News from the Oklahoma Corporation Commission

Jim Palmer, Director of Information

October 1, 1999

(OKLAHOMA CITY)—Oklahoma Corporation Commission Vice Chairman Denise Bode is the recipient of The Journal Record’s 19^th annual Woman of The year Award. Bode received the award before 750 people attending a banquet Thursday evening, Sept. 30, at the Marriott Hotel in Oklahoma City. The event was keynoted by former Miss America Phyllis George.

The Journal Record is an Oklahoma City business news publication.

Commissioner Bode was chosen from among 50 finalists all of whom were outstanding professional and business women from across the state.

Bode is the second woman to be elected as a corporation commissioner from among the 35 commissioners who have served since statehood. She came to the commission with a mix of government and energy industry experience. Bode served nine years as an aide to former U.S. Senator David Boren. She later was a founding partner in a Washington law firm and was president of the Independent Petroleum Association of America.

Bode was born in Tulsa and raised in Bartlesville. Her husband John is also an Oklahoma native and partner in the law firm of Olsson, Frank and Weeda. They have a son, Sean, who attends Bishop McGuinness High School.

Commissioner Bode serves on the board of Trustees of the Oklahoma Foundation for Excellence, the Interstate Oil and Gas Compact Commission’s Legal and Regulatory Affairs Committee, as well as a governing board member of the Jasmine Moran Children’s Museum in Seminole. Bode is on the board of directors of the Oklahoma Academy for State Goals and chairman of the Oklahoma Rhodes Scholarship selection committee.

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