Nearly two decades at the Oklahoma State Capitol have taught me one thing: lawmakers act when the people they answer to show up.

I'm a lifelong Oklahoman, raised in Lexington and proud to call Oklahoma City home. I founded Frequency Public Affairs to do the work I do best: helping businesses and organizations, and the people who stand behind them, get results at the Capitol.

I know the building from the inside. I started my career as an attorney, then served as a fiscal analyst for the Oklahoma State Senate. I staffed the appropriations subcommittees on Human Services and Natural Resources, drafted appropriations bills, and analyzed agency budgets. I learned where decisions actually get made, and how much of policy is really the budget. The Capitol is only half of it, too. I draft administrative rules and advocate for or against them, and I've built working relationships with agency directors, agency legislative liaisons, and the legislative staff who shape policy long before a vote.

I know how to build power from the outside. I co-founded Oklahoma Corrections Professionals to give Department of Corrections and Pardon and Parole employees an organized voice. When public pensions came under attack from out-of-state interests, I brought together labor and public-employee groups that hadn't worked side by side in years. That coalition won retired public employees their first cost-of-living increase in a decade. During the 2018 teacher walkout, I led legislative and political strategy inside the Capitol. I negotiated with House and Senate leaders, prepared teachers to talk with their own legislators, and helped win what were then the largest teacher and support-staff pay raises in state history.

I know how to lead. As general counsel to the Oklahoma Association of Conservation Districts, I co-created EcoPass, Oklahoma's first carbon offset program for agriculture. Most recently, I spent five years leading the Oklahoma Association of Community Action Agencies, the statewide network of 17 agencies working to end poverty in Oklahoma. There I directed advocacy strategy, managed state and federal grants, and ran the Oklahoma Weatherization Training Center.

What ties it together is reading the room. I can tell when a legislator is losing interest or when someone at the table hasn't been heard, and I adjust. It's also why I'm selective. I take on work I believe in, and I give it my full attention.