Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Tulsa County Public Facilities Authority (the Tulsa State Fair Board), a Director of the Tulsa Historical Society, a Trustee of the Oklahoma State University Lew Wentz Foundation and a Director of the Friends of the Tulsa Fairgrounds Foundation.

Mr. Orbison is a former Chairman of the Oklahoma Turnpike Authority, Vice Chairman and Director of the Federal Home Loan Bank of Topeka, Director of the University of Tulsa, College of Law Alumni Association, and Director of the Tulsa Boys Home. He has also served as a Director of several Tulsa banks, as well as the Tulsa County Bar Association, Downtown Tulsa Unlimited and the Tulsa Regional Center Foundation.

In 2005, Mr. Orbison was appointed as the first Chairman of the Oklahoma Lottery Commission’s Board of Trustees and served as Chairman through December of 2007. He currently serves as a Trustee.