OKC FRIDAY Vol. 53 No. 51 • Two Sections • 20 pages May 1, 2020
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50 MOST POWERFUL YOUNG PROFESSIONALS Chamber VP tops first MPYP rankings By Rose Lane Editor
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SUNNY CEARLEY VP of Membership Greater OKC Chamber
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TRAVIS MASON Director Cushman and Wakefield
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GRAHAM COLTON Musician Partner, Social Order
CLAY TAYLOR Lobbyist The Taylor Group
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STEVEN ADAMS Player OKC Thunder
J.D. BAKER Special Assistant OKC Mayor David Holt
The response was overwhelming to the call to vote in the poll for OKC FRIDAY’s inaugural list of the Most Powerful Young Professionals in OKC. These young professionals are anxious to step up to the plate and follow in the footsteps of the successful leaders who have come before them. They want to make a difference in their city. No. 1 Sunny Cearley is a smart and energetic young woman who is working to grow the Greater OKC Chamber as its vice president of membership. At any chamber event, Sunny is busy greeting some of the organization’s 5,000 members, many of whom she knows personally. Sunny oversees the chamber’s membership sales and retention efforts, member services operations and advertising and sponsorship sales. She holds a bachelor’s degree in journalism from Baylor University and a master of journalism degree from the University of North Texas. Her community involvement includes the board of directors for The Civic Center Foundation, El Sistema Oklahoma and Leadership Oklahoma City’s YLX See MPYP, Page 2
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Dogs of the Week KoKo Cheyenne and Olive Sophia’s human is Mari Cook Medley of the Waterford Community in Oklahoma City. The girls love to travel often by plane and car. Visiting their human brother Tanner in Los Angeles is their favorite trip. Also, during their many travels people from all over the world have asked for their picture due to their absolute cuteness.
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The Way We Were Sailing off Kauai’s NaPali Coast are Joel and Diane Lippert with her mom, Nina Gaugler, in 2000. See More of 20 Years ago on Page 3.