Steve Beebe Appointed to Human Services Commission; Edward R. Munnell Re-appointed

OKLAHOMA CAPITOL -- Steve W. Beebe, Duncan, has been appointed by Gov. Frank Keating to the Oklahoma Commission for Human Services to fill an un-expired term ending in August 2006. Gov. Keating re-appointed Dr. Edward R. Munnell, Oklahoma City, to a term ending in 2011.

Beebe is a Certified Public Accountant and Personal Financial Planner. His practice, Steve Beebe, CPA, Inc., is involved with accounting, auditing, consulting and financial planning services within the banking, oil and gas, medical and governmental industries and with individual investors.

He earned his bachelor of science in accounting from Colorado State University in 1974, passed the CPA exam the same year, and went to work for Coopers and Lybrand in Denver.

Beebe moved to Duncan in 1980 to manage the office of a regional firm. The office was acquired in 1982 and eventually became Steve Beebe, CPA, Inc.

He is a co-founder of the Communities Foundation of Oklahoma and served as a trustee for 10 years and member of the finance committee. He still currently serves on the board of governors of the foundation that administers charitable gifts to communities across the state.

Beebe is a Trustee of the Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs (OCPA) since 1995. He has authored numerous articles on Oklahoma tax policy which have been published by newspapers across the state.

He is a member of the First Christian Church of Duncan; the Personal Financial Specialist section of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants; the Oklahoma Society of Certified Public Accountants; Duncan Economic Development Foundation, Heritage Foundation, and a graduate of Leadership Duncan.

Beebe has been married to his wife Barbara for 28 years, and they have one daughter, 24, and two sons, 21 and 19.

Munnell was first appointed to the commission by Gov. Keating in 1995 and serves as chairman of the Policy Committee.

Munnell is a thoracic surgeon and was an associate in Oklahoma City Clinic for more than 30 years until his retirement in 1987.

He attended the University of Michigan and is a graduate of the University of Chicago and the College of Medicine at University of Chicago. He has served as chief of surgery at Presbyterian Hospital; clinical professor of surgery at the University of Oklahoma College of Medicine; and president and a long-term member of the board of trustees of Oklahoma City Clinic. He is a diplomat of the American Board of Surgery and the Board of Thoracic Surgery.

Munnell has served on the board of directors and the executive committee of the American Lung Association; as president of the Oklahoma Lung Association; a member of the Governor's Committee on Reform of State Government in 1984; a member of the Governor's Task Force on Bioethics in 1992; and as consultant to the Oklahoma Council on Aging.

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