For Immediate Release: August
25, 2003
Senate
President Pro Tempore
Cal Hobson
Hobson Completes GRDA Board With Appointment of Ada Oilman
(Oklahoma City) Senate President Pro Tempore Cal
Hobson has appointed Ada oilman Steven Michael “Mike”
Cantrell to the Grand River Dam
Authority.
“I am pleased to be able to add Mr. Cantrell to this important
board. His contributions to the energy industry in Oklahoma and
his volunteer efforts with organizations committed to making his
hometown and this state a better place to live will make him an
asset to the Grand River Dam Authority,” said Hobson, D-Lexington.
Cantrell is the chairman of Cantrell Energy Corporation of Ada
and the former president of Oklahoma Basic Economy, an oil and
gas exploration and production company. He was a founding member
of the Oklahoma Energy Resources Board and a former OERB chairman.
He is a member of the board of directors of the Oklahoma Independent
Petroleum Association and has previously served on the board of
the Oklahoma Marginal Well Commission and the Industry Advisory
Board for the National Association of Royalty Owners.
Cantrell is a past or present member of the board of directors
of the Oklahoma Academy of State Goals, the Oklahoma Foundation
of Excellence, the East Central University Foundation, Citizens
Bank of Ada, the Jasmine Moran Children’s Museum in Seminole,
Leadership Oklahoma and the Oklahoma Heritage Association. Cantrell
was also co-founder of the Ada City School Foundation.
The GRDA is an agency of the State of Oklahoma, which produces,
transmits and delivers electricity across its 24-county service
area in northeastern Oklahoma.
Senate Bill 408, which passed the Legislature last spring and
was signed into law by Governor Henry, abolished the old seven-member
GRDA board and created a new five member board.
Cantrell will be joined on that board by Henry appointees James
Edward Frasier of Afton, David James Chernicky of Tulsa and Terry
G. Frost of Afton along with W. Brent LaGere of Chandler who was
appointed by Speaker of the House Larry Adair.
Cantrell will serve a term expiring Aug. 29, 2010.
For more information, contact:
Senate
Communications Division
- (405) 521-5605
