Stan Brownlee and Jami Groendyke were appointed by Governor Stitt to the Northern Oklahoma College Board of Regents.
Groendyke and Brownlee, both from Enid, were confirmed Wednesday by the Oklahoma State Senate. The appointments were carried by Sen. Roland Pederson (R) from Burlington.
Brownlee was reappointed to serve another five-year term while Groendyke will serve a one-year term, replacing Chad Dillingham who accepted an appointment to the Oklahoma Wildlife Commission.
The terms begin July 1, 2020 and both will be sworn in at the NOC Board of Regents meeting on July 22.
“Stan Brownlee has been serving NOC with distinction,” said NOC President Dr. Cheryl Evans. “His business acumen and insight have been beneficial in many critical decisions these past years. I am pleased that he will continue working on behalf of Northern students.”
“I am looking forward to working with Jami Groendyke on the board,” Evans added. “As a Northern alumna, she already believes in the mission of NOC. She brings a fresh perspective to our board and I know that her participation will be valuable.”
“We will miss Chad Dillingham on the board. His leadership has been extremely effective on behalf of the NOC family. However, we know that his new role with the Wildlife Department is important to the state too and that he will be successful there as well.”
Groendkye, an Enid Real Estate Appraiser originally from Claremore, is a 2003 graduate of Northern Oklahoma College, earning an Associate Degree from NOC Enid. She later earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Exercise Science from the University of Oklahoma in 2005. She currently serves as a trustee to the Northern Oklahoma College Foundation with term ending June 30, 2020.
Brownlee is a retired businessman from Enid. After earning an accounting degree from the University of Central Oklahoma, Brownlee started his career as a public accountant in 1968. He worked over three decades in public accounting as a partner in Randall, Brownlee, Donehue and Company, then with BKD after a merger in 1996.
After retiring in 2002, he was a personal asset manager for Harold Hamm until 2011. He works with many non-profit organizations, serving as a mentor for local children since 1987. Regent Brownlee was appointed by Gov. Mary Fallin in 2015 to a five-year term as a member of the Northern Oklahoma College Board of Regents.