Commissioner Biographies

MARK LIOTTA

Mark Liotta most recently served as the Chief Deputy to the Tulsa Board of County Commissioners. He was appointed as a Commissioner to the Oklahoma Workers’ Compensation Commission effective May 27, 2015.

He served seven years as an infantry officer in Oklahoma’s 45th Infantry Brigade as a Platoon Leader, earning two Oklahoma Commendation medals.

Mark worked 18 years in the private sector for a pipeline services company in both construction and manufacturing, as a quality manager, and as a human resources manager.

From 1996 to 2006, Mark served five terms in the Oklahoma House of Representatives, where he served in six different leadership positions, including Chairman of the Republican Caucus and Presiding Officer of the House floor.

He also served as Chairman of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on General Government and Transportation where he was responsible for 20 state agency budgets, totaling $490 million.

A native Tulsan, Mark and his wife Alice have five grown children, and have hosted three foreign exchange students from China.

Mark spends his free time as owner, operator and ranch hand of the L7 Cattle Ranch in Creek County, Oklahoma where he raises Black Angus/Simmental calves.

EDUCATION

• Bachelor of Science, Southern Nazarene University (Management of Human Resources)

CIVIC INVOLVEMENT AND LEADERSHIP

• Capitol Preservation Commission
• Oklahoma Developmental Disabilities Council, Chairman, appointed by both Republican and Democrat governors
• Oklahoma Employees Insurance and Benefits Board, Chairman
• Speaker’s Ball Committee

Jordan K. Russell

Jordan K. Russell is an attorney who joined the Commission after serving three legislative sessions as policy director and counsel to Oklahoma Speaker of the House Jeffrey W. Hickman.  Prior to his time at the State Capitol, Jordan had a successful law practice in the downtown Oklahoma City office of Gungoll, Jackson, Box & Devoll, P.C.  Jordan also previously worked as a legislative assistant to Oklahoma’s U.S. Congressman Frank D. Lucas in his Washington, D.C. office where he worked on issues involving healthcare, labor, social security and disability and ERISA.

Commissioner Russell and his wife Jessica reside in Oklahoma City with their two children and enjoy attending their kids’ school and sporting events at Crossings Christian School and attending Oklahoma State University football and basketball games as a family.  As a fourth-generation Freedom, Oklahoma native, Jordan enjoys spending time hunting, fishing and relaxing on his family’s cattle ranch in rural Woods County, Oklahoma, and volunteering and providing pro bono legal advice for economic development efforts and philanthropic organizations in his hometown.   

Jordan was appointed to the Oklahoma Workers’ Compensation Commission by Governor Mary Fallin effective October 4, 2016.

 ADMISSIONS

• Supreme Court of Oklahoma
• U.S. District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma
• U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma
• U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma

EDUCATION

• JD, University of Oklahoma College of Law, Order of the Coif, Dean’s List
• BS, Oklahoma State University, Major: Agricultural Economics, Magna Cum Laude, Top Graduate of  College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources

CIVIC INVOLVEMENT AND LEADERSHIP

• Crossings Community Church
• Sirloin Club of Oklahoma – Board of Directors
• Oklahoma City YMCA - Volunteer T-Ball Coach
• National and Oklahoma FFA Alumni Association – Lifetime Member
• American Legislative Exchange Council - Fellow
• Oklahoma State University Alumni Association – Lifetime Member

Megan Tilly

Megan Tilly most recently served managing the multi-county grand jury unit of the state attorney general’s office, which is made up of attorneys, investigators and support staff. The grand jury investigates and prosecutes crimes across the state, including public corruption, white collar crime and government.  She assisted the workers’ compensation, insurance, and Social Security fraud unit of the attorney’s general’s office in criminal fraud investigations through legal research and counsel.

Before working for the state attorney general’s office, Megan worked as an assistant district attorney in the Ninth District, handling all felony drug cases in Payne County and prosecuting all types of felonies in Logan County.

Megan and her husband Matt live in Oklahoma City.

Megan was appointed to the Oklahoma Workers’ Compensation Commission by Governor Mary Fallin effective August 28th, 2017.
 

ADMISSIONS

EDUCATION
• JD, University of Oklahoma College of Law, Order of the Barristers, and was awarded the American Jurisprudence Award in Criminal Procedure.
• BS, Washington and Lee University, Major: Political Science & Government & History.

CIVIC INVOLVEMENT AND LEADERSHIP
• Rotary Club of Oklahoma City, Member.
• Lawyer's chapter of the Federalist Society of Oklahoma City, Member.
• Junior League of Oklahoma City, Member.
• Oklahoma City Zoo, Board Member.
• Central Oklahoma Humane Society, Board Member.

Contact information: Commissioners@wcc.ok.gov

(405) 522-3222