Boards & Committees
Oklahoma Science and Technology Research and Development Board of Directors
OCAST is governed by the Oklahoma Science and Technology Research and Development (OSTRaD) Board of Directors (Title 74, Section 5060.6). This 9-member board of directors consists of the State Secretary of Science and Innovation as the OSTRaD board chair with four members appointed by the governor and two each by the state senate and house.
* Board member serves on Investment and Grants Process Review Committee
** Board member serves on Executive Review Committee
OSTRaD Board Meeting Information
(Dates subject to change)
Tuesday, March 19, 2024, 10am (1st Quarter)
Tuesday, April 9, 2024, 12pm (Public Event: OCAST Oklahoma Innovation Conference & Expo)
Tuesday, April 9, 2024, 5:30pm (Public Event: OCAST Oklahoma Innovation Conference & Expo)
Tuesday, April 10, 2024, 5:30pm (Public Event: OCAST Oklahoma Innovation Conference & Expo)
Tuesday, June 18, 2024, 10am (2nd Quarter)
Tuesday, October 22, 2024, 1pm (3rd Quarter)
Tuesday, December 3, 2024, 10am (4th Quarter)
OSTRaD Board Meeting Agendas
Contact a Board member
You may reach an OSTRaD Board member via email at board@ocast.ok.gov
Standing Advisory Committees
OCAST receives support and assistance from the Oklahoma Health Research, Oklahoma Plant Science Research, Oklahoma Applied Research and Small Business Research Assistance advisory committees for research-related programs. Research-related standing committees must consist of representatives of the “business, higher education and research communities” (74 O.S., Section 5060.9[a]) and at least one-third of the members of each committee must be researchers. Committees are approved annually by the board. The Seed Capital Investment advisory committee is created to assist OCAST in evaluating potential investments with the Seed Capital Revolving Fund (74 O.S., Section 5060.21).
Oklahoma Applied Research Advisory Committee
Kenneth E. Bartels, D.V.M., M.S., Oklahoma State University, Stillwater
Cornell Cross, Apprentice Information Systems, Tulsa
David Humphrey, Industry Consultant, Broken Arrow
E. Ann Nalley, Ph.D., Cameron University, Lawton
Martha Ogilvie, Ph.D., University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City
Monte Tull, Ph.D., University of Oklahoma (ret.), Norman
Oklahoma Health Research Committee
Tyrrell Conway, Ph.D., Oklahoma State University, Stillwater
Anna Csiszar, Ph.D., University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City
Mary Beth Humphrey, M.D., Ph.D. University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City (Chair)
Eric Laverentz, First Presbyterian Church, Edmond
Jerry Malayer, Ph.D., Oklahoma State University, Stillwater
Gabriel Pardo, M.D., Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City
H. Anne Pereira, Ph.D., University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City
Jamie Rhudy, Ph.D., University of Tulsa, Tulsa
Oklahoma Plant Science Research Advisory Committee
Gloria Caddell, Ph.D., University of Central Oklahoma, Edmond Kelly D. Chamberlin, Ph.D., USDA-Agricultural Research Service Richard S. Nelson, Ph.D., Oklahoma State University, Ardmore
Seed Capital Investment Committee
James Dickson, BancFirst
Jeff Moen, J.D., Noble Research Institute
James Wheeler, Ph.D., University of Oklahoma, Norman
Sherri Wise, Osteopathic Founders Foundation, Tulsa