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country, and the incoming chair for OKConnect. A passionate advocate for mentorship, Ms. Weedn men tors law students through the OCU Law Mentorship Program and other young profession als through the OKC Latino Young Professionals (OKCLYP) Association Mentorship Program. Additionally, she has mentored several high school and college students, helping them to grow and consider their full potential. She dedicates time to numer ous professional, community and nonprofit organizations, including the Oklahoma Board of Bar Examiners, the Oklahoma County Bar Association, the OBA Women in Law Section, OKCYLP, the Downtown Exchange Club of Oklahoma City, OKConnect and StitchCrew Inc. In her free time, she enjoys traveling, reading, hiking and attending local arts and sporting events.

Monica Ybarra Weedn Utilizing a unique blend of in-house counsel and private prac tice litigation experience, Monica Ybarra

Rev. Dr. Lori Walke The Rev. Dr. Lori Walke serves as the senior minister at Mayflower Congregational UCC Church in Oklahoma

Weedn represents individual and business clients in her prac tice at Rosell & Love PLLC in Oklahoma City. Having previ ously served as corporate counsel and in-house director of legal affairs, Ms. Weedn appreciates the legal challenges and business concerns facing small and mid sized companies, and she enjoys advising and problem-solving with business teams. Her first love was family law litigation, and she still represents clients in family law matters at both the trial and appellate levels. After graduating from the OCU School of Law in 2014, she began her legal career as an associate at Phillips Murrah PC. She subse quently transitioned into in-house counsel work, where she discov ered a new way to practice law as part of a business team. Now, back in private practice, she enjoys blending her experience to advo cate for and advise her clients. Her dedication to the legal pro fession has been recognized by The Journal Record (Leadership in Law Award), the Oklahoma County Bar Association (Community Service Award) and the OCU School of Law (Outstanding Young Alumnus), among others. She is the incoming vice president of the Oklahoma County Bar Association, one of the largest and most active voluntary bar associations in the

City. Blending her background as an attorney and minister, Dr. Walke is unabashedly enthusiastic about what a well-prepared argument and community can do to make life on Earth as it is in heaven. A recognized public speaker and author with a monthly column in The Oklahoman for the past four years, Dr. Walke gives a voice to those who often lack one. Dr. Walke earned her B.S. in political science from OSU in 2005, where she was also a four year scholarship student-athlete for Cowgirl basketball. She earned her M.S. in health care admin istration from OSU in 2006. She received her J.D. from the OCU School of Law in 2009 and passed the bar exam the same year. To further confuse people about what she wanted to be when she grew up, Dr. Walke then went on to earn her Master of Divinity from Phillips Theological Seminary and was ordained as a minister in the United Church of Christ in 2012. After serving as the associate minister of Mayflower Congregational UCC for eight years, she was called as senior minister in November 2020. She earned her Doctor of Ministry from Emory University in 2020. She and her husband, Collin, delight in their seven brilliant nieces and love to spoil Teddy, their ever-grinning pocket pit.

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