Oklahoma Firefighters Pension and Retirement System

Administration Staff and Board Members
Staff
Chase Rankin Executive Director	Scott Van Horn Chief Operating Officer/Deputy Director
Timothy Van Horn Chief Financial Officer/Deputy Director	Thanh Dinh Controller
Terri Williams Executive Secretary	Keely Swonger Assistant Controller
Martha Pierce Member Services Coordinator	Vicki Mulbery Accounts Payable Administrator
Thelisha Clark Records Administrator	Latoya Battle Data Processor

Board of Trustees
Tony Lopez, Chairman Midwest City Fire Department Firefighters Association Elected by Firefighters
Donald Bennett Jr. Oklahoma City Fire Department 1st Vice President, Oklahoma State Firefighters Association Elected by Firefighters	Cary Provence Yukon Fire Department 2nd Vice President, Oklahoma State Firefighters Association Elected by Firefighters
Tom A. Marcum Mooreland Fire Department 3rd Vice President, Oklahoma State Firefighters Association Elected by Firefighters	Jim Ed Nimmo Tulsa Fire Department Past President, Oklahoma State Firefighters Association Elected by Firefighters
Michel Duncan Retired Dewey Fire Department President of Oklahoma Retired Firefighters Association	Brent Baggett Lawton Fire Department Designee of President of Professional Firefighters Association
Brent Bryant City of Oklahoma City Oklahoma Municipal League Appointee	Janet Kohls City of Tulsa Oklahoma Municipal League Appointee
Dana Cramer Senate President Pro Tempore Appointee	Teresa Green Designee of State Insurance Commissioner
Matthew Lay Speaker of the House of Representatives Appointee	John Laws Designee of Director of OMES

Duties of the Board

1. The board of trustees is responsible for the policies and rules for the general administration of the system, subject to the provisions of state law and properly promulgated rules.
2. The board of trustees establishes rules for the administration of the System and for the transaction of its business consistent with the law. The rules are made public pursuant to the Administrative Procedures Act.
3. All meeting of the board of trustees are open to the public and its proceedings are recorded.
4. All decisions of the board of trustees as to questions of fact are final and conclusive on all persons except for the right of review as provided by law and except for fraud or such gross mistake of fact as to have effect equivalent to fraud.
5. The board of trustees takes all necessary action upon applications for pension benefits, disability benefits, survivor benefits, death benefits, entrance into the system and refunds of contributions.

Board Organization

The board of trustees is composed of thirteen members who are appointed as follows:

- Oklahoma State Firefighters Association Executive Board (5 members)
- President of the Professional Firefighters of Oklahoma or a designee (1 member)
- President of the Oklahoma Retired Firefighters Association or a designee (1 member)
- Speaker of the House of Representatives Appointee (1 member)
- President Pro Tempore of the Senate Appointee (1 member)
- Oklahoma Municipal League Appointees (2 members)
- State Insurance Commissioner or a designee (1 member)
- Director of the Office of Management and Enterprise Services or a designee (1 member)

Board Meeting Information

The board of trustees meets, in regular session, every third Friday of each month unless otherwise scheduled. Meetings are held at 6601 Broadway Extension., Suite 100 and begin at 8:30 am. All meetings of the board of are open to the public. In order to place an item on the agenda, all necessary information must be submitted to the System by the Friday preceding the monthly meeting.

Scheduled Board Meeting Dates for the year 2022 are as follows:

January 21, 2022	February 18, 2022	March 18, 2022	April 15, 2022
May 20, 2022	June 17, 2022	July 15, 2022	August 19, 2022
September 16, 2022	October 21, 2022	November 18, 2022	December 16, 2022

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