Mautra Staley Jones, 2020 Woman of the Year, will deliver this year’s event keynote. (Photo provided)
OKLAHOMA CITY – Mautra Staley Jones, the Journal Record 2020 Woman of the Year, will deliver this year’s keynote address at the annual event Oct. 14.
The Journal Record program, now in its 41st year, will recognize the “50 Making a Difference” honorees and name this year’s Woman of the Year overall winner on Thursday night at the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City.
Jones is planning to share a message of “hope, inspiration” and “encouragement” with the anticipated 400-plus attendees. “I want to bring a message that applauds the hard work that we do, but that also encourages the tenacity, perseverance and resiliency that we all have to face as women, as leaders, as mothers, wives, community servants – you name it,” she said.
Jones has worked at Langston University since 2015, currently serving as vice president for institutional advancement and external affairs, executive director of the Langston University Foundation and site administrator for the university’s Oklahoma City campus.
As part of her whirlwind year of achievement, Jones completed her doctorate in education from Vanderbilt University’s Peabody College of Education last December before being named the 2021 Oklahoma Mother of the Year by American Mothers Inc., which then went on to select her as their 2021 National Mother of the Year in May.
“Last year was just quite the year,” Jones said. “The pandemic brought about so many challenges, having to navigate family, children, school and career. To be recognized during such times made the honors even more impactful, more meaningful to my life because we are having to navigate so many obstacles and challenges, and we’re having to be innovative in our approaches, think outside the box and do things that we ordinarily haven’t done.”
In July 2021, BancFirst Corp. announced her appointment to the company’s board of directors. Jones also serves on the board of advisors for the Greater Oklahoma City Chamber and is a board director for the Oklahoma Hall of Fame, StitchCrew, Civic Center Foundation, Oklahoma Office of Juvenile Affairs and Oklahoma City Philharmonic.
Making a difference, serving others and exhibiting volunteerism are all passions of Jones.
“I’m doing what I love to do,” she said. “I’m making a difference, but it’s because it’s what’s in my heart; it’s deeply ingrained in who I am as a person wanting to build others up.”
Jones is a member of the Woman of the Year Circle of Excellence, a distinction for those honorees being selected three times. This year, a cadre of six woman will be added to the prestigious group – Cindy Friedemann, Cynda C. Ottoway, Judy Richey, Julie Knutson, Leah T. Rudnicki and Nyla Ali Kahn.
A complete list of honorees is available below, representing a variety of industries and companies across the state, and including several public service notables such as Joy Hofmeister, Kay Floyd, Carri Hicks, Amy Loftis-Walton, Marcie Mack and Breea Clark.
The event is supported by Presenting Sponsor Cigna; Partner Sponsors Cox Business and Delta Dental; Reception Sponsor Crowe & Dunlevy; Entertainment Sponsor AT&T; Gold Sponsor SSM Health; Forum Sponsors Cherokee Nation Businesses, OG&E, Oklahoma Natural Gas and True Sky Credit Union; and Corporate Sponsors Morris Enterprises, OCAST, Oklahoma Electric Cooperative, Oklahoma Primary Care Association, The Oklahoma Academy and The Rudnicki Firm.
A commemorative Woman of the Year program magazine recognizing the 50 Making a Difference honorees will be inserted in The Journal Record’s Oct. 15 edition.
2021 Fifty Making a Difference honorees:
Lorrie Hellcat Bamford, WTH LLC
Sara Barry, Oklahoma Primary Care Association
Brenda Jones Barwick, Jones PR
Leah M. Bowles, Oklahoma Central Credit Union
Vanessa R. Brown
Kati Christ, Bank of Oklahoma
Breea Clark, City of Norman
Kevyn L. Colburn, Tom Morris Enterprises Inc.
Elizabeth Frame Ellison, Lobeck Taylor Family Foundation, Mother Road Market, Shops at Mother Road Market, Kitchen 66
Erin E. Engelke, APR, Calm Waters Center for Children & Families
Kay Floyd, Oklahoma State Senate
Laurie Fried, The Salvation Army – Arkansas/Oklahoma Division
Cindy Friedemann, Metro Technology Centers
Kelley Gann, Freestyle Creative
AJ Griffin, Paycom
LaLinda Harrison, US Department of Defense
Jean R. Hausheer, MD, FACS, Dean McGee Eye Institute
Melanie Henry, AARP
Carri Hicks, Oklahoma State Senate
Joy Hofmeister, Oklahoma State Department of Education
Sheena Hollander, Express Employment International
Anita Holloway, Ernst & Young LLP
Molly Jarvis, Cherokee Nation Businesses
Amanda Teape Johnson, First United Bank
Jeanean Yanish Jones, PhD(c), MA, CFRE, Health Alliance for the Uninsured
Kian Kamas, City of Tulsa
Peggy Kates, Remco Demolition LLC
Nyla Ali Khan, Oklahoma City Community College/ Oklahoma Commission on the Status of Women
Kristin Killgore, PE, SE, PMP, FSB
Julie Knutson, The Oklahoma Academy for State Goals
Lacey Lett, Goodwill Industries of Central Oklahoma
Amy Loftis-Walton, Oklahoma Center for the Advancement of Science and Technology (OCAST)
Marcie Mack, Oklahoma Department of Career and Technology Education
Karla Marshall, Moore Norman Technology Center (MNTC)
Katherine Mazaheri, Mazaheri Law Firm
Autumn McMahon, Oklahoma Electric Cooperative
Toni Moore, Hospitality House of Tulsa
Cynda C. Ottaway, Crowe & Dunlevy
Courtney Davis Powell, Spencer Fane
Tammy Powell, SSM Health St. Anthony Hospital – Oklahoma City
Sandra Quince, Bank of America
Judy Richey, True Sky Credit Union
Joni Rogers-Kante, SeneGence
Leah T. Rudnicki, The Rudnicki Firm
Sarah Stewart, Solid Serenity Legal Solutions
Mia Tahdooahnippah, Comanche Nation Entertainment
Yoana Walschap, OU Ronnie Irani Center for Energy Solutions
Allison Watkins-Conti, Watkins-Conti Products Inc.
Alba N. Weaver, OGE Energy Corp.
Brigette Zorn, American Heart Association
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