Friday, January 10, 2025
Location: Oklahoma State Medical Association
313 NE 50th St. | Oklahoma City

Luncheon Registration 11:15 a.m. & Luncheon 11:45 a.m.
Cost - First Time Guest: Free
OSAE Members: Luncheons are a member benefit, but we still require preregistration for planning purposes;

Please register by Wednesday, January 8, 2025
Nonmember Rate: $30   

Patrick J. Hall has worked in Oklahoma politics for more than 42 years and is a fixture at the Oklahoma State Capitol. He is known for the ability to create bipartisanship among lawmakers and has fought for causes that would improve the lives of the citizens of Oklahoma. As President/CEO of his own consulting firm, Pat has consulted with Phillips Murrah P.C. for the past 21 years. Pat’s government relations experience includes drafting, tracking and advocating for legislation, as well as preparation and presentation of testimony before legislative committees, regulatory agencies and constituency groups.

For 16 years, Pat was executive director and CEO of the 12,000 member Oklahoma Public Employees Association. From 1996 to 1999, he served as the CEO of the Oklahoma Democratic Party. In 1999, Pat started his consulting firm, The Capital Group, L.L.C., specializing in public relations, government relations, political campaign management, communications, board and media relations, and not-for-profit association management. He has managed over 80 political campaigns in Oklahoma, including Mayors and Governors. In 2004, he partnered with Jim Dunlap (a former Republican elected official) in Majority Plus. Pat and Jim have been the co-hosts of a Television Show “Inside the Issues” for the last 19 years.

Pat holds the Certified Association Executive designation from the American Society for Association Executives where he served on the organization’s Board for many years. He received the Carl Albert Award and is in the Oklahoma Democratic Party Hall of Fame. Pat was awarded the OPEA Lifetime Service Award and has achieved many other honors.

Jim Dunlap was elected to the Oklahoma State Senate in 1996. Prior to that, he served in the Oklahoma House of Representatives from 1988 to 1995. Dunlap served as the Senate Republican Floor Leader 2001-2003, and has served in various other leadership positions during his legislative career. He has been the author of major legislation in the areas of workers' compensation reform, crime victims and sentencing, and fraternity hazing.

July 1, 2003, Tom Ridge, U. S. Secretary of Homeland Security, announced the appointment of Dunlap to the Homeland Security Advisory Council's State and Local Officials Senior Advisory Committee. Secretary Ridge established the committee of 13 individuals to provide advice on increasing America's security from experts representing state and local government.

August 2001, the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) announced the appointment of Dunlap as its National Chairman for 2002. As the ALEC National Chairman, Dunlap led the 21 member Board of Directors and was responsible for setting policies and priorities for the 2,400 member, national association of state legislators. Under Dunlap's leadership, the ALEC agenda was dedicated to developing model policies based on the Jeffersonian principles of free markets, limited government, federalism and individual liberty.

Dunlap was born and raised in Bartlesville, Oklahoma. He received a Masters in Business Administration from Northeastern State University and a Bachelor of Arts in Communications from Drury College. He retuned to Bartlesville upon graduation and helped operate the family construction company, Dunlap Construction which his grandfather started in 1939, and which his dad and brothers still operate today. He is married to Pamela Thompson Dunlap and has three children, Harrison, Preston, and Avery. Dunlap and his family are members of Oakdale Baptist Church in Edmond.

 

 

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