The Oklahoma Bar Journal January 2024

M eet Y our B ar A ssociation Volunteers Who Guide Your Association

D. KENYON (KEN) WILLIAMS JR. President-Elect Sperry

AMBER PECKIO Vice President Tulsa

Background : My hometown is McAlester, but I moved twice a school year from the third grade until the seventh grade. Then, I went to high school in Savanna (south of McAlester), where I graduated. I have lived in Tulsa for the last 20 years.

Background : I was born in Tulsa but grew up in the (then) town of Skiatook. My grand parents were well known for the Williams Greenhouse they operated for many years and because my grandmother was

the Southwestern Bell switchboard operator who knew everyone’s business. Even so, we were still “newcomers” after the family moved there in the early 1940s. Dad was a steel salesman, and Mom was a high school English teacher. I have three brothers; two of us are lawyers, and two are dentists. Teresa and I married in 1974, two weeks before I started law school. Our first child, Kenyon, was born the same day I received my bar exam results in 1977. Our daughters, Kristen and Kara, were born after we moved to our rural home near Skiatook Lake, where Teresa and I still live. Teresa taught and worked as a public school librarian until she retired. Our focus is on family (our adult children and eight grandchildren) and church. I serve as one of the elders of The Park Church of Christ in Tulsa and as a senior director for the firm I love, Hall Estill. Teresa and I love to travel, which is the closest thing we have to a hobby, except for our love of reading and cooking shows. Education: My education was at TU for seven years – petroleum engineering and then law. What are your goals during your service on the OBA Board of Governors? My goal in every level of service for the Tulsa County and Oklahoma Bar Associations has been and remains to communicate to nonlawyers the high level of professionalism I have observed among our members during my 45 years of practice. As many have heard me say, Oklahoma lawyers are some of the finest people I have ever met. I also plan to continue to encourage our mem bers to strive for ever greater professionalism, civility and service in our association and our respective communities.

Education: I graduated from Southeastern Oklahoma State University in 2000 with dual bachelor’s degrees in econom ics and political science. I received my J.D. in 2003 from the TU College of Law and a mini-MBA from TU in 2007. What are your goals during your service on the OBA Board of Governors? As vice president, I aim to encourage President Pringle to take time for the little moments in his presidency. Additionally, I intend to focus on our profession’s mental health challenges and the support available through the Lawyers Helping Lawyers Assistance Program during my term.

BRIAN T. HERMANSON Immediate Past President Ponca City Background: Born in Milwaukee, moved to Oklahoma in 1975. Married Ruslyn in 1981; we have two daughters: Brianna, an illustrator in Northampton, Massachusetts, and Charlcy, the director of music for Community Christian Church who lives

in Stillwater. My family and I raised and bred quarter horses for about 25 years before selling the ranch in 2017. Education : B.A. in history and political science from Carroll College in Waukesha, Wisconsin; J.D. from the OU College of Law.

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