Oklahoma Speaker’s Ball

Saturday, January 20th, 2024

5:30pm Cocktail Hour; 6:30pm Program & Dinner

Oklahoma City Convention Center

Featuring Southern Rock Legends… 

the most awarded band in the history of country music

Thank you to last year’s sponsors

PRESENTING SPONSORS

UNDERWRITER SPONSORS

PAST BENEFICIARIES

Oklahoma Speaker’s Ball is proud to support a variety of non-profits representing all corners of our state. Here’s just a few of the organizations we’ve supported over the years.

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Oklahoma  Oklahoma Project Woman 
Children’s Hospital Foundation  Oklahoma Youth with Promise Scholarship 
Children’s Medical Research Institute Payne Education Center
Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma  Pepper’s Ranch 
HeartLine, Inc.  Regional Food Bank of Oklahoma 
INCA Community Services ReMerge 
Meals on Wheels Association of Oklahoma  Tenaciously Teal 
Oklahoma Arts Institute Angel Fund  The 111 Project 
Oklahoma CASA Association UR Special Clothing Outreach
Oklahoma Honor Flights Warrior’s Rest Foundation

 

SPEAKER CHARLES MCCALL

Fifth-generation Oklahoman Charles McCall is the longest-serving Republican Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives. Elected to represent House District 22 in 2012 and elected Speaker in 2016, the Atoka native’s steady leadership has steered state government from trying times into prosperity.

A community banker by profession, McCall’s focus on getting the state’s fiscal house in order has brought the state budget out of shortfalls and into solvency. During his tenure as Speaker, personal and corporate income taxes have decreased while public common education funding has increased by 35% and state reserves have been built up to record levels. These fiscal and education achievements, plus McCall’s sustained commitment to transportation and broadband infrastructure statewide, are helping grow Oklahoma’s economy. McCall has also stood strong for Oklahoma’s rights as a state, authoring legislation to fight back against federal overreach into state sovereignty.

The first Republican Speaker from southeastern Oklahoma, McCall’s prioritization of public policies that work in all parts of Oklahoma and emphasis on functionality, civility and respect in government has helped grow the House Republican Caucus from 72 members in his first term as Speaker to a record 82 members today, reflecting increased public support for Republican governance in Oklahoma

McCall has always balanced public and private sector service. Prior to his election to the House of Representatives, McCall served as Mayor of Atoka from 2005 to 2012, a role he used to champion infrastructure improvements at the water treatment plant, the Atoka Sports Complex and economic development. Prior to his time as Mayor, he was Chairman of the Atoka City Industrial Development Authority, Chairman of the Lake Atoka Reservation Association and Vice Chairman of the McGee Creek Authority.

McCall’s public service has all occurred simultaneously with his private sector role as CEO and Board Chairman of AmeriState Bank in Atoka, a fourth-generation family bank. He is active in the state and regional banking community, having served as State Chairman of the Community Bankers Association of Oklahoma and a board member of the Independent Bankers Association of Texas.

McCall holds a bachelor’s degree in finance from the University of Oklahoma and completed the Graduate School of Banking at the University of Colorado in Boulder.

McCall and his wife, Stephanie Ann (Hays) McCall, have been married for 28 years and met on a blind date at the University of Oklahoma. Stephanie is a former elementary teacher in the Atoka Public School System. The McCalls have two sons, Chase and Carson, both students at the University of Oklahoma.