OKC’s MOST POWERFUL YOUNG PROFESSIONALS

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From Page 1 public policy commission for the Civic Leader Program for the US Air Force and space Corps.

“I want to lend my time and energy to my community,” Baker has said. “I feel driven to do it.”

Clay Taylor also moved up to the front page at No. 2. He is a graduate of Bishop McGuinness Catholic High School, Oklahoma State University and the Oklahoma City University School of Law.

Taylor is the principal lobbyist of Taylor Capital Group. The son of community leaders Clayton and Marnie Taylor, the president and CEO of the Oklahoma Center for Nonprofits, he grew up with a commitment to involvement. Taylor serves on the boards of Infant Crisis Services and the Men’s Dinner Club, as well as being a member of Rotary Club No. 29.

Travis Mason, in a tie for third, is a quiet, but effective leader, championing many of the same causes as his father Steve Mason. He is on the executive board of the Boy Scouts Last Frontier Council and Positive Tomorrows. Mason is a past president of the Downtown Club of Oklahoma City and the Executive Board and Finance Committee of Allied Arts, as well as a past board member of the Children’s Hospital Foundation of Oklahoma City.

A graduate of Casady School, he earned a bachelor of arts degree in history from Rice University where he also played football.

In a tie for the No. 3 rank in the 2023 Most Powerful Young Professional list is Lingo Construction Project Manager Collins Peck.

One doesn’t attend many charity events where Collins isn’t there, too. That is because he serves on the boards of Allied Arts and Rotary Club 29.

Collins is a past president of the Downtown Club and works with Oklahoma Contemporary.

Collins is also the past secretary of the Regional Food Bank Board of Directors.

A graduate of the University of Oklahoma, Collins holds an undergraduate degree in construction science.

BancFirst Insurance Senior VP Adam Rainbolt ranked No. 4 in this year’s poll.

Rainbolt inherits the leadership characteristic from the best — he is the son and grandson of Most Powerful Oklahomans David and Gene Rainbolt.

Rainbolt earned a bachelor of arts from the University of Oklahoma and an MBA from Oklahoma City University. He formerly worked as a community relations representative for SandRidge Energy and as a legislative correspondent for Senator James Inhofe in Washington, D.C.

He also serves on the board of the Regional Food Bank.

At No. 5, Graham Colton is a Heritage Hall graduate who was the school’s quarterback and led to his team to a class 2A state championship in 1998 against the Tishomingo Indians.

He went on to attend Southern Methodist University and began writing and performing songs in Dallas pubs and coffee houses.

After a chart-topping major label career, numerous TV appearances and hundreds of sync placements, Colton continues to expand on the label “singer-songwriter.”

Colton has logged thousands of miles on the road and shared stages with some of music’s biggest artists.

He has since returned to Oklahoma City and co-owns and operates Oklahoma City’s most talked about music venue, The Jones Assembly.