Reception & Announcement Photos, BBBS Oklahoma

Kim Owen, BBBSOK board chair;
Charles Pierson, BBBS of America CEO;
Sharla Owens, BBBSOK CEO

At an elegant reception at Nonna's Altus Room in Oklahoma City, Charles Pierson, CEO of Big Brothers Big Sisters of America, along with BBBS OK board members, staff and supporters, celebrated his vision of providing measurable impact to children and the naming of Scott Lesser, former 2013 BBBS OKC's Big Brother, as Oklahoma's 2013 Big Brother.

Attendees included supporters from all over the state.  As a special treat, three family members of the "founder" of Big Brothers Big Sisters in Oklahoma attended. Read on!




Dezmond Finley talks about his Big Brother Scott.  



A view from the back of the room as Pierson speaks.

 

Dezmond Finley with his mother Zikiyyah Borkins and Curtis Jones

 



Jovanna Carey, BBBSOK, and an unidentified coworker

 



Oklahoma State Representatives Ann Coody and Jadine Nollan;

former Speaker of the House Kris Steele, a longtime supporter of BBBS;

and Sharla Owens, BBBSOK CEO

 



Lee Ann DeArman, BBBSOKC board member,

with Nicholas Singer



Gregory, Nancy and Nick Farha,

family of the late Oklahoma County Judge William Robert Saied,

who established the Big Brothers Big Sisters program in Altus in 1951

to keep youths out of trouble

 

Britnee and Scott Lesser, Oklahoma Big Brother of the Year



Crystal Bryant, BBBS Stillwater intern;

Jessica Dale, BBBS Stillwater program director;

and Stephanie Bryant, BBBS Stillwater area director









Shelly Welch, BBBS Shawnee board member

 





Cathy Tompkins, BBBSOK board member