Lydia Benham grew up in Oklahoma City, attending Classen SAS and graduating from the University of Oklahoma. She’s an entrepreneur at heart and by temperament, and so it was no surprise that by 2016 she was running her own tech company. For sundry reasons, including the less-than-robust tech culture in the state a decade ago, […]
Greg Horton
Animal Conference 2026: We All Have a Role in Animal Welfare
The fifth Animal Conference will be bookended by two notable speakers, both of whom have dedicated their lives to the protection of animals: biologist Jeff Corwin, whose shows have appeared on Disney, ABC, and Animal Planet, and Dr. Temple Grandin, professor, activist, advisor to the ranching industry, and subject of the eponymous film starring Claire […]
Politics, Not As Usual
Let’s Fix This, the non-profit advocacy group founded by Andy Moore, emerged from the state budget crisis of 2016. Oklahoma had experienced two revenue failures, across-the-board cuts in spending on services and furloughed state employees, including Department of Health employees who approved pharmaceutical allocations for patients. Moore, a licensed counselor with degrees in theology and […]
