Speaker TW Shannon to speak to Edmond Rotary October 30, 2013
Posted by Allison Calhoun
In a historic ceremony on January 8, 2013, T.W. Shannon
took the oath of office to be Oklahoma’s Speaker of the
House. Speaker Shannon hopes his mark is made by his
quest to restore strong families, and to inspire the challenge
of prosperity through personal responsibility.
T.W. found success early in life. He earned a bachelors of
arts degree in communications from Cameron University
and holds a juris doctorate from Oklahoma City University
Law School. He worked as a field representative for former
Congressman J.C. Watts a decade ago and served in the
same position for Congressman Tom Cole the following two
years. An enrolled member of the Chickasaw Nation, T.W.
worked as the chief administrative officer for Chickasaw
Nation Enterprises. Today, he operates a home-based public
relations business.
T.W. was elected to the Oklahoma House of Representatives from his hometown of Lawton in
2006. T.W. serves as a youth Sunday school teacher at Bethlehem Baptist Church in Lawton. He
has been married to his college sweetheart, Devon, for 11 years and they have two children,
Audrey Grace and T.W. II.
Considered a champion for limited government, T.W. has more than earned the trust of his
colleagues. T.W. quickly rose to leadership in the state House, where he served as deputy
majority whip in his first term, chaired the powerful transportation committee in only his second
term and was elected speaker-designate in his third term.
T.W. has been a champion for the state’s natural gas industry, reducing the tax on compressed
natural gas, a plentiful Oklahoma resource. He recently made a mark by pushing to liquidate
excess state-owned property. He earned high praise and editorial support from both of the state’s
two major newspapers. In the process, the trailblazing conservative uncovered that bureaucrats
were grossly under-reporting the number of state-owned assets. T.W. also crafted an eight-year
plan to rebuild Oklahoma’s structurally deficient bridges.
GOPAC, an organization whose mission it is to support up-and-coming Republican leaders,
recently added this proud Oklahoman to its national advisory board.
took the oath of office to be Oklahoma’s Speaker of the
House. Speaker Shannon hopes his mark is made by his
quest to restore strong families, and to inspire the challenge
of prosperity through personal responsibility.
T.W. found success early in life. He earned a bachelors of
arts degree in communications from Cameron University
and holds a juris doctorate from Oklahoma City University
Law School. He worked as a field representative for former
Congressman J.C. Watts a decade ago and served in the
same position for Congressman Tom Cole the following two
years. An enrolled member of the Chickasaw Nation, T.W.
worked as the chief administrative officer for Chickasaw
Nation Enterprises. Today, he operates a home-based public
relations business.
T.W. was elected to the Oklahoma House of Representatives from his hometown of Lawton in
2006. T.W. serves as a youth Sunday school teacher at Bethlehem Baptist Church in Lawton. He
has been married to his college sweetheart, Devon, for 11 years and they have two children,
Audrey Grace and T.W. II.
Considered a champion for limited government, T.W. has more than earned the trust of his
colleagues. T.W. quickly rose to leadership in the state House, where he served as deputy
majority whip in his first term, chaired the powerful transportation committee in only his second
term and was elected speaker-designate in his third term.
T.W. has been a champion for the state’s natural gas industry, reducing the tax on compressed
natural gas, a plentiful Oklahoma resource. He recently made a mark by pushing to liquidate
excess state-owned property. He earned high praise and editorial support from both of the state’s
two major newspapers. In the process, the trailblazing conservative uncovered that bureaucrats
were grossly under-reporting the number of state-owned assets. T.W. also crafted an eight-year
plan to rebuild Oklahoma’s structurally deficient bridges.
GOPAC, an organization whose mission it is to support up-and-coming Republican leaders,
recently added this proud Oklahoman to its national advisory board.